morgieb
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Had Inglis gotten dropped NZ win that game IMO. Wonder if we might see a tactical drop at some point....
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*Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024
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TheJediBrah
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Inglis has been very, very good for the last year. This was just a bad knock
jcas0167
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Sad but true. Didn't know much about David but as soon as he walked out he looked like a big unit who would be more dangerous than Inglis.
Burgey
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Blokes used to do this in an intra club nine a side comp we held each year where we mixed up the players from all the different grades. Got so bad we brought in a rule the batting captain could retire a bloke after they’d faced >10 balls to stop sides deliberately dropping catches to keep the B52 players in
Pup Clarke
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Just casually dropping into this thread and wondering how Southee is still playing this format???
Great test bowler, but he was never even that good to begin with in T20s?
If he was a gun in his earlier days then I could maybe understand persevering with him.
Is this too simplistic an analysis, or do NZ feel that he's genuinely still the best option?
Great test bowler, but he was never even that good to begin with in T20s?
If he was a gun in his earlier days then I could maybe understand persevering with him.
Is this too simplistic an analysis, or do NZ feel that he's genuinely still the best option?
King Kane
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Tim David can be a dangerous finisher especially when you pitch it up in the slot to him like Milne and Southee did in the last couple of overs.
Some shorter balls might have been a better option to him, he doesn't seem to play them as well from what I've seen of him.
straw man
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Haha fun match. Crowd would have gone home entertained - was really as good a t20 as you'll see.
Loved to see Ferguson bowl a good spell. Don't know wtf was with NZ's fielding though, whether the dropped catches, Phillips being too hyperactive to do the basics or just Conway's drop-bye, without which it would've been a tie. Unbelievable number of errors in just 120 balls.
Great chase, Marsh always biffs NZ bowlers.
Loved to see Ferguson bowl a good spell. Don't know wtf was with NZ's fielding though, whether the dropped catches, Phillips being too hyperactive to do the basics or just Conway's drop-bye, without which it would've been a tie. Unbelievable number of errors in just 120 balls.
Great chase, Marsh always biffs NZ bowlers.
thierry henry
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His overall record is actually kinda ok as is his recent form? I wouldn’t call him a ‘must pick’ but neither has his ongoing selection in T20s been inexplicable. The format he is truly **** in is ODIs.
Daemon
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He’s very bad against spin and the fast short stuff. Milne should have bowled short but Southee had little choice but to try for yorkers given his pace. He just failed at execution.
Fuller Pilch
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Despite being terrible tonight has actually been pretty decent in T20is - has 157 wickets with Shakib 2nd on 140.
An attack of Ferguson, Milne, and young Ben Sears would've been exciting though as well as very fast
King Kane
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I don't think many NZ supporters think he's the best option for us as a T20 bowler but the NZ selectors seem to be obliged to still pick him regardless.
jcas0167
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Absolutely, watching Ferguson bowl Maxwell was worth the price of admission in itself. Ravindra's innings superb and you had to admire the clean hitting of Marsh and David. Maxwell responding to some heckler in a CD cap was pretty funny too.
King Kane
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That's the problem with Southee, at his pace he needs to nail the yorkers but too often he misses his line and length and gets punished like tonight.
Not much good nailing a couple of yorkers in an over when the rest of the balls are wides outside off or full tosses or slot balls on the pads.
He can still be a useful bowler in T20s and ODIs but you can't rely on him bowling at the death.
Bahnz
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Nah, NZ's real problem was they read the pitch wrong. Wasn't a surface for two specialist spinners. Sodhi went alright all things considered but NZ really needed a 4th quick
Molehill
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I once played in a T20 game where batsmen had to retire at 30. We foolishly made the mistake of taking the 9th wicket and allowing a previously retired player back in with 5 overs to go....it cost us the game.
CricAddict
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They did have a fourth quick in Clarkson in the XI. Could have been tried at least for an over, especially after seeing Rachin clobber Zampa so easily for sixes.
Bahnz
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I mean a rfm or rf. A medium pacer like Clarkson would've gotten smashed
