Bahnz
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I love that pollished sheen on the wickets that you get nowhere else than in the Caribbean. Hilarious.The curator obviously isn't a fan of grass (of the turf kind, anyway).
I love that pollished sheen on the wickets that you get nowhere else than in the Caribbean. Hilarious.The curator obviously isn't a fan of grass (of the turf kind, anyway).
Wouldn't get too carried away Hendrix as Sodhi and Craig were up against youngsters today.Yeah McHesson 100% justified in picking 2 spinners.
This is going to be a fun series.
It's not that I rate Sodhi or Craig.Wouldn't get too carried away Hendrix as Sodhi and Craig were up against youngsters today.
This is pretty spot on. As a leggie, conditions like this are not as favourable to leg spinners as one thinks. Accuracy above all is what separates good spinners from the great ones, and if its turning for everyone, you want your most accurate guy getting there. The argument could be that Ish turns it both ways, but you can't rely on a wrongun (and nor should you have to) and with the pitch likely to be a bunsen burner, I would see Craig being more effective.On pitches that turn like this, it's better to be a finger spinner than a leggie. Leggies just get too much turn so the ball never takes the edge. Have to use the topspinner much more, and I'm not sure if Sodhi has a decent one.
The problem for NZ Hendrix is if this becomes a competition between spinners then there's really only gonna be one winner here isn't there? Tbh Bina should be fairly even at first..so the pacers will have a chance in the first few days before it starts to turn late on.It's not that I rate Sodhi or Craig.
It's just that if the pitches are like that for the test series you can give the ball to any club level spinner and he'll have more chance of taking wickets than Macko.
Not really. It evens things up.The problem for NZ Hendrix is if this becomes a competition between spinners then there's really only gonna be one winner here isn't there?
Can't agree tbh...for a start i'd be inclined to believe our boys are more adept at playing spin than the kiwi top order (kane is ok not sure about the others) and if you couple that with having a better spin attack then for me that wouldn't look good for NZ.Not really. It evens things up.
It's like the green pitches NZ chose to produce against India. It did nothing but make mediocre pace bowlers like Ishant Sharma difficult to face.
I don't disagree with that, I'm just saying that it brings our mediocre spinners into the game.Can't agree tbh...for a start i'd be inclined to believe our boys are more adept at playing spin than the kiwi top order (kane is ok not sure about the others) and if you couple that with having a better spin attack then for me that wouldn't look good for NZ.
Yeah, nah agree. It might help guys like Sodhi and Craig who for the most part are next to useless, but it won't help our batsmen at all. No need to go to the extreme, raging turner from the start for example, but the more turn the better for the Windies.Can't agree tbh...for a start i'd be inclined to believe our boys are more adept at playing spin than the kiwi top order (kane is ok not sure about the others) and if you couple that with having a better spin attack then for me that wouldn't look good for NZ.
If the board have the nerve to jeperdise our chances over a few bloody days then God help them...we simply cannot afford to cut off our nose to spite our face now..not after the shambles of last years away tours .West Indies Cricket News: Sunil Narine's dilemma: IPL final or West Indies camp? | ESPN Cricinfo
They should just let him play. He could be back by the third, and the test doesn't start till the 8th. Plenty of time.
I wouldn't think your blood pressure would be too healthy eitherIf the board have the nerve to jeperdise our chances over a few bloody days then God help them...we simply cannot afford to cut off our nose to spite our face now..not after the shambles of last years away tours .
Sunny not playing would lift the kiwis to no end.
it's a bit ****ing stupid because McCullum will be playing in the same game, won't he?If the board have the nerve to jeperdise our chances over a few bloody days then God help them...we simply cannot afford to cut off our nose to spite our face now..not after the shambles of last years away tours .
Sunny not playing would lift the kiwis to no end.