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*Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

thundaboult

thundaboult

International Debutant
so it's looking like Matt Henry lockie Ferguson and will O'Rourke as 3 seamers in the CT squad playing 11 with milne sears duffy as backups, santner and bracewell for spin with phillips for the extra option
 
James

James

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thundaboult said:
so it's looking like Matt Henry lockie Ferguson and will O'Rourke as 3 seamers in the CT squad playing 11 with milne sears duffy as backups, santner and bracewell for spin with phillips for the extra option
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That's some bowling lineup isn't it - very impressive. Add Jamison in there when fit and it's 😍
 
Zinzan

Zinzan

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I'm not out to necessarily defend Finn Allen, but I think people have to take the good with the bad with him because he will win games for sides on his own once every 4-5 innings but will also fail horribly in between.

I still think overall someone averaging low-to-mid 20s but having a SR >160 as he does is still a valuable asset in T20s, especially if you have more consistent measured batsmen in your top 5, like Conway/KW type batters.
 
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ataraxia

ataraxia

International Coach
Zinzan said:
I'm not out to necessarily defend Finn Allen, but I think people have to take the good with the bad with him because he will win games for sides on his own once every 4-5 innings but will also fail horribly in between.

I still think overall someone averaging low-to-mid 20s but having a SR >160 as he does is still a valuable asset in T20s, especially if you have other more consistent measured batsmen in your top 5, like Conway/KW type batters.
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Nah I'm not convinced of this. If his record was forged batting #5, he'd be a massive asset to NZ. But it wasn't – he's opening. T20 openers and #3s should really average 30.

I will say that he has complemented Conway nicely. Devon the T20 player is something of an enigma. By way of his tremendous knack of somehow avoiding losing his wicket, NZ have a stable base to work from almost all the time which means that strike rate becomes more important than average. Conway's a slow scorer but exceptional at rotating strike in T20s.
 
Moss

Moss

International Captain
ataraxia said:
Devon the T20 player is something of an enigma. By way of his tremendous knack of somehow avoiding losing his wicket, NZ have a stable base to work from almost all the time which means that strike rate becomes more important than average. Conway's a slow scorer but exceptional at rotating strike in T20s.
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Devon the T20 player seems a different beast when turning out for CSK. Perhaps it says something about the relative standard of bowling he faces relative to internationals, but somehow they’ve got the best out of him. Not a coincidence he’s publicly gone on on how he sees himself part of the family there, even allowing for the fact they pay the bills.
 
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