***Official*** India in New Zealand 2013/14

[hendrix]

Fantastically honest interview with Neil Harvey here about the recent Ashes.

 

[Dan]

dont know why dan hates vijay so much. every time i watch him he looks competent enough.

Never said there was actual justification for it. Even I don't know why I hate Vijay so much

 

[hendrix]

Sodhi > Jadeja

India really missed Ashwin, imo.

Ashwin would've been just as useless.

They need Ojha.

 

[Contra]

lol Ohja wouldn't have even come close to taking those 2 catches that resulted in wkts

 

[Athlai]

Southee and Boult are so gun.

 

[Blocky]

a reign with more success than the vettori reign. a reign which ended with an overseas victory.

Maybe so, but only the last three years worth of performance is tracked for the rankings as far as I'm aware - which doesn't stretch back to Vettori's reign.

 

[Blocky]

As for Sodhi, so far, lot more turn than he's been used to but look at his expression when he got one to bite, he had no clue how he did it. So yes, "consistently" does come into the equation, lets see how he goes throughout the test match. He's still dropped four out of 12 too short.

Wagner hasn't bowled at all well so far, very poorly. But he generally takes a few overs to get going.

 

[Prensel]

So did NZ change the new ball this time?

 

[Dan]

As for Sodhi, so far, lot more turn than he's been used to but look at his expression when he got one to bite, he had no clue how he did it. So yes, "consistently" does come into the equation, lets see how he goes throughout the test match. He's still dropped four out of 12 too short.

Wagner hasn't bowled at all well so far, very poorly. But he generally takes a few overs to get going.

Yeah, and that pressure release counts against him as a bowler. The effect one bowler can have on the guy down the other end is huge (see Boult when there's no Southee), so I can't see 2-3 overs of filth from Wagner helping the other bowler build pressure and take wickets. Not necessarily a terminal weakness, but a pretty obvious one nonetheless.

Interested to see this Santner bloke Blocky keeps going on about. If he's got more upside/potential than Sodhi does, he must be one hell of a spinner.

 

[NZTailender]

India's start not too disimilar to New Zealands. Except it doesn't look like Wagner will take 6.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

So if wagner takes say 3 overs to get going out of say a spell of 8 what your saying is hes useless?

 

[BeeGee]

So did NZ change the new ball this time?

Not yet, this one's still moving.

 

[Jono]

Kohli is going to play **** in this Auckland test because he knows I am coming for the Wellington test. Saving up his awesomeness for that match.

This is happening. Suck it PEWS

 

[straw man]

So if wagner takes say 3 overs to get going out of say a spell of 8 what your saying is hes useless?

I would prefer that everyone on this forum just plays 'wait and see what happens' w.r.t both Wagner and Sodhi for the rest of this series

Damn. Close.

 

[Prensel]

What a ball

 

[BeeGee]

Awesome ball.

A present for Dan.

India in huge trouble.

 

[Athlai]

****ing ripper

 

[Blocky]

Wagner hasn't bowled at all well so far, very poorly. But he generally takes a few overs to get going.

And a few overs into it... he bowls a beautiful length delivery, holds on the seam and takes the top of off.

 

[ajdude]

that's a peach.

 

[Contra]

that was a solid delivery, came in from really wide