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*Official* New Zealand in Sri Lanka

straw man

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
FFS Taylor. After being dropped twice I really thought he'd go on like he did against India when they gave him two or three lives.
 
Pratters

Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Athlai said:
He was a late bloomer so I didn't really feel that he should be compared.
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I thought you said Martin Crowe for a moment, hence my reaction - Richardson?. They are comparable IMO as both are stone wallers which NZ desperately need. I was thinking about comparing him to Richardson myself.
 
Meridio

Meridio

International Regular
JimmyGS said:
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but I can't recall McIntosh getting out to the short ball. I think he may have once in the W.I series, but domestically I can't recall any instances really.
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Can't remember him getting out to it, but there was that one against the Windies where he top edged it straight up the the bowler and keeper left it for each other.

JimmyGS said:
Looking like you're getting hit (and getting hit occasionally) is only really a technical weakness if it leads to losing your wicket. All of you guys go on about how he needs to sort out this technical flaw and how he needs to learn to pull etc. I'm fine with it, as long as after he gets pinged, he's still at the crease.
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He might not have got out to it yet, but you'd have to think it's just a matter of time before he does. Can imagine teams targetting him there constantly if he gets an extended run in the team.
 
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Blakey

State Vice-Captain
When Murali appeals do you think the Umpire is thinking "dude, get the **** out of my personal space, seriously man, back the **** up or I will stab you with the off stump."
 
Athlai

Athlai

Not Terrible
All NZ partnerships thus far have totalled between 35 and 51 runs. One big one is all thats needed after a suprisingly solid start.
 
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Blakey

State Vice-Captain
**** - so now is the end. McCullum really is **** at the moment and has been for a while. Then there is Oram - need I say more. Two of the more ineffectual batsmen against spin.
 
Meridio

Meridio

International Regular
Oh dear. 250 all out a definite possibility now.

Was looking quite promising at lunch too. Usually goes the other way around - rubbish start followed by lower-middle order recovery to a respecable-ish score.
 
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