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  1. wellAlbidarned

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    Sorry, good vibes
  2. wellAlbidarned

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    Coaching is a vibes gig. It's not about the name, it's about someone who has a) A clear vision for what they want to do with the team which is compatible with the resources available b) The communication, organisational, and man-management skills to make that happen We need someone who fits the...
  3. wellAlbidarned

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    *proceeds to give intense blow-by-blow of his 6-fer against australia that one time*
  4. wellAlbidarned

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    rec drug use is overblown as a problem, but when people get popped it's usually because there's other issues and it's the easiest way to throw the book at them
  5. wellAlbidarned

    England in New Zealand 28 Nov-18 Dec 2024 - 3 Tests

    GM bats have really gone out of fashion
  6. wellAlbidarned

    Right Arm Offspin - Can't get any overspin

    this is going to sound like some conspiratorial **** but we actually think about finger spin totally backwards. To impart spin you need your hand to rotate in the opposite direction to the way you want it to spin. So for off-spin, internally rotate as you release the ball. Watch slow-mos of Lyon...
  7. wellAlbidarned

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    oof yes. Would've been an absolute weapon if bowling right arm around the wicket with the new ball to lefties wasn't illegal back then.
  8. wellAlbidarned

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    It takes a while for these things to seep through to junior coaching too. As a youngster I was a left armer with a natural outswinger to RHers. Totally ruined my action trying to bowl inswing because every coach told me to.
  9. wellAlbidarned

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    I've got a half baked theory that right arm inswing was heavily discouraged in the pre-drs era and we'll see more and more of it over the coming decades
  10. wellAlbidarned

    New Zealand doom and gloom thread

    Wagner directly credits baz for wagnerball in his book in ur face
  11. wellAlbidarned

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    Starting reading it last night. Already the most moving cricket book I've already read. Dude writes like he bowls (I know it's ghostwritten but the point is still valid), absolutely bares it all. Highly recommend.
  12. wellAlbidarned

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    Honestly absolutely on the money. I subscribe to theory that when you're the better side, you should look to reduce variance. This usually means playing low-risk cricket and letting the skill differential show. When you know you have big weaknesses then it makes sense to roll the dice a bit...
  13. wellAlbidarned

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    I think a lot of this was down to NZ actually having good batting plans. Every batsman had sat down with a coach and has 2 or 3 clear boundary options and 2 or 3 ways to get off strike to good balls. We weren't sitting ducks waiting for the long hop that never comes like we usually are.
  14. wellAlbidarned

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    nah Blundell had that 41 in the second test
  15. wellAlbidarned

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    when he gets on a roll like this he's absolutely unplayable, but when he's not taking wickets he also tends to go for runs. He's kinda weird for a finger spinner in that he's not a great stock bowler
  16. wellAlbidarned

    England in New Zealand 28 Nov-18 Dec 2024 - 3 Tests

    at some point I slipped off the cricketnation email and as a result I keep missing tickets, they're already gone!
  17. wellAlbidarned

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    is this series real
  18. wellAlbidarned

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    but nudging singles is an insane risk anyway, you might as well not even give them the high-return option.
  19. wellAlbidarned

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    haha was literally just writing this, yes an ML based tool to do this would be very easy but would have major limitations (wouldn't be any use for top edges or underedges)
  20. wellAlbidarned

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    lol he absolutely smashed that **** off with harrassing the umpires mate

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