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***Official*** New Zealand in Zimbabwe and South Africa 2015
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thierry henry
International Coach
lol at that last ball. Bowls a pie from a metre behind the crease, Munro plays a ludicrous shot and the keeper pulls off an exaggerated dive and drop
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TheJammyTurtle
U19 Cricketer
Be surprised if Zim get within 40 of this.
CaptainGrumpy
Banned
I particularly like it when CW's favourites in Ronchi, NMac and Munro put in useful performances.
That should be a winning first innings score.
That should be a winning first innings score.
CaptainGrumpy
Banned
These commentators thought that Mitch McLeakin was bowling 150km/h. What speed will they estimate Milne to be bowling?
TheJammyTurtle
U19 Cricketer
Ronchi should be taking those in his sleep.
thundaboult
International Debutant
Zimbabwe don't even have speedguns...fantastic. Would loved to have one for today at least.
thierry henry
International Coach
This is a terrific spell from Milne on a slow deck.
thundaboult
International Debutant
Zimbabwe playing some pretty bad test cricket atm.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
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Damn. Not going to lie, I'd go gay for him.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
Good to see Milne back and still hurrying batsmen up. If Henry keeps bowling gunge and Milne stays fit (har har) what chance of a callup for the Gabba?
I tend to think very little, as Milne doesn't really fit the current balance of the side. Southee and Boult are already strained to breaking point with their current workload, you don't really want to add a kid to the mix who'll struggle to get through 20 overs a day without snapping in half.
I tend to think very little, as Milne doesn't really fit the current balance of the side. Southee and Boult are already strained to breaking point with their current workload, you don't really want to add a kid to the mix who'll struggle to get through 20 overs a day without snapping in half.
Incidentally, if you bat Manu in the right spot in the order that's what he can deliver. Don't ask him to come in at 4 when that's not his game. If they picked him to bat there in the ODIs with the hope we'd be 2 down at the powerplay, that's a tremendously big if. And if they picked him because they think he's a four, then I'm not sure they've watched hard enough. All it gives him is a muddled head.
No doubt he's out when Anderson is fit but for god's sake use him properly when you do.
No doubt he's out when Anderson is fit but for god's sake use him properly when you do.
It's not hard, but I fail to see the point in playing a guy at 4 who you'd never want to bat there against a major nation. They keep picking him so they see value in him, and I'd hope they see that value at 6-7, where they should bat him. Otherwise you're picking him, wanting him to advance, but batting him in a spot that doesn't suit then presumably dropping him when he doesn't score runs. Like the Neesham to open experiment.
The days of Luke Ronchi are coming to an end too. Not an above average keeper and not particularly smart with the bat. The pull straight to deep mid wicket (that was dropped) is indicative of the way he bats early in his innings and resultingly has seen him get out cheaply a hell of a lot lately.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
I don't think they arrived with the idea of wanting to look at Munro at 4. I think they picked him in the squad primarily because Neesham was the player under the biggest injury cloud. Then the fact Hesson had said giving Latham a good settled run as opener was one of his plans for the tour.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Not just lately itbt; Cribb can tell you about Ronchi's travails as a really dodgy starter throughout his Australian domestic career. But, rocks or diamonds is one of McCullum's favourite press conference mantras, it could be one of Hesson's too.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Yeah Ronchi always had a rep of someone you just needed to make sure you bowled well too early and didn't drop. He'd punish you if you failed on either of those counts, but he batted the same whether he was on 0 or 70 for predictably quite different results. He's improved in this regard a lot since moving back to NZ - he at least tries to get himself set sometimes now - but his first few balls are still the weakest part of his game.