Black Caps vs Windies Series
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Even more remarkable is Boult lasting more than 50 balls...
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@mimic said in Black Caps vs Windies 1st Test:
Blundell needs to bat at 6.. it's ridiculous that Santner and CdG bat ahead of him..
Santner just simply isn't good enough, and CdG bats like Southee/McCullum so it doesn't matter cos he scores quick anyway..Agree, there was easily enough wrong with Santner's technique to suggest he's nowhere near good enough to bat 6. He ended up just playing across a straight one. Which calls his place in the test side into question, he's really only there because he's a spinner but he's not good enough to be regarded as one of our frontline bowlers so it does affect the balance of the side.
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Yep. Really hoping we start looking at satners actual contribution rather than potential. Ish might bowl looser but if satner isn't going to get wickets or runs...
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Knocked over the top 5 now so making good inroads. Good to see Henry with 3.
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@mn5 said in Black Caps vs Windies 1st Test:
81 needed just to avoid the follow on with one wicket in hand.
More time for the boys to check out Courtney place tonight.
After the Bowlers take a limo to the top of Mount Vic and have a few drinkies
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@donsteppa said in Black Caps vs Windies 1st Test:
Great win.
To be expected. At home against a truly shit Windies team.
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@mn5 they did win a test in England not 3 months ago. So not completely without hope
But yea, we fair flogged them here.
Win especially notable due to the fact Williamson basically didn't score, and Boult only took 2 top-order wickets.
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@mariner4life said in Black Caps vs Windies 1st Test:
@mn5 they did win a test in England not 3 months ago. So not completely without hope
But yea, we fair flogged them here.
Win especially notable due to the fact Williamson basically didn't score, and Boult only took 2 top-order wickets.
Yep some lesser lights in the team really stood up to be fair. I think them beating England shows how poor they are at the moment too though.
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Great start to the summer, both weather wise and cricket wise!
We showed some good form in the shorter formats in India so good to continue that on at home.
Wagner was fucking awesome, and deserved MOTM, he was very much the point of difference between the two teams on what was a pretty flat deck in the end. What a fucking legend that man is.
Jeet and Latham did a great job at the top of the innings. Ideally one of them would kick on but they blunted the new ball and allowed the middle order to cash in which makes me happy as a former opener who used to go out and try and grind opening bowlers into the dust. May not be exciting enough for kids like @mariner4life but this is what test cricket is all about!
Good to see Rosco in the runs, he's a confidence player so hopefully this sets him up for a big summer. Would dearly love to see him get 17 tons to honour his mentor Crowe (RIP). And great to see Blundell hit a ton on debut - any depth we can build behind BJ is a good thing.
CdG and Santner are the main talking points for me. Neither are good enough to be regarded as top 6 batsmen or frontline bowlers at test level. So the balance of the side is a bit out with them there - I don't like the idea of either walking out at only 4 down, and CdG doesn't inspire a lot of fear into the opposition as a first change bowler. No doubt we will persevere with both, especially given CdG's awesome ton and Santners unlimited "potential" that we always hear about, but personally I'd like to see us look at a more traditional balance as those two will not stand up against stronger opposition in the future (not that we have any bloody tests scheduled...).
But overall very happy with the performance - bring on the summer of cricket!
