Howsie
Cricketer Of The Year
You got Ricky Ponting out of a nine ball duck?
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Kane Williamson
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Prince EWS
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Haha he really did; I remember the post.You got Ricky Ponting out of a nine ball duck?
Hurricane
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Even though he scored a century I still didn't see enough of him to have a full feeling for his game mainly because he played a lot of spin. Like most of the NZ players in the game he decided to use his feet to the spinners. But unlike Elliot he actually looked like he knew what he was doing when he came down the wicket.
I thought he got bogged down a bit against the medium pacer. But he couldn't afford to lose his wicket so it was understandable.
Pull shot - check
Hoik through midwicket for four - check
lap shot - check
using feet to the spinner - two thumbs up
Back foot cover drive - check
TumTum
Banned
Yeah he didn't look comfortable in the crease but for some reason I think he has something special about him.
From only the 2 balls from the highlights I can analyzehe seems to resemble Ricky Ponting's technique. Unlike all the other **** NZ batsmen, when he was beaten outside off-stump he timed his feet movement to perfection rather then moving them after the ball passes the bat. Even when he got bowled, he shaped to play the ball onto the on-side with good footwork and getting behind the ball.
This was probably the worst time to debut, staring at an early collapse against a medium pacer that is swinging it big both ways. Might even been better if he faced somebody like Dale Steyn, at least would have had some pace to work with.
And that 6 he got off Shakib was very identical to Ponting's 6s off Harbhajan in the 2003 WC.
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
LOL
Taylor's easily the best batsman in the team at the moment.
However, Kane's a good prospect.
awta. definately the best u25 in the world for sure.
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
There's also tamim iqbal, pujara, morgan, raina, a couple of aussies and so on...
I think it'd be better if we didn't over-hype him.
Prince EWS
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He was lucky he played all his Tests during his absolute peak though - a peak that conflicts with the rest of his career so much that it's probably best to call it an extended purple patch. He was never much good in First Class cricket and he only played 13 Tests. I definitely think that average flatters him a lot, and that if he played more he'd have been lucky to average 30. He does seem a slightly better First Class batsman now than he was before his Test career but he's still not very good.
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To be fair, that's probably not quite true - I remember he was young and inexperienced when he was given a random Test debut in South Africa. He was nowhere near ready for Tests at that point, but got a ballsy unbeaten 40-odd. Then he was dropped as randomly as he was selected in the first place.
All his other Tests were in that good patch, though, yeah.
Prince EWS
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Haha okay, 12 of his 13 Tests during his absolute peak then.
tooextracool
International Coach
Just watched him for the first time. That backfoot drive through the covers is a thing of beauty. Cant sayIm not impressed to be honest, but would like to see more of his front foot technique.
tooextracool
International Coach
Thought Fleming, Styris and McMillan werent half bad to be honest.