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*Official* Sri Lanka Tour of New Zealand 2018/19
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Jezroy
State Captain
Depends what the MCG is like next year...
TheBrand
First Class Debutant
He is easily the worst commentator on the team due to his terrible use of the English language. Absolute punisher.
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Latham in the zone
Flem274*
123/5
no way. strong accent but he can't control that. ian smith and richardson are the joint worst, followed by doull with his wanker accent when he wants to sound sophisticated.
flibbertyjibber
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So how close is Latham to being regarded as an ATG NZ opener?
TheBrand
First Class Debutant
He says things like "he come out to bat" instead of "he came out to bat", inexcusable as a commentator imo.
Doully is a good presenter for the end of match presentations etc but get a bit annoyed with his commentary.
I actually quite like Scott Styris, leads me to believe he is a much better tactician of the game than I had previously thought when he was a player.
Don't mind Richardson so much, his incessant loudness gets frustrating. Smithy mostly ok apart from his ridiculous biases (Bracewell etc).
Not wanting to beat up female commentators but Hockley/Murdoch are pretty terrible. Would much rather hear Riki Swannell commentate international level (she's been great at domestic/radio).
Flem274*
123/5
nowhere near
Howsie
International Captain
I knew he’d get back into this team somehow, leapfrogged about 10 other players somehow but he’s done it. Watching that 20/20 last night between ND and CD you’d have a hard time trying to convince anyone Bracewell is a better option then any of Kuggeleijn, Rance, Wheeler or Tickner. Crazy
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Definitely mine
Flem274*
123/5
what's crazier is he's being talked about as a cdg/neesham alternative
Hicheal Michael
U19 Captain
Yeah haha, it's not that he is being talked up for the 3rd seamers role, it's that he is somehow now an all rounder.
Flem274*
123/5
yeah, if i had to rank the reserves i'd put henry and ferguson clearly ahead of the pack and then you'd have to ask yourself whether more wicket to wicket medium pace is worth it when colin does the same role. guys like bennett, jamieson, tickner and kuggs all bring something more wickets focused to the side.
edit - this is tests, tho a lot of the same names are around the odi team
edit - this is tests, tho a lot of the same names are around the odi team
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Hicheal Michael
U19 Captain
Southee has 50 ODI wickets @ 47.7 since his 7/33 at the world cup.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
yeah we should've 'rested' him for this SL ODI series to get a look at other bowlers
Hope our seamers for the first ODI are Boult, Henry, Ferguson.
Howsie
International Captain
By who, Ian Smith? He’d bat behind Santner surely, so that leaves him batting at eight at the highest. Really don’t see any need for his military mediums when we have a whole host of better options.
We’re slowly moving towards that 2009-11 period of the New Zealand team where lead by Vettori he was keeping a lot of his mates employed. Exactly why I’ve thought for 18 months now Hesson needed to go and New Zealand cricket needed to bring in a new outlook, voice. Not this yes man in Gary Stead but someone who would actually come in and pick the right players, just like Hesson and Edgar did when they were first appointed.
Flem274*
123/5
i agree. my first 4 bowlrs for the wc would be bout, henry, ferguson, santa. that 5th bowler spot is a concern unless latham and santa continue their odi batting improvement and we can run with 5 proper bowlers with santa at 7.
southee is a quality reserve and it might fire him up into getting his odi bowling to where it should be, and behind those core bowlers it's a bit of a mix and match. this summer i'd like us to rest boult a bit and give henry, ferguson, southee and a couple of others (milne? kuggs?) a proper go.