**Official** New Zealand in Australia Thread

[Joao_Quinto]

Vettori to be in the wickets, with Franklin.

Standing on one is the closest that Vettori is going to get to wicket, IMHO.

 

[bryce]

franklin's broke down

 

[howardj]

Justin Langer and Matt Hayden will both score centuries - bet your house on it.

 

[bryce]

what happened to your averages i was just reading them ?

 

[howardj]

what happened to your averages i was just reading them ?

They came out all messy, mate. Its a microsoft word document that i attempted to cut and paste. I can email it to you, if you want.

 

[bryce]

lol nah its alright, i will be starting to see them in about 12 hours time ........
and there's always cricinfo

 

[howardj]

lol nah its alright, i will be starting to see them in about 12 hours time ........
and there's always cricinfo

The gist of it was that, if you add up the Test batting averages of NZ (no. 1 -11), they come to about 357. If you do the same for Aust, they come to about 400. Granted, this does not take into account the respective bowling line-ups of the two sides. However, taken at face value, it does provide some sort of hope that the series may well be a contest.

 

[bryce]

yeah i know, the new zealand averages will be just that(face value) against the best bowling attack in world.

 

[meatspx]

Comments by Warne in the media that he considers himself to be an all-rounder against NZ are classic

We may have lost that last test in Perth because of dodgy umpriring, but at least we got him out for 99!

 

[howardj]

yeah i know, the new zealand averages will be just that(face value) against the best bowling attack in world.

I was sort of trying to perform a community service- attempting to convince people - including myself - that tomorrow will be something other than a first-rate mauling!

 

[bryce]

don't worry about it, us new zealanders don't really have expectations, we are just full of nothing but hope !

 

[howardj]

don't worry about it, us new zealanders don't really have expectations, we are just full of nothing but hope !

Considering that New Zealand has the population of metropolitan Sydney, they are a formidable force. Just imagine if we Aussies only had that section of Australia to choose from. Least we wouldn't have to put up with Boof!

 

[bryce]

Considering that New Zealand has the population of metropolitan Sydney, they are formidable force. Just imagine if we Aussies only had that section of Australia to choose from. Least we wouldn't have to put up with Boof!

yeah only 4 million people and one-third of that in one city

 

[meatspx]

Good to see that we are already coming up with excuses for loosing.

 

[marc71178]

We've got 4 or 5 batsmen averaging over 35 which I wouldn't call that bad to be honest.

I wouldn't call it that good in the current climate.

You need at least a couple of 45s in there IMO.

 

[marc71178]

Justin Langer and Matt Hayden will both score centuries - bet your house on it.

Even if I had one I wouldn't bet on that to be honest.

 

[marc71178]

We may have lost that last test in Perth because of dodgy umpriring

Cobblers, it was quite clearly the Mumbai pitch that should be blamed for it!

 

[anzac]

Well it looks like that McMillan is definately playing and Marshall will be left out. Bracewell has said that blooding a player against Australia will be unfair, and that McMillan's experience would do the side good.

so what was the bloody point of having the same squad as the BAN series & then bringing Macca in ????????

 

[anzac]

I wish NZ would drop Sinclair he has had a couple of good games. Thats all.

McMillan should take his place And have Fleming/Richardson Opening with McMillan,Styris then Astle. As the top order. McMillan is a fighter.

Macca at #3 - hell no................

as for him being a fighter - maybe a few yesterdays ago he was, but now IMO he's more of a poser at the crease - all bluff & ******** these days with too many improvised strokes or just plain dumb shot selection & away his wicket for bugger all................

hell even Marshall did better in BAN when he was clearly uncomfortable v spin etc - still managed to post a half ton................

 

[Loony BoB]

Yeah, man. Blooding Vincent against Australia - we sure regret that, right?

EDIT: And I believe Marshall is likely to get his debut century in an international so long as he gets played enough. The excuse of him not having an FC 100 is a bit much for me - he's arguably currently our best OD batsman and he hasn't been a let-down in tests so far, he's just not had many chances to really show us what he's got. He averages higher in ODI's than List-A OD's as it is.