*Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

[Athlai]

Stead ****ing sucks

 

[OverratedSanity]

Shastri and Kohli were dumbasses in their tenure too. Achieved some great wins, but I can point out atleast 5 utterly brain-dead errors than cost us dearly.

 

[trundler]

Stead is fine. Mickey Arthur was fine. Shastri was fine. No one's going to credit the coaches and selectors for calling up Santner/Sajid but they'll get constantly **** on for not giving off the right ~vibes.

 

[Spark]

Hey, if the coach hasn't accused a national star of faking an injury to get out of playing for the national team because he's opted to have surgery as recommended to him by the national team's doctors then the coach can't be that bad.

 

[honestbharani]

Shastri and Kohli were dumbasses in their tenure too. Achieved some great wins, but I can point out atleast 5 utterly brain-dead errors than cost us dearly.

I think they made a lot of selection blunders for sure, but the thing is, whatever team they did select, they usually got the best out of them for the most part, and made it a side that never says die. It was not something we have seen to that level from Indian team before or since them.

It was very interesting how it went away as soon as Dravid became the coach, even though Virat was still (notionally) captain in RSA.

 

[honestbharani]

Hey, if the coach hasn't accused a national star of faking an injury to get out of playing for the national team because he's opted to have surgery as recommended to him by the national team's doctors then the coach can't be that bad.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Langer

 

[BeeGee]

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Also Southee. Gives up the captaincy after the embarrassing drubbing against SL and suddenly, under Latham, NZ is winning test series in India.

 

[Spark]

A certain brown nosed gnome

 

[BeeGee]

Yeah, when I read that Santner was in for Henry my heart sank.

The unsung hero of this test win has to be Matt Henry's buttocks.

 

[honestbharani]

Langer

A certain brown nosed gnome

He said that about Cummins?

 

[Bahnz]

This will go down as will o'rourkes easiest ever paycheck perhaps

At least we don't have to worry about him getting overbowled and injured now.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

He said that about Cummins?

Glenn Maxwell

 

[Spark]

He said that about Cummins?

Nah, Maxwell. He's revealed how and why he was actually blacklisted from the national team for a while (which we all 100% knew was happening despite stringent denials by Langer in the media). CA told him to have surgery on a chronic injury at the end of season, he told Langer at an AB Medal night, Langer blew up at him and accused him of faking injury to get out of national team duties to attend a mate's wedding.

So like I said, unless your coach is actually Justin Langer, he can't be that bad.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Cool. What would be your World XI to do it now? (apart from this XI)

Just pick some batsmen who can put together runs. Doesn’t need to be a lot of them, 250-350 in each innings more than enough because the Indian batsmen struggle to get past 30

 

[_00_deathscar]

Will take that happily if the result stays the same, ha haha.

Whats the greatest Indian knock in a successful chase? I suppose Gavaskar-Vishwanath scoring centuries when chasing 400-plus against Holding & Roberts would figure. Among ones Ive seen, SRT vs England at Chennai 2008 (though set up hy Sehwag) and VVS 73* for the one wicket win against AUS at Mohali. Not immediately recalling other obvious contenders.

Pant at the Gabba.

 

[Bahnz]

Unquestionably NZs greatest series victory of my life, especially in the context of their wild inconsistency even in home tests since the WTC final.

I really think the only other series win that's in the conversation was the 1980 series win v WI. Even then, that involved winning just 1 game out of 3 (by 1 wicket) and came with a massive assist from the home town umpires.

 

[Bahnz]

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Well that certainly makes this thing a bit more interesting as well. 5 teams in with a realistic shout of the final. And would be 6 if England didn't have a tea party every over.

Even if NZ wins their last 4 games on the bounce, they'll still only finish on .58. Realistically, Aus v SA is now a massive favourite for the top 2. Should be a pretty entertaining final.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Nah, Maxwell. He's revealed how and why he was actually blacklisted from the national team for a while (which we all 100% knew was happening despite stringent denials by Langer in the media). CA told him to have surgery on a chronic injury at the end of season, he told Langer at an AB Medal night, Langer blew up at him and accused him of faking injury to get out of national team duties to attend a mate's wedding.

So like I said, unless your coach is actually Justin Langer, he can't be that bad.

Haha holy **** that's dreadful

 

[trundler]

Nah, Maxwell. He's revealed how and why he was actually blacklisted from the national team for a while (which we all 100% knew was happening despite stringent denials by Langer in the media). CA told him to have surgery on a chronic injury at the end of season, he told Langer at an AB Medal night, Langer blew up at him and accused him of faking injury to get out of national team duties to attend a mate's wedding.

So like I said, unless your coach is actually Justin Langer, he can't be that bad.

Ok this is the exception