*Official* Bangladesh Tour of New Zealand 2019

[NZTailender]

looking ahead, does Young come straight in at 3, or do we give him a bit of a cushier dayboo at 5 with everyone shuffling up one, or Nicholls swapping to 3?

I'd be inclined to give Nicholls a run at 3 for the hell of it. Young at 5.

 

[Bahnz]

At one stage in this test Southee's was under 30. Not often we have three sub 30 average seamers in the same side with 100+ wickets each.

Also with this game, Boult has elbowed his way ahead of Southee in the wicket's column, with 246 to Southee's 245. You'd suspect that given Southee and Wagner will be wrestling for the 2nd seamer's spot on sub-continent tours, Boult will streak away from Southee in the years to come.

 

[Bahnz]

looking ahead, does Young come straight in at 3, or do we give him a bit of a cushier dayboo at 5 with everyone shuffling up one, or Nicholls swapping to 3?

I'd be inclined to give Nicholls a run at 3 for the hell of it. Young at 5.

Will Young bats at 3 for his province, while I believe the highest Nicholls has ever batted in FC cricket is 4. Throw in the fact that the opposition is probably below Plunket Shield standard, and I think it's best to give Young a run at 3.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

That’s a new low for Wagner’s average, great to see.

 

[Gnske]

Neil Wagner may very well be my hero. Need to do an updated count on his percentage of short ball wickets, he keeps doing it.

 

[Athlai]

Neil Wagner may very well be my hero. Need to do an updated count on his percentage of short ball wickets, he keeps doing it.

95% imo

 

[Immenso]

Neil Wagner may very well be my hero. Need to do an updated count on his percentage of short ball wickets, he keeps doing it.

Edit correction, didn't include the word "wicket";

 

[Athlai]

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[Gnske]

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Ooft.

Actually I just did a count, since I'm obsessed unhealthily with Wags. 87 of his 174 wickets are definite short balls. Probably under-counted by one or two, but that is perfect symmetry.

 

[Bahnz]

Ooft.

Actually I just did a count, since I'm obsessed unhealthily with Wags. 87 of his 174 wickets are definite short balls. Probably under-counted by one or two, but that is perfect symmetry.

The percentage will be way higher post 2015. That 6fer that he took against Australia was a bit of a Eureka moment - comparable to Hadlee realising the benefits of a short run-up in Sunday League cricket.

 

[Gnske]

The percentage will be way higher post 2015. That 6fer that he took against Australia was a bit of a Eureka moment - comparable to Hadlee realising the benefits of a short run-up in Sunday League cricket.

75 out of his 119 wickets from the first Sri Lankan test at the end of 2014

 

[Immenso]

I saw on reddit the other day, somone linked to the youtube video of Wagner taking 5 wickets in an over for Otago with inswinging yorkers.
I'd forgotten about that.

This match: https://archive.nzc.nz/Scorecards/304/304683.html

 

[Bahnz]

75 out of his 119 wickets from the first Sri Lankan test at the end of 2014

Yep, and that's not even considering that a good number of the remaining 44 wickets would've been a result of the classic "push 'em back, and then dish up a carrot ball to induce a leaden-footed prod" tactic.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

That's 5 consecutive test series wins now.

The overall record is 9 (shared by an early England side, the great Aussie team, and India 2015-16).

If we play well and have some luck we can beat Sri Lanka away and England at home to be on 7 before the 3 tests in Australia next summer.

 

[straw man]

Would play Young, Blundell and Ferguson next match, and might as well include Astle too. Williamson and Watling injured, rest Boult who's had a big season and rest either Southee or Henry.

Raval
Latham
Young
Taylor
Nicholls
Blundell
De Grandhomme
Astle
Wagner
Henry/Southee
Ferguson

 

[Binkley]

Would play Young, Blundell and Ferguson next match, and might as well include Astle too. Williamson and Watling injured, rest Boult who's had a big season and rest either Southee or Henry.

Raval
Latham
Young
Taylor
Nicholls
Blundell
De Grandhomme
Astle
Wagner
Henry/Southee
Ferguson

I would love to see Ferguson and Young play, but (assuming Kane recovers) I just can’t see how the selectors could justify it. We have played so little cricket this season that there isn’t anybody who deserves to be rested.

 

[Bahnz]

I would love to see Ferguson and Young play, but (assuming Kane recovers) I just can’t see how the selectors could justify it. We have played so little cricket this season that there isn’t anybody who deserves to be rested.

The prognosis for Kane is that he'll be out for 1-2 weeks, so I really doubt he'll be fit for the third test. A debut would be a really nice reward for an excellent season from Young.

Ferguson I can't see playing. He's already behind Henry in the queue, and he didn't even play for Auckland this week. I can't imagine that a test call-up against a weak Bangladesh side is a particularly strong area of focus for either him or the selectors 3 months out from the World Cup.

 

[Athlai]

Bennett in for Henry plz

 

[straw man]

Ferguson I can't see playing. He's already behind Henry in the queue, and he didn't even play for Auckland this week. I can't imagine that a test call-up against a weak Bangladesh side is a particularly strong area of focus for either him or the selectors 3 months out from the World Cup.

Yeah playing Ferguson here is a fantasy and won't happen, though I continue to hope that it will some time soon.

Any idea why he didn't play for Auckland?

 

[Binkley]

Lordy, the forecast for Christchurch looks pretty bad. Which is depressing. But not nearly as depressing as the thought that this is the last test of the season.