thierry henry
International Coach
Stfu about patel smith
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thierry henry
International Coach
Why can't I post in caps?
thierry henry
International Coach
Yeah Smith, our batting is awesome and Jeets is a destroyer.
FMD FOAD
FMD FOAD
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Haha. I actually agree with him that Patel should've played; I would've left Southee out. Smith has a thing about Franklin though.
thierry henry
International Coach
I would've played Mills.
But apparently because Mills had one bad game and bowls marginally too slow, that overshadows the fact that Patel has not had success at any level of cricket above club
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I just heard on the grapevine that the BCCI insisted that India bat first. Vettori was forced to bowl first so that the Indian TV viewers could get to see Sehwag succeed and score a new world record.
They also insisted that New Zealand have to bowl pies as much as possible.
Not pleased.
They also insisted that New Zealand have to bowl pies as much as possible.
Not pleased.
cowboysfan
U19 Debutant
they have also bought out the the WHOLE WIND in Wellington.
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Bastards! The wind is ours!
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I've always been a fan of Mills, but he's looked absolutely terrible in general since he had that injury. It's not the first time this has happened in his career either - he can really struggle when he's not completely fit.
I would've prefered Mills to Southee but I think Patel bowled well enough in the second Test to keep his spot over them given how Mills has bowled lately.
thierry henry
International Coach
Just noticed O'Brien's average has snuck up over 30 again....beginning of the end?
thierry henry
International Coach
tbh, although Mills was below his best in the ODI series he actually ended up near enough (without looking over the stats) our most economical seamer
I also don't think he was *as* bad in the first test as everyone says, he could easily have had a few more wickets, and his pace was up.
Halfpast_Yellow
U19 Vice-Captain
Umm no. Napier pitch, end of.
O'Brien to own this test IMO. Only prob remains to be seen how much those 3 days in the field took it out of him.
Anyway OB >>> Mills and Southee at the moment, rivals Chris Martin, who else is there? Arnel?
thierry henry
International Coach
tbh I'm not as fired up about the Mills/Patel/Southee debate as I probably seem, it's just the NZ media's Patel>>>>>>>>our seamers stance that kills me.
Athlai is actually far more reasonable in his Patel praise than most of the NZ media
Athlai is actually far more reasonable in his Patel praise than most of the NZ media
thierry henry
International Coach
Anyone reckon the first hour might've gone a little differently if Sehwag had mostly faced Martin and Gambhir had mostly faced Southee rather than vice-versa?
Halfpast_Yellow
U19 Vice-Captain
I find it quite funny 2 of the 3 pics currently on OB's cricinfo stats page are of him dropping catches.