West Indies tour of NZ
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@Chris-B said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@No-Quarter Declaration - just before lunch tomorrow - with a lead somewhere in excess of 500.
Ravindra has made a mess of this calculation.
And as I type, Shields makes a mess of his stumps!
I'd still bat for an hour tomorrow - shut the door on a Windies win and run them around in the field!
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@Chris-B said in West Indies tour of NZ:
I'd still bat for an hour tomorrow - shut the door on a Windies win and run them around in the field!
the only thing is weather, otherwise i am on the same page as you. we probably already have 250 more than we need
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@mariner4life said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@Chris-B said in West Indies tour of NZ:
I'd still bat for an hour tomorrow - shut the door on a Windies win and run them around in the field!
the only thing is weather, otherwise i am on the same page as you. we probably already have 250 more than we need
They are going to need several batsmen scoring several times above their average
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@mariner4life said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@Chris-B said in West Indies tour of NZ:
I'd still bat for an hour tomorrow - shut the door on a Windies win and run them around in the field!
the only thing is weather, otherwise i am on the same page as you. we probably already have 250 more than we need
Looks like it will be fine.
If we were playing Australia we wouldn't be contemplating declaring overnight and leaving six sessions to get these runs, so I don't think we should leave any sort of door ajar for the Windies either, just so the boys can have a game of golf on Saturday afternoon!
Hope to crush them and get some batting practice at the same time.
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On a side note I am disappointed, but not surprised, Stevenson is in trouble for calling the Chirst College guys 'syrup suckers'. It was just a bit of banter and sadly as usual nowadays there seems to be people lining up to be offended on behalf of others. So much for sticks and stones.
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@Crazy-Horse
https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360908734/christs-college-complains-over-scotty-stevensons-sexualised-slur-about-schoolboys-cricket-commentary"A sexualised slur directed towards minors"
An old Christchurch joke (1940's is the earliest reference), but probably not a good thing to say on the telly.
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@Canerbry said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@Crazy-Horse
https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360908734/christs-college-complains-over-scotty-stevensons-sexualised-slur-about-schoolboys-cricket-commentary"A sexualised slur directed towards minors"
An old Christchurch joke (1940's is the earliest reference), but probably not a good thing to say on the telly.
Obviously wasn't the thing to say on the telly, especially in today's environment. I just don't think it's newsworthy. The coverage in the news probably exposed it to a wider audience. Now we all know what it means.
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@Crazy-Horse Totally, the CC headmaster has unleashed a Streisand Effect, which is what my Syrup mates have been calling it...
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@Canerbry said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@Crazy-Horse
https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360908734/christs-college-complains-over-scotty-stevensons-sexualised-slur-about-schoolboys-cricket-commentary"A sexualised slur directed towards minors"
An old Christchurch joke (1940's is the earliest reference), but probably not a good thing to say on the telly.
Definitely around when I was at school many years ago. Pretty silly of Stevenson to go there on TV, unless he wants out of his contract.
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@Crazy-Horse said in West Indies tour of NZ:
On a side note I am disappointed, but not surprised, Stevenson is in trouble for calling the Chirst College guys 'syrup suckers'. It was just a bit of banter and sadly as usual nowadays there seems to be people lining up to be offended on behalf of others. So much for sticks and stones.
I'm an old boy and thought it was funny.
The headmaster should have just ignored it.
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@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
I've felt Ravindra has possibly been talked up slightly too much on here and was maybe a bit of a flat track bully but I'm coming round to him. He came in at a potentially banana skin period and has utterly dominated.
Very, very nice to watch too. Left handers often are for whatever reason.
Nice to see you finally coming around - 116 off 89 balls vs Aussie at the 2023 ODI World Cup hardly says flat track bully.
Now that he has close to 20 tests under his belt hopefully should continue to look more and more comfortable in test matches.
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@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@Gunner said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Storm in a tea cup, nothing to see here.
I'll be sure to tune into Scotty Stevensons tearful apology when the cricket starts this morning.
He just did.
Said he didn't know the background to where the term had come from.
Which is possibly true, since the first time I heard the story, it was that Boys High kids had poured golden syrup onto the CC 1st XV in their basement changing rooms.
The next story I heard was different.
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@KiwiMurph said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
I've felt Ravindra has possibly been talked up slightly too much on here and was maybe a bit of a flat track bully but I'm coming round to him. He came in at a potentially banana skin period and has utterly dominated.
Very, very nice to watch too. Left handers often are for whatever reason.
Nice to see you finally coming around - 116 off 89 balls vs Aussie at the 2023 ODI World Cup hardly says flat track bully.
Now that he has close to 20 tests under his belt hopefully should continue to look more and more comfortable in test matches.
I did say "possibly" and "maybe".....and lots of guys thrive in ODI cricket and not Tests and vice versa. He's definitely looking good in the longer form now. KW, him and Mitchell is a seriously strong unit.
Just watched Scotty Stevensons apology, he came across genuine and that should be the end of it but apparently the School in question has officially complained. Good grief. It was hardly Dean Jones referring to Hashim Amla as a terrorist.....
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Ravindra has a way to go yet, he hasn't kicked on as much as I hoped he would by now. He still has a strong tendency to throw his wicket away after getting set - it's a concentration thing - but something he needs to tighten up on in the test arena. He should be averaging closer to 50 IMO.
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@No-Quarter said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Ravindra has a way to go yet, he hasn't kicked on as much as I hoped he would by now. He still has a strong tendency to throw his wicket away after getting set - it's a concentration thing - but something he needs to tighten up on in the test arena. He should be averaging closer to 50 IMO.
Hmmmm, current average is still very good, better than most. 50 ( quite rightly ) is what the very best generational players average.
At the moment Ravindra is Ross Taylor level ( and he also had a habit of throwing his wicket away )
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