*Official* New Zealand in Bangladesh 2023/24

[ashley bach]

How weird it was to see our best spinner not even given an over.

 

[_Ed_]

Oh dear, Devon.

 

[King Kane]

Conway's poor run of form continues, can't blame him too much for that though, it was more great bowling from Shoriful rather than bad batting.

 

[ataraxia]

A very underwhelming series for Conway draws to an end. Time for Kane klass winning

 

[Silver Silva]

Shoriful Islam is some talent

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Pitches like this call for some innovation, don't think it would be the worst idea in the world to promote a bowler who can bat a bit up the order ..Like a Jamieson or something

 

[cricman]

Shoriful looking like a Windes bowler in the 80s/90s

 

[Moss]

Pitches like this call for some innovation, don't think it would be the worst idea in the world to promote a bowler who can bat a bit up the order ..Like a Jamieson or something

True, or even someone like Blundell who is at his best when playing positively.

 

[ashley bach]

Good answer on the comms regarding whether the pitch is a good one for test cricket.
It was politely suggested that it's a load of junk.

 

[Moss]

Skillful stuff from Shoriful, adds a different dimenson. Very Srinath vs South Africa at Motera 1996 vibes.

 

[King Kane]

Good answer on the comms regarding whether the pitch is a good one for test cricket.
It was politely suggested that it's a load of junk.

It's not a good test pitch, if it wasn't for one day being a complete washout due to rain it would have been over in 3 days.

 

[Aritro]

Maybe it was just good bowling and terrible batting that had them skittled for 130?

Never mind though, Taijul's just got Kane.

 

[Moss]

That was outstanding.

 

[Athlai]

Played

 

[King Kane]

Big wicket, we are now relying on Latham and Nicholls which isn't ideal.

 

[Zinzan]

Cat amongst the pigeons

 

[Aritro]

Also, there's a reasonable chance that Litton, who is an OK keeper, would have missed that stumping. I don't mind Nurul being picked, as I've said before. He's capable of better with the bat than he's shown, but even when he doesn't make runs he more than makes up for it with the runs he saves with his keeping.

 

[ataraxia]

Nicholls has been on the decline in tests: 200*, 19, 2, 1, ...?

Can he continue to reach lower lows?

 

[_Ed_]

 

[Moss]

Nicholls has been on the decline in tests: 200*, 19, 2, 1, ...?

Can he continue to reach lower lows?

Temperament wise he's normally a good guy to have in these situations, but has looked panicky in this series.