Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Good to see that Santner has been named full-time white ball captain. Logical decision.
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*Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread
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Zinzan
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I do like Chapman, but that's rough on Young given ODIs is arguably his strongest of the 3 forms (averaging 46 with a SR of 88) & based on the above logically he opens & KW bats his normal no. 3 spot.
Also, did I miss something about Conway being unavailable? I know he's hasn't got a central contract but neither does Ferguson. And Boult for that matter (did I miss his official retirement from internationals) , considering those non-contracted players are still available for big tournaments.
anonymouskefe
U19 Debutant
lol ashwin retiring without even a farewell game let alone a whole series
I thought Lockie went casual like Kane & Conway. He'll be alright. He'll probably be in the CT squad & play the Tri Series to get back in the ODI groove.
I think Boult's de facto finished, if not officially. I noticed this with the focus on opening bowlers in SL. They are clearly looking for someone to play sidekick to Henry in the CT. Between that & the Southee retirement not mentioning ODIs, they're running auditions against Sri Lanka.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
It seemed a bit lost under all the Southee hoonha and plaudits for O'Rourke but Henrys tally for the England series saw him have the 2nd best year wicket wise for any Black Caps bowler since Richard Hadlee
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Agree, but it would be mad not to pick Chapman in Pakistan.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
And didn't get a chance in SL
Immenso
International Vice-Captain
Must be second best seamer. Statsguru says Vettori's year of captain/coach/player in 2008 was second most prolific. With Henry 3rd. (after Hadlee 1985, of course .... )
Immenso
International Vice-Captain
Expanding on above.
Could say Southee had the 5th worst year ever for an NZ opening bowler (seamer) in their 94 year history. Out of the 115 times a seamer has opened the bowling at least 6 times in a calendar year.
Henry 10th best
Southee 110th best (out of 115)
The old Ilford 2nd Xi at one end ....
stats.espncricinfo.com
Could say Southee had the 5th worst year ever for an NZ opening bowler (seamer) in their 94 year history. Out of the 115 times a seamer has opened the bowling at least 6 times in a calendar year.
Henry 10th best
Southee 110th best (out of 115)
The old Ilford 2nd Xi at one end ....
Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah, Boult's done. He's already officially retired from T20's, and confirmed in a podcast or an interview recently that he has no intentions of playing for NZ again.
thundaboult
International Debutant
Trent's 35. So yeah its time to give the newbies a go. What an absolute superstar trent was though. Not sure if he can be replaced tbh....a leftie with superb control who brings it into the right hand bat at competitive pace. Its a hard profile of player to get.
Southee's 2012 sticks out to me. It includes his first innings bowling v SA at Dunedin but not the second when he took 0-100. Why would that be?Expanding on above.
Could say Southee had the 5th worst year ever for an NZ opening bowler (seamer) in their 94 year history. Out of the 115 times a seamer has opened the bowling at least 6 times in a calendar year.
Henry 10th best
Southee 110th best (out of 115)
The old Ilford 2nd Xi at one end ....
Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com
Immenso
International Vice-Captain
It is filtered on opening bowlers. Presumably he bowled first change in one of the innings?
Oh okay yeah he did. Didn't read properly
Immenso
International Vice-Captain
And using similar metric. Bowled in minimum 6 innings.
For a spinner. Santner had NZ's 2nd best calendar year ever by average, and 8th best by aggregate wickets.
stats.espncricinfo.com
Seeing as he got mullered in Sri Lanka which constituted 40% of his test matches played in said calendar year. Can assume this stat his heavily impacted by sample size ....
For a spinner. Santner had NZ's 2nd best calendar year ever by average, and 8th best by aggregate wickets.
Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com
Seeing as he got mullered in Sri Lanka which constituted 40% of his test matches played in said calendar year. Can assume this stat his heavily impacted by sample size ....
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Yes, good catch!
Let's say he plays those 2 games and takes 5 each match as per his 2024 wpm...he would still be 2nd to Hadlee, though Henrys sr far superior.
Shows how little competition Hadlee had.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
I really hope not. Shouldn't ever play white ball for NZ again
Henry was always going to be a world class opening bowler. He just needed to be given that role, which to be fair was sewn up by Boult and Southee at their peaks. And he didn't always work hard enough in the situation he found himself in before that career-turning Test v SA at Hagley in 2022. Has been ridiculously consistent since then.
Averages a tick over 24 as an opening bowler, almost 70 when not taking the new ball.
Averages a tick over 24 as an opening bowler, almost 70 when not taking the new ball.
thundaboult
International Debutant
latham is an untouchable he will be around as long as he wants southee style