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*Official* New Zealand in England 2015
- Thread starter JediNudist
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WalkingWicket
State 12th Man
A different team means squat when that team is back in the pavilion. Jesus Christ that was awful.
Zinzan
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Interesting, I'm looking forward to seeing MM, thought he was refreshingly awesome in the IPL after looking in terrible form in the 6 months or so prior to the WC.
Looks like a good batting deck this.
WalkingWicket
State 12th Man
Feel like Hales will be the run-a-ball 30 kind of guy, whack a couple of boundaries, then do something impossibly stupid to get out.
CaptainGrumpy
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Hales looking dangerous and strangely orthodox. Worrying knowing he can go BBL.
Prince EWS
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As a neutral(ish) fan I just don't enjoy watching him even when he's effective.
Zinzan
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Lovely striker of the ball.
Zinzan
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Bowling action, attitude, inconsistency or combination of all?
Prince EWS
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At lower levels Hales has historically been almost the opposite of that: a really terrible starter who becomes very dangerous after he's in.
CaptainGrumpy
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Try being a NZ fan watching him.
vic_orthdox
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God, stop marketing ODIs like T20. Playing music between every boundary - it's a bloody long day going to an ODI fixture, need artificial enhancement to get through it with their "entertainment".
Prince EWS
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Mainly just the action. Inconsistency is grating but it can be endearing if I enjoy watching someone bowl.
I've got no gripe with his attitude/commitment etc at all though.
Zinzan
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Yeah, hard to not love his commitment. I see Ponting was gushing about his attitude in a recent MI interview.Mainly just the action. Inconsistency is grating but it can be endearing if I enjoy watching someone bowl.
I've got no gripe with his attitude/commitment etc at all though.
Incidentally, get the feeling Guptill would have loved batting first on this. Standing tall & hitting through the line of the ball. Pleased we have 2 spinners & KW after this start.
Scaly piscine
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Sounds like a typical Edgbaston wicket. No pace or bounce, so only edges off aggressive shots tend to carry.
Can't see any pitch in England changing much over the course of a ODI. It's traditionally been hard to force long format victories at Edgbaston, when Durham won there 2-3 seasons ago it was the first away win for an age and Warwickshire (home side) aren't anything flash.
OverratedSanity
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Complete opposite for me. I enjoy watching him take wickets knowing it's pissing people off.
CaptainGrumpy
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Where is the spinometer. Not seeing any turn at all for NMac.
Top_Cat
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Yeah, just wish he did it more often. #stillbitter #never4get
CaptainGrumpy
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Boult emulates McClenahan there.