Next in line for NZ

[meatspx]

Jesse Ryder New Zeland's brightest young talents is set to switch sides after an Oldham-born granfather, a genuine all-rounder of Jesse Ryder capability is just what England need to relieve Freddie of the burden of being englands only capable all-rounder.

Heheh!

 

[Richard]

What's with the txtspk?

 

[meatspx]

I just found it browsing BBC, why would anyone make a comment? Could be some truth behind it!

 

[Prince EWS]

He better be good this year. The Warriors let Brent Webb go for him

I think it was more a case of the Warriors having to sign him because they couldn't afford Webb's wage demands.

 

[The Big Cheese]

Michael Mason could be considered as a 'typical NZ seamer,' bowls line and length at 130ish kph, and gets absolutely cremed if the batsman can hit good balls for six, eg. Jayasuriya in the recent NZ vs. Sri Lanka series

 

[Sw1fty]

Jesse Ryder New Zeland's brightest young talents is set to switch sides after an Oldham-born granfather, a genuine all-rounder of Jesse Ryder capability is just what England need to relieve Freddie of the burden of being englands only capable all-rounder.

Heheh!

Probably only speculation at this stage, but it would be wrong of NZ Cricket to let a player of his talent go overseas.

 

[Tim]

Well its on a bbc messageboard, im not convinced about the credibility. It would be a disaster if NZ lost Ryder though...but I think it would highlight yet again that Ryder thinks he is bigger than the game if you hear about his previous history.

The fact that the poster has also mentioned Ryder as an all-rounder in the same mould as Flintoff also makes me suspicious!

 

[thierry henry]

gets absolutely cremed if the batsman can hit good balls for six

I think most bowlers would struggle if batsmen made a habit of hitting good balls for 6

 

[The Big Cheese]

Jesse Ryder's just a medium pacer in terms of bowling isn't he?

 

[Smudge]

Jesse Ryder's just a medium pacer in terms of bowling isn't he?

Yep - military at best.

 

[The Big Cheese]

I think most bowlers would struggle if batsmen made a habit of hitting good balls for 6

Not if they have decent pace, bounce, or variations.

By a good ball i mean not short not full, just outside off-stump, not some inswinging yorker at 155kph, that would be fairly dificult to hit for six.

 

[thierry henry]

Not if they have decent pace, bounce, or variations.

By a good ball i mean not short not full, just outside off-stump, not some inswinging yorker at 155kph, that would be fairly dificult to hit for six.

Well, Mason gets good bounce imo. Do Glenn McGrath or Shaun Pollock get smashed for 6s every time they hit a length?

 

[Richard]

Michael Mason could be considered as a 'typical NZ seamer,' bowls line and length at 130ish kph, and gets absolutely cremed if the batsman can hit good balls for six, eg. Jayasuriya in the recent NZ vs. Sri Lanka series

He seemed to me to be hitting rather a lot of bad balls for six in said series...

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

He seemed to me to be hitting rather a lot of bad balls for six in said series...

Yeah, they definitely were BAD balls. I was at the 1st game in Napier when Jayasuriya went beserko on the horrible bowling of Mason/Franklin/Gillespie/Adams. I gotta say, when i showed up at the ground and saw that bowling line-up i sorta predicted the outcome.

On the whole Ryder issue, i think its a load of bull**** tbh

 

[The Big Cheese]

At least some of the time, jayasuriya was swinging across the line and hitting reasonably pitched balls for six. I agree that he was also hitting bad balls for boundaries, particularly off Adams.

 

[Fiery]

I think it was more a case of the Warriors having to sign him because they couldn't afford Webb's wage demands.

True, I should have said the Warriors thought they could get better value for $ from McKinnon