Chin Music
State Vice-Captain
Surely Santner is picked as much for his batting as his bowling, no? Seems a waste of a pick if he is because he is clearly little more than an ok support bowler at best in tests IMO.
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*Official* New Zealand in Sri Lanka
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No he averages 24, he's more a spinner who can bat a bit. Can never bat higher than 8, struggles with short and full balls in Tests
If Southee gets dropped id like Phillips to be our captain, he seems in the Mcullem mold. He is in the team for his batting and to bat with the tail and be aggressive, but his bowling is really coming on good. He also got a 5fer vs Aussie earlier this year turning it big.
Migara
International Coach
If New Zealand can score somewhere close to SL, and on 3rd and 4th innings in Galle Santner will come in to play. All spinners who flight it and turn it will become less effective - difficult to score, but easy to survive. It is spinners who push it through that will become most dangerous in Galle. Harbhajan in the Ajantha Mendis series destroyed Sri lankan batting with darting the ball in to a pitch that was taking turn under any circumstance.
I've given you a sympathy likePosted similar on the previous page and I got no likes.
A travesty I tell you, unless people have me on ignore that is
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
It was thought that Santner had improved as a spin bowler leading into the Bangladesh tour last season, which is why he was re-selected after being (rightly) dropped from the test side a couple of seasons prior. Only played the second test, took 6/116. I'm ok that he got picked here again, though with both Ajaz and Rachin already in the side he needs to perform and 0/64 doesn't look a great start (he didn't make much of the highlights package so can't say if he bowled better than that or not).
Ajaz a little rusty I guess, as with every time he gets picked for an off-season Asia tour. Will probably do better as the series progresses - he was slow to get into the last Bangladesh tour too.
Great ball from Phillips to bowl DDS. Phillips such an asset as a spin-bowling all-rounder on these wickets.
Looks like Kamindu lived up to the hype.
Ajaz a little rusty I guess, as with every time he gets picked for an off-season Asia tour. Will probably do better as the series progresses - he was slow to get into the last Bangladesh tour too.
Great ball from Phillips to bowl DDS. Phillips such an asset as a spin-bowling all-rounder on these wickets.
Looks like Kamindu lived up to the hype.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
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That would be a Stead edict to pick him for his batting, it's always overpromised and underdelivered at international level (did finish off the Bangladesh Test impressively last year, I'll give him). Similar to the mindset that got Michael Bracewell 8 Tests. Numbers are pretty similar, picked on ceiling of ability rather than tangible results.
thundaboult
International Debutant
Got a feelin i'm gonna hate mitch santner the bits n pieces test cricketer... as much as tim southee the test/odi cricketer by the end of this subcontinent bukaki fest
i'm expecting zero wins
hopefully o'rourke, sears develop massively ....and phillips permanently solidifies himself as the best AR we have who plays exciting, positive minded cricket....ravindra is already a surefire hit and our rock to lean on for the present and future
what a brilliant last 10 or so months phillips has had in the test arena
i'm expecting zero wins
hopefully o'rourke, sears develop massively ....and phillips permanently solidifies himself as the best AR we have who plays exciting, positive minded cricket....ravindra is already a surefire hit and our rock to lean on for the present and future
what a brilliant last 10 or so months phillips has had in the test arena
Silver Silva
International Regular
For that they will need Kane Williamson to come to the party, Williamson doesn't have fond memories of Galle...
4 innings - 14 runs - Batting Average 3.50. The worst record for Williamson at any cricket ground he has played at.
thierry henry
International Coach
They've already got waaaaay too many and this bloke at 8 is gonna score heaps. On to the second test.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
Tbf he should've had Kamindu when he was on about 30. That drop shaping up to be a key moment in the match.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Oh didn't see that - Kamindu was on 21. Somehow this didn't make the highlights on SLC youtube.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
Left out to play Santner. There's a page or two worth of hand-wringing about it earlier in the thread.
Immenso
International Vice-Captain
Oh wow.
I'm coming in cold off the off-season. Couldn't be bothered searching back in Thread, but did a Google news search and got zilch (I'd have to scroll past pages of world cup injury news).
I think "Left out to play O'Rourke" perhaps more correct. To me the earlier Stead comments about Southee perhaps not playing every game implied Southee + Henry and Henry + O'Rourke would be the rotating starting players if only 2 seamers needed .... so perhaps O'Rourke was extra impressive in warm up nets?
