Jacob Oram averaged over 40 before the start of this game, and I'm pretty confident that Fleming will be over that mark by the end of the Test. Keep in mind we've got three pretty new Test batsmen (Bell, Cumming and Fulton), who are all trying to establish themselves, an absolutely terrible bowler (O'Brien), and a spinner who has to play in New Zealand conditions.
It's a definite shame, as the selectors don't seem willing to value domestic performances and would rather pick somebody like Aftab Ahmed for Test cricket, despite being totally unsuited to it. Guys like Ehsanul Haque and Rajin Saleh need to be given an extended run, and for the selectors to have some faith in them.
Oram is now under 40, that's why I wrote "at the moment"
A left-arm fast-medium swing bowler from Bangladesh.
Actually, at the start of this game, the Bangladesh top 6 averaged collectively 14 runs more than the nz top 6. That is skewed by Tamims average of 68 but if we gave him a reasonable average of say, 35, It means, NZs top 6 batsmen only average 19 runs more than Bangladesh. Rather demoralising.I think Fulton will turn out to have an average over 40, just struggling at the moment.
Jacob Oram and Matthew Bell both scored centuries in the last Test.
True but they missed out a perfect opportunity right here today IMO.
Yeah, Vettori has improved his batting heaps in the past few years. So basically he's a better batsmen then a player who averages 26.
Yeah, and...
Time is on their side tbh. Staggering how far advanced some Tests get these days, Bangladesh are starting their second innings and we are still on the 2nd day.
