***Official*** New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa 2016

[mr_mister]

I agree with CM Punk. If NZ can't get the job done here and West Indies continue to show improvement I think it's only fair to say NZ deserve second-tier status in the 7-5 format. KW can boost his avg against the minnows for the rest of his career

 

[Hurricane]

Our bowlers are probably the worst in the world on flat wickets.

Southee and Boult can't buy a wicket when they have nothing to work with.

Grossly overrated.

Hadlee could also be handled on a flat track. Some of the batsman from that era rate Imran as providing more of a threat on those flat tracks. Probably because he grew up playing on a grassless tracks, and secondly stories have it that he would just keep coming at you, bouncer after yorker after bouncer until something gave.

In this day and age the only asset on a flat track seems to be raw pace.

 

[RxGM]

Thats rough

 

[BackFootPunch]

Yeah that doesn't look particularly out. Tough call.

 

[CM Punk]

I agree with CM Punk. If NZ can't get the job done here and West Indies continue to show improvement I think it's only fair to say NZ deserve second-tier status in the 7-5 format. KW can boost his avg against the minnows for the rest of his career

You may be trolling but it's not really a stretch tbh. Our bowlers aren't good enough to win NZ matches and series consistently against the top sides.

I expect us to get hammered in SA. It was a good few years, but I expect us to fall back into mediocrity in Tests.

LOI's I think we're fine, we just don't have the quality bowlers and batsmen (it's KW and Taylor, the rest are either inconsistent or not Test standard) to compete in Tests.

 

[Shady Slim]

wtf rigged

 

[Flem274*]

this series would be a great advertisement for why we need DRS if anyone cared about it

I expect us to get hammered in SA.

stop the press

 

[StephenZA]

Hadlee could also be handled on a flat track. Some of the batsman from that era rate Imran as providing more of a threat on those flat tracks. Probably because he grew up playing on a grassless tracks, and secondly stories have it that he would just keep coming at you, bouncer after yorker after bouncer until something gave.

In this day and age the only asset on a flat track seems to be raw pace.

Steyn disagrees with you....

 

[mr_mister]

lets see this Prince dude bat. Prove your selection wasnt nepotism

 

[Flametree]

I may be completely off-base but I seem to recall Reiffel fired a few Bangladeshis a series or two back. He doesn't seem to like the minnows...

 

[CM Punk]

this series would be a great advertisement for why we need DRS if anyone cared about it


stop the press

SA have been on decline and have dropped to 7th in rankings (IIRC), even then, they're still good enough to hammer us.

 

[hendrix]

I expect us to get hammered in SA.

This type of pitch surely won't be a great practice for the batsmen for early season South Africa.

 

[NZTailender]

Not to give Zimbabwe a backhander, but Nicholls should take note his average is lower than seven of the Zimbabwean players, and lower against them than his average versus Australia.

 

[CM Punk]

Hadlee could also be handled on a flat track. Some of the batsman from that era rate Imran as providing more of a threat on those flat tracks. Probably because he grew up playing on a grassless tracks, and secondly stories have it that he would just keep coming at you, bouncer after yorker after bouncer until something gave.

In this day and age the only asset on a flat track seems to be raw pace.

If we're performing like this against Zim on a flat deck, I can only imagine what will happen to us against the top sides on similar tracks..

Our bowling is beyond pathetic, it's shocking we don't have better bowlers.

 

[Flem274*]

SA have been on decline and have dropped to 7th in rankings (IIRC), even then, they're still good enough to hammer us.

of course they'll beat us at home. they always do.

i can't really be bothered hanging myself from the rafters over it though. go have a fap or something. you'll feel better.

 

[NZTailender]

If we're performing like this against Zim on a flat deck, I can only imagine what will happen to us against the top sides on similar tracks..

Our bowling is beyond pathetic, it's shocking we don't have better bowlers.

Oh joy, you're back.

I guess we have to some overly dour type now that Blocky and Grumpy aren't floating around.

 

[mr_mister]

sitter

 

[Hurricane]

SA have been on decline and have dropped to 7th in rankings (IIRC), even then, they're still good enough to hammer us.

???????

I hope this is a troll.

 

[mr_mister]

10/10 fielding

 

[CM Punk]

of course they'll beat us at home. they always do.

i can't really be bothered hanging myself from the rafters over it though. go have a fap or something. you'll feel better.

Of course I didn't expect us to win, but this performance has destroyed any hope I had of us competing =\