Fiery
Banned
I think he was half-joking and if push came to shove he would chicken out I'm sure. Nice way to get a headline though and score brownie points with your fans for dedication
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Group C - New Zealand, England, Kenya, Canada
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LA ICE-E
State Captain
ok, BD just beat NZ(although it was a warm up, still a victory is a victory) now time for Kenya to beat 'em since you say Kenya's "better" than BD...
been busy may not reply quickly...
Natman20
International Debutant
Completely agree. The bowling patterns show that they were just getting everyone to practise.
Fiery
Banned
mmm, I think the number of wides and no-balls can be excused in a warm-up as bowlers are trying to fine-tune things like their run-ups and trying a few things.
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aussie
Hall of Fame Member
Looking at England side for the opening game, 10 of the 11 positions are secure IMO. The debate is between Lewis/Plunkett for the final bowling spot. At this stage i would go for Plunks since i have my doubts over Lewis on how effective he will be in the windies, plus Plunks adds gives the lower order more batting depth since the bloke has some serious batting ability.
Fiery
Banned
Plunkett looks the better player from what I've seen
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Better batsman, yes, better bowler? Not a chance.
They're both bowlers who, for penetration, rely entirely on the ball swinging (which it doesn't often do for that long at the current time, especially in West Indies which has always been the hardest place to attain swing), the difference is that Lewis has more propensity to bowl accurately, where he's probably 60\40 between spraying it and getting it right Plunkett is generally more 20\80 at the absolute best.
They're both bowlers who, for penetration, rely entirely on the ball swinging (which it doesn't often do for that long at the current time, especially in West Indies which has always been the hardest place to attain swing), the difference is that Lewis has more propensity to bowl accurately, where he's probably 60\40 between spraying it and getting it right Plunkett is generally more 20\80 at the absolute best.
jack_sparrow
U19 Debutant
go kenya!
Tim
Cricketer Of The Year
The worry for me about NZ is that our bowling bench strength is not particularly good aside from Jeetan Patel. The loss of Kyle Mills was a killer blow and that might be crucial if we make it as far as the semi finals.
Our batting order is developing really well but I think after the World Cup we've got to be looking for some new bowling talent to come through.
Our batting order is developing really well but I think after the World Cup we've got to be looking for some new bowling talent to come through.
Fiery
Banned
That wont happen I'm afraid Kriketer. Kenya are in a different class to Canada...but good luck
Fiery
Banned
No, not impossible but that was very much an surprise upset and 19 times out of 20 you would expect Kenya to win
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James
Cricket Web Owner
pasag
RTDAS
Fair effort for Oram to get back. I think when we were discussing it as it happened, during the match in the official thread, we were predicting Super 8s at the least, so not bad at all.