You think what you like, it isn't going to change my opinion of the guy. Great keeper/batsman package, and some fantastic innings - some of the most iconic NZ innings - but far, far, far too many times he failed to contribute when his team needed him, and that marks him down by any score. How many of his booming edges through and over the slips would have gone so far with a bat with less than half the thickness? How much more likely would it have been that some of those shots would have gone to hand, or that instead he wouldn't have played such an innings at all - played for the singles as Phlegm suggests, but the bowlers remain on top and are able to keep hitting their line and length. Crass hypotheticals, I realise, but Christ, even he said in his interview today how lucky his innings was.
And you compared him to Sir Viv? Well, the mind boggles as to how IVA would have performed in the modern age, in the era of 400+ ODI scores, field restrictions and T20. It really does.
Anyway, this thread was meant for friendly banter and neither the tone of your posts or mine are friendly in nature in my opinion and thus aren't suitable for this thread. It'd be great if the mods could move this discussion to the match thread, but I suspect they cbf.
