*Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

[Bahnz]

I think Bracewell would have gone alright if he had the talent that Stead has had at his disposal.

Nah, Bracewell would've made young KW open the batting.

 

[Flem274*]

John Bracewell taking over from Hesson could have pushed them to a new level or destabilized the team.

He wouldn't have died wondering. As much as we meme on his Kyle Mills #3, he modernized the white ball side. Rotation policy copped a lot of flak but it's standard now and even regressed under Stead, who relied on Boult/Southee in all3 formats a bit much. KW as well.

 

[NZTailender]

Bracewell seemed to have a desire for success, even if it meant doing dumb**** things like getting the players to criticise each other and bat everyone out of position.

Stead is an empty suit. Maybe he gave up after dropping Southee in Aus in the face of a rumoured unhappy dressing room but he's been asleep at the wheel for a while, like Steve said

 

[Moss]

John Bracewell taking over from Hesson could have pushed them to a new level or destabilized the team.

He wouldn't have died wondering. As much as we meme on his Kyle Mills #3, he modernized the white ball side. Rotation policy copped a lot of flak but it's standard now and even regressed under Stead, who relied on Boult/Southee in all3 formats a bit much. KW as well.

Bracewell as whiteball-only coach is something I wouldn’t have been averse to. The likes of Cairns and Astle were pretty upset at having a fire lit under them and I didn’t support it at the time, but we’d be better off today if the likes of Southee, Sodhi, Latham etc. received that sort of treatment.

 

[Flem274*]

Bracewell would have the depth available now to pull that stunt. The average mid domestic player can transform into Daryl Mitchell or BJ Watling now, for at least some time.

 

[jcas0167]

Bracewell as whiteball-only coach is something I wouldn’t have been averse to. The likes of Cairns and Astle were pretty upset at having a fire lit under them and I didn’t support it at the time, but we’d be better off today if the likes of Southee, Sodhi, Latham etc. received that sort of treatment.

That 'rotation' of older players was something the High Performance Manager at the time Ric Charlesworth really pushed too. Just looking him up again I saw this 2021 interview with ex-Canterbury coach Dave Nosworthy who attributes some of NZ's recent success to work Charlesworth did.

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/art...w-zealand-blackcaps-go-from-zeroes-to-heroes/

 

[Athlai]

Oh joy, taking the nephews to this almost certainly rained off game

 

[NZTailender]

Oh joy, taking the nephews to this almost certainly rained off game

No game balls for you

 

[jcas0167]

That's a shame, would probably have been another bumper crowd too. Was at a quiz last night at our club and someone mentioned how even though we got thrashed on Friday it was so good to see the Black Caps with 3 guys bowling over 140 kph. That seemed like a bit of a breakthrough performance for Sears too.

 

[SteveNZ]

I'm a weather servant, I tend to feel the moisture through my body...although I'm 2 hours away from Auckland, I think we'll get a game in today and 15+ overs.

Of course, like any psychic, this is completely based on nothing and could be horribly wrong, at which time I will disappear and pretend I never said a thing

 

[SteveNZ]

That's a shame, would probably have been another bumper crowd too. Was at a quiz last night at our club and someone mentioned how even though we got thrashed on Friday it was so good to see the Black Caps with 3 guys bowling over 140 kph. That seemed like a bit of a breakthrough performance for Sears too.

Yeah...I have professed that I'm not a big fan of Sears but I was very impressed on Friday. He bowled smart, he bowled with variation, with some pace, made them hit into the right areas, and was fired up. I really liked it.

 

[Athlai]

No game balls for you

I'll find a way

 

[Bahnz]

Yeah...I have professed that I'm not a big fan of Sears but I was very impressed on Friday. He bowled smart, he bowled with variation, with some pace, made them hit into the right areas, and was fired up. I really liked it.

He bowled very intelligently in the Pakistan t20 series as well. A lot of inexperienced fast bowlers go balls to the wall with their pace, and because they don't have the control needed get absolutely smashed (see young Milne and Locky). Sears has made very effective use of slower balls and cross seamers while keeping his stock ball in the low-mid 140 range where he has the control to maintain a challenging line and length.

 

[Neil Young]

I'm a weather servant, I tend to feel the moisture through my body...although I'm 2 hours away from Auckland, I think we'll get a game in today and 15+ overs.

Of course, like any psychic, this is completely based on nothing and could be horribly wrong, at which time I will disappear and pretend I never said a thing

Savant?

 

[SteveNZ]

Savant?

Haha ****, yeah that one.

 

[Gnske]

I tend to feel the moisture through my body..

Send a pm to @RossTaylorsBox

 

[Aidan11]

NZ win the toss and opted to bowl.

 

[King Kane]

It would be nice to get a consolation win and avoid a 3-0 whitewash but I don't like our chances with Conway out for Seifert and Ferguson out for Sodhi

 

[Bahnz]

Why rest Ferguson? This is his last game of the summer.

 

[SteveNZ]

Do we think Steve Smith will ever find what he's looking for in pitches post-dismissal? Not sure if that's an existential question or just a cricket one