1st Match - Pakistan v New Zealand

[King Kane]

A good fifty from Latham, it will be hard to drop him now too, Conway will be getting nervous.

 

[Moss]

Everyone is saying Will Young is the anchor but he's comfortably got a higher strike rate than everyone

His game has definitely evolved when it comes to slower conditions. The India tour was an obvious example, but in the SL ODIs too he looked in top form even if he didnt have the high scores to show for it.

 

[jcas0167]

Just the man for a crisis: Tom Latham.

 

[James]

Young is surely a lock now in the ODI side isn't he given his record?

 

[Mike5181]

Young is surely a lock now in the ODI side isn't he given his record?

Probably. Young's record isn't as good as it looks on the surface, lots of Netherlands/Bangladesh bashing.

 

[Moss]

This is the sort of innings which really should be Latham's regular contribution. Guess the chancy 50 in the previous game did bat him into much better form.

 

[King Kane]

Young is surely a lock now in the ODI side isn't he given his record?

He's a subcontinent specialist as well, he was one of our best batsmen in our test series win over India last year so he would be a lock now for me.

 

[sayon basak]

Partnership broken.

 

[thierry henry]

Rash slog from Young but that’s a pretty good innings I guess

 

[Moss]

Class innings, looks disappointed he didn't go further but had the right idea. Good platform for Phillips and Bracewell to hopefully close things out.

 

[King Kane]

Young gone, great innings though and it was time to hit out, Latham getting bogged down didn't help either.

 

[FBU]

At least Phillips has got 12 overs

 

[thierry henry]

Why does Nathan Smith get a pass from criticism averaging 6 with the bat and 45 with the ball but Michael Bracewell was given so much hell when he debuted ?

Bracewell was given hell because he had not earned his spot with compelling domestic performances and was being shoehorned into an all-rounder spot when he had barely bowled domestically. The criticism was vindicated by his failure in test cricket. The criticism of his white ball selection/form was less virulent and I think even the haters probably now accept that he has some value in white ball cricket (and can grudgingly accept that his bowling has been much better than you’d expect for a guy with minimal bowling under his belt before playing international cricket).

Smith by contrast had earned his selection through strong domestic performances and arguably could have been selected a few years ago. Obviously a guy whose initial selection made sense will get more leeway. Having said that, he has been poor so far and I do think that we’ve been a bit unwilling to recognise that.

 

[King Kane]

We righted the ship but the ship is stuck in the ice at the moment.

Right on cue Latham breaks the ice with a nice six over mid wicket.

 

[thierry henry]

It’s been sort of a clunky innings from Latham but his luck seems to have turned dramatically in the last 2 games. Lots of miss hits and leading edges lobbing into gaps

 

[Neil Young]

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[RossTaylorsBox]

I think even the haters probably now accept that he has some value in white ball cricket (and can grudgingly accept that his bowling has been much better than you’d expect for a guy with minimal bowling under his belt before playing international cricket).

Nope

 

[King Kane]

I love how Phillips can turn ones into twos with his quick running, he needs to as he isn't finding the fence.

 

[thierry henry]

Nope

I love a true hater

 

[ashley bach]

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