New Zealand doom and gloom thread

[Flem274*]

Should NZ win the final, I give my blessing for this thread to be locked until KW’s retirement.

hmm it's nz though. they get you just when you think you're safe. remember waking up the morning after ross the boss led us to victory in sri lanka 2012?

 

[Days of Grace]

Close it if we win the WTC final and open it again after our next test tour to Australia.

 

[Athlai]

Rename it the England doom and gloom thread until they beat us in a Test series or a world cup final (ties don't count)

 

[Bahnz]

Mods, it’s time to lock this bad boy.

 

[Athlai]

Thread closed

 

[Flem274*]

got a tour of india coming up. they're gonna come so ****ing hard at us. definitely need a plan to ashwin and jadeja.

what im saying is no rushed sequels to this thread please.

 

[Zinzan]

Mods, it’s time to lock this bad boy.

As long as he can be re-opened in 2025

 

[_00_deathscar]

got a tour of india coming up. they're gonna come so ****ing hard at us. definitely need a plan to ashwin and jadeja.

what im saying is no rushed sequels to this thread please.

Imagine dropping Axar Patel...

 

[M0rphin3]

got a tour of india coming up.

when dis?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

on request

 

[Starfighter]

*bump*

 

[Fuller Pilch]

As long as he can be re-opened in 2025

3 years early

 

[James]

As long as he can be re-opened in 2025

Did this have to happen so soon

 

[cnerd123]

Mods, it’s time to lock this bad boy.

And just 6 months later...

 

[straw man]

Some gloom justified, shouldn't be a sense of doom as the core of the side is still good and there are good/promising reserves too.

Need to ask questions of certain parts of the side (couple of selections, Latham's captaincy, what went wrong with our first choice four-seam attack) while other lessons should already have been learned (when you're ahead of day 1 and batting conditions are lovely, make it count).

Must win the next match obv and if we then beat SA (challenging) this loss may be seen as a timely reminder of what is required to be a good side.

 

[Bahnz]

And just 6 months later...

I maintain this is too funny to be doom and gloom worthy.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Is Tom Latham really our next captain? Averages 29 when you take out Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe. Averages 17 as captain.

Personally I'm questioning his spot in the side (not that there's many stand-out replacements out there #TeamHay)

 

[straw man]

Is Tom Latham really our next captain? Averages 29 when you take out Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe. Averages 17 as captain.

Not sure now is the right time to go discounting performances against those sides .

 

[_Ed_]

True, and it's also only two tests since his 95 and 52 in India (even though that may feel like a long time ago now).

 

[NZTailender]

Tom the opener shouldn't be in question at this stage.

Tom the opener and captain, absolutely.

Also lock this again please and only reopen when we drop below #6 in the test rankings.