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

[Flem274*]

Ha, that's definitely not accurate. Although I did find it interesting (but bit my tongue) when some posters recently made a comment along the lines of wanting to bring Duffy into the side in place of Southee to have more height/bounce in the team. That seemed to me to be dealing in very fine margins since the height difference between the two might be an inch?

An inch can be very important

 

[ataraxia]

That was the series of the worst dropped catch of all time, Denly shelling Kane at mid wicket, which let us coast to the series-winning draw.

For posterity:

 

[Chubb]

For posterity:

Ed Smith's best mate got way too much rope.

Ed was giving his mate the chances he didn't get in 2003. It’s not that Denly was a bad cricketer, he was perfectly serviceable. But Smith’s attachment to him meant he was blind to other options and because of that friendship James Hildreth never got to play for England.

They would never admit it, but we all know that was what was going on.