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

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SteveNZ

Cricketer Of The Year
Haha, this is seriously made up. For a start, it's 2015. Plans aren't slipped under hotel doors. They're emailed. (I know most of you get that, but Veitchy's crowd doesn't).
 
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SteveNZ

Cricketer Of The Year
RossTaylorsBox said:
Teams should (and probably do) make fake plans and deliberately leak them anyway.
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Unless it's stuff like opening with a spinner or intel on a bowler/batsmen no one has seen at international level, I doubt if too much is secretive ala rugby, football etc. Chances are if you're working on a deficiency in the nets, your opposition knows it exists. Every team has a video analyst.
 
TheJammyTurtle

TheJammyTurtle

U19 Cricketer
Elgar called up as cover for Faf.Not like I expect him to get a game or anything,but it's good recognition for one of the most underrated batsmen in South African cricket.
 
straw man

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
He will always be Elgar the Horrible in my mind. And piling on a century against us when we were bad only backs up rather than contradicts that classification.
 
Kippax

Kippax

Cricketer Of The Year
Neil Manthorp suggesting Lorgat took CSA in a bit of a vain direction with the rights negotiations.

The Proteas might be worth top dollar, but it does not pay to be too expensive | Columnists | BDlive

Such a weak performance from the playing XI does not help support the administration’s efforts to sell the Proteas "brand" as elite, exclusive and … expensive. This series is not being televised in New Zealand because Cricket SA refused to accept Sky NZ’s financial offer. CSA said it was not "market related" — and the Proteas are worth top dollar.

Never mind Sunday’s performance. New Zealanders are asking other questions about the Proteas. JP Duminy and Morne Morkel are on paternity leave, while Dale Steyn and Imran Tahir are just on leave. With the Black Caps also resting a quartet of their own best players, is this series really premium quality?

No doubt CSA and Sky NZ are both right. But can it really be in either nation’s interests to have a blackout? CSA is concerned about setting a precedent for fees that are lower than the "market" suggests is fair. But what about the precedent of bad blood and ill feeling it creates in the boardroom? What about the antipathy it creates among cricket-loving New Zealanders to South Africans?

This may hurt, but the truth often does. Many people have worked extremely hard building the Proteas brand, and they have done a decent job. But the Proteas are not world beaters. Not yet, anyway. It may have been more prudent doing a deal this time and sharing the game with the small but significant group of people on the other side of the world who would really, really like to watch it.
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Immenso

Immenso

International Vice-Captain
I'm really not fussed personally. With an NZ tour of England plus the ashes it's been a cricket filled winter.

I need my off seasons.

I can't understand people watching streams in the middle of the night.
 
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