***Official*** New Zealand in India 2016

[Howe_zat]

If Ishant plays later in the season he will have been playing tests for 10 years and played more matches against Australia than Sunil Gavaskar

He's going to come good soon though

 

[Daemon]

If Ishant plays later in the season he will have been playing tests for 10 years and played more matches against Australia than Sunil Gavaskar

He's going to come good soon though

Nah Ishant has already 'arrived'. Nobody's picking him in the hopes that he's going to improve and become world class someday, we're just picking him because he's still one of the best options.

Poor man's Chris Martin, except that he managed to win a test with the bat.

 

[OverratedSanity]

That is a humongous woosh

 

[indiaholic]

Ishant doesn't have a good nickname so you pick Yadav

Jaws?

 

[indiaholic]

As in the james bond villain not the shark.

 

[Daemon]

That is a humongous woosh

I get that it was a joke, but it was still implying people think he's going to get better

 

[indiaholic]

Nah. Howe was making fun of the meme.

 

[jonbrooks]

The Black Caps sucked. This performance by rated a 0.5/10. The 0.5 came from them taking the field. Indians were 9/10.

 

[Shady Slim]

imo nz weren't that bad kids just india is to rank turners what aus is to roads, ie they are basically impeccable

their horses are built for those courses

 

[Shri]

Ishant doesn't have a good nickname so you pick Yadav

#UglyGillespie

 

[Shady Slim]

the jokes about ishant being crap are more there bc they're funny rather than bc they're true sort of like jokes about warner being an ass

 

[NZTailender]

I can't even wah properly.

indeed

 

[Shady Slim]

infighting in the kiwi bloc threatening to tear it apart

 

[vandem]

Nah, we tend to remember the bad calls more that went against NZ, because we struggled so much to get wickets... India were actually on the receiving end of quite a few howlers themselves, but they just didn't cost as much because their bowlers were good enough to create other chances soon after. Weaker sides often seem more unlucky in that respect.

Agree, India got more bad / marginal umpire decisions going their way because they were hitting the pads more often. And not all of them would have been overturned if there was DRS, is possible that a couple of Jadeja's bad / marginal lbws from arm balls were actually shaving the outside of leg. Possibly.

I think the bad calls stick in the mind of Kiwis because three came on the series-turning day 3 at Kanpur, which started with NZ having a slight advantage at 1-152 chasing 318. But even if Aswhin's long hop to KW hadn't turned massively out of the footmark, and Jadeja hadn't got the bad / marginal lbws, I don't think NZ had the spin resources to convert a possible first innings lead into win. Best we could have hoped for was a more defensive Indian 2nd innings, which should have allowed NZ to bat out a draw.

 

[vandem]

So what's the call on Santa? #1 spinner who bats at 8? Part time spinner who bats at 6/7 (BJ bats at 6, next keeper bats at 7)?

IMHO he has the ability to be a real all-rounder in white ball cricket (batting at 6/7, bowling a full spell), but for test matches will be better if he specialises.

 

[duffer]

Ishant doesn't have a good nickname so you pick Yadav

Instant Karma

 

[Athlai]

So what's the call on Santa? #1 spinner who bats at 8? Part time spinner who bats at 6/7 (BJ bats at 6, next keeper bats at 7)?

IMHO he has the ability to be a real all-rounder in white ball cricket (batting at 6/7, bowling a full spell), but for test matches will be better if he specialises.

Full strength has to be something like

Guptill/Anyone
Latham
Williamson
Taylor
Anyone
Anderson/Neesham
Watling
Santa
Wagner
Southee
Boult

With Henry not far off.m

 

[Shri]

Why do I feel that Neesham is going to be NZ's next James Franklin?

 

[Athlai]

Because you're very confused IMO.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Yeah I'll just leave this here