Well, maybe. The reports say it's good but it rains whenever here.So weather good from Day 2 onwards?
It is indeed mate, good spotting.Zinzan, Is that a young Hitchens?
Kiwi hardcore cricket fans like Tests, but NZC bank managers like T20s and ODIs.Why the **** are they even playing 2 tests anyway? I thought the Kiwis liked Test cricket and would have gone for more?
what part of NZ are you located out of?I'd put money on there NOT being a washout today.
Auckland.what part of NZ are you located out of?
Just because Ronchi proved to be a decent horses for courses pick for India, doesn't mean it makes any sense to pick him at the start of the NZ home season on wickets likely to favour swing and seam bowling. Not least given he's nearly 36.Ronchi should really have played at #5 here...
We show SO much faith in Guptill, Southee, Boult, Sodhi, Craig and recently Taylor... yet one of the performing batsmen in the last test series with a good first class average and some level of success (although not recently) in other international formats is dropped on a whim.
You mean the 5 of you on CW?Kiwi hardcore cricket fans like Tests, but NZC bank managers like T20s and ODIs.
Considering the alternative is Nicholls who hasn't shown any level of dominance anywhere, including first class...Just because Ronchi proved to be a decent horses for courses pick for India, doesn't mean it makes any sense to pick him at the start of the NZ home season on wickets likely to favour swing and seam bowling. Not least given he's nearly 36.
Don't underplay it mate, there's at least 9 of us.You mean the 5 of you on CW?
I'm not a big fan of Nicholls either, but thought he at least showed enough spine and technique against good pace bowling in that 2nd Test against SA to give a crack on home pitches likely to conducive to pace bowling, above a 35 year old with no real future & really doesn't have a better case than anyone else in these conditions.Considering the alternative is Nicholls who hasn't shown any level of dominance anywhere, including first class...