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*Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread
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Moss
International Captain
Yeah Boult’s spell was McCullum captaincy-era NZ at its best, the aggressive route backed by some intelligent defensive work (Vettori’s spell prior to that) paying off. Australia looked genuinely spooked. Too bad NZ had ceded some major psychological ground by the end of that game.
If I go by a few friends and cricket twitter, Henry’s spell will live long in the memory for Indian followers.
No one going to talk about Andy McKay's 1-37 off 9.5 in the 2011 World Cup semi final, fresh off a plane as an SOS at the pointy end of the tournament and dismissing Sangakkara at a critical time?!?!
But yeah Bond's haul in the 2003 World Cup > Southee in 2015. No doubt Southee knocked England all over the place but Australia were by far the most dominant team in the world, based around their powerhouse batting, and England were pathetic in that edition.
But yeah Bond's haul in the 2003 World Cup > Southee in 2015. No doubt Southee knocked England all over the place but Australia were by far the most dominant team in the world, based around their powerhouse batting, and England were pathetic in that edition.
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Sky wins back rights to cricket in New Zealand
Coverage of New Zealand Cricket home internationals will move back to Sky Television next year.
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Predictable. Interested in this quote, though:
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Bugger. That’s a very disappointing turn of events. Can’t say I’m surprised though. I doubt it’ll get me back on Sky so I’ll probably end up not watching the cricket any more. Bad for me, bad for the kids too.
Yeah, I'm not surprised, but I do find it slightly curious. I wonder if that's NZC insisting on keeping Super Smash from going behind the paywall to grow the audience (because, let's face it: the audience it has now is probably the biggest it's ever had over its nearly 20 year history), or Sky not being interested in it?Sky wins back rights to cricket in New Zealand
Coverage of New Zealand Cricket home internationals will move back to Sky Television next year.
Predictable. Interested in this quote, though:
Or, my conspiracy theory time: Sky's not interested in Super Smash because they support BBL involvement to drive ratings on Sky.
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
pretty common for gangly mother****ers who hit a growth spurt late
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
I don't think I've seen anyone scarier with the white ball than starc in that tournament. Touching 150kph consistently, banana swing, you know exactly where he's bowling it but it doesn't matter. Made Ross and Elliott look like no11s.
thundaboult
International Debutant
yeah starc in that tournament was the most lethal bowling i have ever seen ... as close as you're gonna get to unplayable ... only 2 guys who seemed to have a handle on him were james taylor in the first aussie match and mccullum in round 1 ... round 2 he had no clue tho
Bahnz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Real shame, it's been fantastic seeing cricket on free to air TV. At least we get one more season before the rights swap over.
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Indeed. It could be worse too - if the SuperSmash is still on FTA then we'll still have something to watch, but the Tests man... the Tests. I'll probably just go to the ground more instead or something like that. I wonder if there might still be algorithm-led highlights packages on FTA.
jcas0167
International Regular
If there's a particular test series you're looking forward to you (like that Australia one in a couple of years) could look at just the month pass for Sky Sport Now then cancel after. It's $50 atm although going up to $55 a month soon.
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The way Sky increases their prices, it might be pushing $90 by the time this cricket deal kicks in!
jcas0167
International Regular
Tim Roxborough has done 4 top XI's now. The first is the same as Styris's one except with Hadlee in for Southee. His second one is pretty good.
BLACK CAPS ALL-TIME ODI 2ND XI:
1: Turner
2: Fleming
3: Jones
4: Mitchell
5: Latham (wk)
6: Styris
7: Elliot
8: Santner
9: Mills
10: Henry
11: Morrison
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BLACK CAPS ALL-TIME ODI 2ND XI:
1: Turner
2: Fleming
3: Jones
4: Mitchell
5: Latham (wk)
6: Styris
7: Elliot
8: Santner
9: Mills
10: Henry
11: Morrison
Tim Roxborogh
Well why not, here’s my all-time Black Caps ODI 4th XI! All done to celebrate the Champions Trophy. Another strong team, especially the bowling. And while lots of people are upset Chatfield is in...
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HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Good info. It's a dilemma though - rarely do I get the chance to sit down and watch a Test match at home, but I'd certainly miss it if I didn't have it on in the background all day whilst I do all of those things that need to get done. I'll probably go over to Australia for some of that series; though that'll depend a bit on whether I also go over for some the Ashes.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Good side, although tough on Chatfield, Twose, and Oram/Harris.Tim Roxborough has done 4 top XI's now. The first is the same as Styris's one except with Hadlee in for Southee. His second one is pretty good.
BLACK CAPS ALL-TIME ODI 2ND XI:
1: Turner
2: Fleming
3: Jones
4: Mitchell
5: Latham (wk)
6: Styris
7: Elliot
8: Santner
9: Mills
10: Henry
11: Morrison
Tim Roxborogh
Well why not, here’s my all-time Black Caps ODI 4th XI! All done to celebrate the Champions Trophy. Another strong team, especially the bowling. And while lots of people are upset Chatfield is in...
thierry henry
International Coach
Roxborogh’s teams suggest pretty good cricket knowledge, but he lost me with his justification for not selecting Larsen. Either he doesn’t understand the mathematical interrelationship of strike rate/economy rate, or I just really disagree with his assessment of which is more important.
Moss
International Captain
In another edition of “look up CI stats and make sweeping judgements” I saw a twitter thread where Fleming was in strong consideration for “worst batsman to make 7K/8K runs” or something along those lines.
Yeah he may not have been Sachin or even Ganguly in the format but averaging 32 in his time was acceptable enough, and a high percentage all of his centuries and bigger scores were made when the team really needed it. Also coped rather well with getting the captaincy of an average and somewhat dysfunctional side at the age of 23.
Yeah he may not have been Sachin or even Ganguly in the format but averaging 32 in his time was acceptable enough, and a high percentage all of his centuries and bigger scores were made when the team really needed it. Also coped rather well with getting the captaincy of an average and somewhat dysfunctional side at the age of 23.