***Official*** New Zealand in Zimbabwe and South Africa 2015

[OverratedSanity]

Cricingif - Live Scorepage

That site is incredible. Thanks.

 

[weldone]

Cricingif looks like an amazing discovery, thanks.

 

[Bahnz]

Injury keeps Adam Milne out of Black Caps' ODI series decider against Zimbabwe | Stuff.co.nz

This sounds familiar:

"Oh Adam's just carrying a couple of niggles, we're execting him to be fit for the next game."

followed by

"Adam's recovery time is taking a little longer than expected, but we're confident he'll be fit soon."

followed by

"Unfortunately Adam's injury is taking a lot longer to heal then we'd hoped, so he'll be leaving for home. But we're thrilled to be bringing Tipene Friday into the team, he's a fantastic young bowler who's chomping at the bit to get his first taste of international cricket."

 

[_Ed_]

It's still a bit low res and in beta testing, but cricingif.com is eventually going to be quite a useful site -

Cricingif - Live Scorepage

I'll be honest - I just spent the last five minutes watching Elliott's six in the World Cup semi-final on loop.

That's a great find. Thanks!

 

[Kippax]

I think Sodhi will be retained for the series with South Africa now btw. I heard Hesson raising the possibility of that before the 1st ODI.

 

[SteveNZ]

I think Sodhi will be retained for the series with South Africa now btw. I heard Hesson raising the possibility of that before the 1st ODI.

Great. Showed very promising signs in the 2nd ODI, control as notable as the turn he was getting. And he's a better final overs hitter than McCullum, Southee etc.

 

[hendrix]

Yeah, liking Sodhi in limited overs. He could work on his fielding though.

Just want to mention that that was a pretty gun innings from Latham. I know it was only medium pacers and spinners, but some of those shots were classy.

 

[Bahnz]

I wasn't as impressed with Sodhi's bowling. He still produced plenty of short wide ones that better batsmen would've pummeled. However, I will say that the number of rank pies that he bowls appears to have reduced. I didn't see any full tosses on tuesday, and only a handful of genuine half trackers, so that's progress.

 

[Kippax]

Pretty shrewd manipulation of Chigs' fields by Latham, which weren't the most diligently researched fields you'll see. An NZC video guy (Rupert Lewis) always praised Tom for being one of the keenest to work in with them, in the analytical sense.

 

[NZTailender]

Injury keeps Adam Milne out of Black Caps' ODI series decider against Zimbabwe | Stuff.co.nz

This sounds familiar:

"Oh Adam's just carrying a couple of niggles, we're execting him to be fit for the next game."

followed by

"Adam's recovery time is taking a little longer than expected, but we're confident he'll be fit soon."

followed by

"Unfortunately Adam's injury is taking a lot longer to heal then we'd hoped, so he'll be leaving for home. But we're thrilled to be bringing Tipene Friday into the team, he's a fantastic young bowler who's chomping at the bit to get his first taste of international cricket."

"Adam Milne will be fit for the 1st ODI.

He will be fit for the 2nd.

Adam Milne has picked up a niggle.

Adam Milne has been crushed into a cube.

Cube Milne will be fit for the first ODI of the next series"

 

[Kippax]

Adam Ncube? Phlegm will still rate him highly.

 

[Hurricane]

I'll be honest - I just spent the last five minutes watching Elliott's six in the World Cup semi-final on loop.

That's a great find. Thanks!

My thought for a web site
Hint hint pews and or anyone else is a bowling speed web site.
Find out a players bowling speed broken down by game series and year

The only thing is that you would have to have a number of different types of averages with the median speed in a game being the most valuable as the mean would be impacted by slower balls.

 

[hendrix]

Pretty shrewd manipulation of Chigs' fields by Latham, which weren't the most diligently researched fields you'll see. An NZC video guy (Rupert Lewis) always praised Tom for being one of the keenest to work in with them, in the analytical sense.

Yeah the pay-off with Latham is having a left handed Williamson in the top order. It might not work out that well but it's better than picking a buffer.

 

[weldone]

Chamu Chibhabha looks like a hack with the bat (in spite of some of the scores he made recently). I rate him below Chigumbura, Ervine, Raza, Masakadza, Williams. Fitting Chakabva in the lineup is a problem too. He can't bat at no. 7 because he can't attack much; and playing him at no. 4 means Chigumbura, Williams and Raza are playing one place below where appropriate. For solving these 2 problems, I'd have Chakabva open the innings with Masakadza. Chibhabha can play at 7.

I'm not following the current Zimbabwe cricketers for long - so I might be wrong; but that's my first impression especially after watching them bat in the last 5 matches.

 

[weldone]

My thought for a web site
Hint hint pews and or anyone else is a bowling speed web site.
Find out a players bowling speed broken down by game series and year

The only thing is that you would have to have a number of different types of averages with the median speed in a game being the most valuable as the mean would be impacted by slower balls.

sounds boring frankly

 

[TheJammyTurtle]

Whats Kanes obsession with spin at the death?First ODI bowled both spinners got hammered when he had plenty of Neesham overs to play with, and then in the last game bowled himself in the 49th over and even though they were in a comfortable position, got hit for consecutive sixes which on another day,might have caused a bigger problem.This leads me to have reservations about his captaincy and I'm not quite convinced hes the man for the job when McCullum goes.

 

[weldone]

Whats Kanes obsession with spin at the death?First ODI bowled both spinners got hammered when he had plenty of Neesham overs to play with, and then in the last game bowled himself in the 49th over and even though they were in a comfortable position, got hit for consecutive sixes which on another day,might have caused a bigger problem.This leads me to have reservations about his captaincy and I'm not quite convinced hes the man for the job when McCullum goes.

Yes Kane's captaincy has been below par so far.

 

[Kippax]

He did have five overs for 14 leading up to that 49th tbf. Neesham seems to be in one of his better bowling phases, but I'd say he would have the least control, the least ability to hit a target marker on the ground of any of our guys on tour tbh. If he bowled a good death over it would be more by sheer randomness than by design.

 

[Days of Grace]

He did have five overs for 14 leading up to that 49th tbf. Neesham seems to be in one of his better bowling phases, but I'd say he would have the least control, the least ability to hit a target marker on the ground of any of our guys on tour tbh. If he bowled a good death over it would be more by sheer randomness than by design.

Nessham bowled a brilliant death over in the first ODI, which brought us right back into the game. Kane then takes him off for Henry, who goes for about 15. Madness.

 

[NZTailender]

He's still learning at the top level ffs. Give him time.