***Official*** West Indies in New Zealand

[Smudge]

Barry Cooper was pretty handy with the bat...

 

[Autobahn]

I can see there's plenty of kiwis foaming at the mouth, closing ranks at the moment

1) Face it NZ need a big scoring top order batsmen who shouldn't be selected on any potential bowling prospect or made to turn his arm over.

2) I probably shouldn't have labelled the NZ batsmen as average batsmen who bowl military medium (although i don't get why at 34 Astle is still forced to turn his arm over in tests when they already have four bowlers in the team, when he's far more use as a batsmen) and i'm sorry if i got it wrong.

3) They do need a specialist strike bowler either someone who's very accurate (e.g. Pollock) or another pace bowler to at least give fleming some options.

 

[sirjeremy11]

I can see there's plenty of kiwis foaming at the mouth, closing ranks at the moment

1) Face it NZ need a big scoring top order batsmen who shouldn't be selected on any potential bowling prospect or made to turn his arm over.

2) I probably shouldn't have labelled the NZ batsmen as average batsmen who bowl military medium (although i don't get why at 34 Astle is still forced to turn his arm over in tests when they already have four bowlers in the team, when he's far more use as a batsmen) and i'm sorry if i got it wrong.

3) They do need a specialist strike bowler either someone who's very accurate (e.g. Pollock) or another pace bowler to at least give fleming some options.

If you read back through this thread you will see that Astle has been perfrorming rather well as a bowler in recent times. And yes, we do need one more great batsmen and one more great bowler. But doesn't every team?

 

[sirjeremy11]

Barry Cooper was pretty handy with the bat...

Just remembered in the good old days when Larsen, Harris, and Latham were called Dibbly, Dobbly, and Wobbly.

 

[Autobahn]

Just remembered in the good old days when Larsen, Harris, and Latham were called Dibbly, Dobbly, and Wobbly.

Wasn't watson wibbly?

 

[sirjeremy11]

Dibbly Dobbly Wibbly and Wobbly.

You're right.

Imagine that attack with Bond!

Sort of like the Seven Dwarves having Doc as the odd one out.

Anyone else pick up McCullum constantly saying "Bowled Piggo", when Styris was bowling the other day?

He could have been Piggy.

 

[Autobahn]

If you read back through this thread you will see that Astle has been perfrorming rather well as a bowler in recent times. And yes, we do need one more great batsmen and one more great bowler. But doesn't every team?

Yeah but i can't see (especially when you consider his position in the order) why he shouldn't concentrate on his batting more.

 

[sirjeremy11]

Wasn't watson wibbly?

Willie Watson or Shane Watson.

I say both.

 

[sirjeremy11]

Yeah but i can't see (especially when you consider his position in the order) why he shouldn't concentrate on his batting more.

I don't see how 10-12 overs an innings would negatively affect his batting TBH...

 

[Smudge]

Yeah but i can't see (especially when you consider his position in the order) why he shouldn't concentrate on his batting more.

He doesn't bowl and bat at the same time. I think he's a better player with the bat when he's having the occasional bowl as well - and having success.

 

[Dick Rockett]

I can see there's plenty of kiwis foaming at the mouth

I didn't realise disagreeing with you was the same as "foaming at the mouth".

NZ need a top order batsmen who shouldn't be selected on any potential bowling prospect or made to turn his arm over.

Umm, Jamie How, Hamish Marshall, Stephen Fleming, Peter Fulton, etc, etc.

I probably shouldn't have labelled the NZ batsmen as average batsmen who bowl military medium (although i don't get why at 34 Astle is still forced to turn his arm over in tests when they already have four bowlers in the team, when he's far more use as a batsmen)

This is a really poor assertion to make considering how well he's been bowling. He dismissed Brian Lara twice in the recent series. Also, how does having him bowl affect his batting?

They do need a specialist strike bowler either someone who's very accurate (e.g. Pollock) or another pace bowler to at least give fleming some options.

Two words. Shane Bond.

Maybe you should do a little research before baiting people who probably know a little more than you on the subject.

 

[sirjeremy11]

He doesn't bowl and bat at the same time. I think he's a better player with the bat when he's having the occasional bowl as well - and having success.

Ding ding ding!!! That's correct!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dick Rockett]

Yeah but i can't see (especially when you consider his position in the order) why he shouldn't concentrate on his batting more.

Why single Astle out when he's one of the two heaviest scorers in the team?

 

[sirjeremy11]

Why single Astle out when he's one of the two heaviest scorers in the team?

Rod Latham was also very heavy. You know, for his height.

 

[Retox]

Hopefully Fulton becomes a run scoring machine.

 

[Dick Rockett]

Rod Latham was also very heavy. You know, for his height.

Man, you're on fire with the funnies today!

 

[Autobahn]

It was just a comment saying NZ already had enough bowlers and batsmen who bowled, and that they should be looking for specialist batsmen from now on and just an observation that NZ has produced a fair few batting allrounders.

Where's all this agression coming from?

 

[Smudge]

Rod Latham was also very heavy. You know, for his height.

Possibly the fattest fullback in NZ rugby in the 1980s. Yet, he was good enough to enter the Canterbury line from the back during their 1982-85 Shield era when "Give it a boot, Robbie" Deans was away.

Give me Lindsay Harris any day of the week. Although the moustache was a bit "fruity".

 

[Dick Rockett]

It was just a comment saying NZ already had enough bowlers and batsmen who bowled, and that they should be looking for specialist batsmen from now on and just an observation that NZ has produced a fair few batting allrounders.

Where's all this agression coming from?

It's not aggression, mate. Just disagreeing with you.

 

[Autobahn]

alright forget it then.