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*Official* 2024 South Africa tour of New Zealand: 2 tests

The Hutt Rec

The Hutt Rec

International Vice-Captain
Latham is lucky Conway is struggling so much, because he's in pretty awful form himself, but there's been no mention of it.
 
Athlai

Athlai

Not Terrible
Latham has a lot of rope and is probably in our ATG team due to our lack of class openers besides Turner. But yeah he's been in indifferent form for a while
 
Athlai

Athlai

Not Terrible
Santner is a young 32 imo. Seems like he could go at this level for 6-8 more years comfortably right now.

Knock on wood and all that
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
Athlai said:
Latham has a lot of rope and is probably in our ATG team due to our lack of class openers besides Turner. But yeah he's been in indifferent form for a while
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Lol, no he's not. Sutcliffe, Wright and Richardson all clearly ahead of him. You could probably even make an argument for Fleming now there's no chance of him finding a spot anywhere else in the ATG top 6.
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

123/5
Bahnz said:
Lol, no he's not. Sutcliffe, Wright and Richardson all clearly ahead of him. You could probably even make an argument for Fleming now there's no chance of him finding a spot anywhere else in the ATG top 6.
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Even Fleming managed tons in England, Aus and SA and he was terrified of tons.

Latham is Guptill with a steady supply of Bangers SL.
 
Gnske

Gnske

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
The whole 'Latham only downhill skis and makes runs against minnows' narrative has been substantially defeated in this test.
 
Athlai

Athlai

Not Terrible
I absolutely subscribe to the Wright and Sutcliffe arguments but Latham deserves to be mentioned with them. Has more hundreds than both. Sutcliffe had a very short career and Wright's record is poorer.

While it's an era of NZ roads, opening is still often difficult here as the new ball often swings a lot. And plenty of runs vs Bangers? Ffs Bangers have been good for pretty much his entire career
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
Athlai said:
I absolutely subscribe to the Wright and Sutcliffe arguments but Latham deserves to be mentioned with them. Has more hundreds than both. Sutcliffe had a very short career and Wright's record is poorer.

While it's an era of NZ roads, opening is still often difficult here as the new ball often swings a lot. And plenty of runs vs Bangers? Ffs Bangers have been good for pretty much his entire career
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Look, I've got time for Latham. He's definitely a top 10, maybe top 5 all time NZ opener. He's also probably one of the better openers NZ has produced for subcontinent conditions. But when you're averaging sub-30 vs SEIAP, you can't really complain when people look at someone like Wright, who averaged 30+ v every country he played against (including some truly fantastic fast bowling units) and react to this comment with a lol.

And also no, Bangladesh have not been pretty good for pretty much his entire career. They've been pretty good at home, where Latham has toured only once.
 
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