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***Official*** New Zealand in Bangladesh & Sri Lanka 2013
- Thread starter Kippax
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BeeGee
International Captain
Half way there for Williamson.
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Isn't it meant to be on Sky Sport 5? That's the channel that's only there sometimes. I'm not home at the moment, but I think that's what I saw in the on-screen guide.This is not on TV
African Monkey
U19 Vice-Captain
It's on channel 55.This is not on TV
A good chance for the batsmen to boost their averages today.
Binkley
U19 Captain
I get Sky through TelstraClear, and they don't appear to be rebroadcasting 055. Bastards.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
i'm in this same boat.
African Monkey
U19 Vice-Captain
Oh that sucks.
You're not missing much though it must be said lol. Taylor looks all at sea against spin atm. Wiliamson edging closer to another century.
African Monkey
U19 Vice-Captain
Williamson desperately unlucky there. Freakish dismissal.
Flem274*
123/5
post link on cricsim wall pls
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
see crabs subbie
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
should only sweep from outside off IMO. Perfectly safe.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
It is lunch break so just to make conversation I will make a long reply to this. I am not married to the following opinion - just want to see what you say in reply.
NZ traditionally has a love hate relationship with the sweep. Better players of spin use their feet more than they sweep. Our best player of spin is Williamson hands down and the way he ticks it over is to chip down the track rather than sweeping.
Ian Smith recalls a test match from the 80s in his autobiography where they were told if you get out sweeping you will not be playing the next test. So nobody swept and some off spinner got on top of the new zealanders finally John Bracewell came in who had missed the team meeting and he made a fighting 80 by sweeping anything and everything and nz made it to 270 odd.
That example excepted I have seen numerous dismissals out sweeping. Sure getting your pad outside the line of off stump might be safe but still seems to be a high risk shot overall unless you can either get your pad outside the line or its missing the stumps.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
It was strange captaincy in any case to bring Martin on so early. Perhaps McCullum trying a little too hard to be unpredictable instead of just leaving the new ball with fast bowlers in the few overs in which it may move off the straight.
For my team I think that if you zoom in, and then zoom in again, and then look a little closer at the available options, and then get out your microscope, once you reach the level of magnification of a gnat's balls and quantum weirdness then in these conditions Martin is just edged out by the other two. Not the right type of spin bowler for this sort of slow damp subcontinental pitch and is just generally not accurate enough - Vettori flighty straight-breaks but with a four-ball every over or two, thus completely removing the benefit of being a Vettori-clone in the first place.