Cheers
Nah, I'm a Kiwi from down south who has gone through the stages of grief from most different World Cup losses. The last stage is acceptance - hence the name (although I go back to denial, anger, bargaining, depression sometimes).
Also I've got to respect a good sledge, even if it is at NZ/the ABs.
Sorry mate, just great for the comp.
@nzzp said in NZ Cricket 2022:
Not sure if there's a more recent thread, but good news I think?
One of my favourite one day players, totally of his time... But got very conservative as a selector. Thanks for the contribution and all the best. Interesting to see who will step up
Sums it up really well. The word is that he pushed for De Grandhomme when he made the test team and that was certainly a good call that worked surprising well.
Meanwhile a bloke called Glenn Phillips showed concentration, skill, and control (not words I associate with Henry Nicholls) to score 147 off 244 balls to deny the Cantabs (along with a bit of rain) in the Plunket Shield. Henry Shipley and Ish Sodhi bowled well for Canterbury.
One kid to watch is 19 year-old Muhammad Abbas. His dad played 1st class stuff in Pakistan before coming to NZ with a 1 year-old son where the dad played a bit for Auckland and Wellington. Anyway, the boy dominated the NZ U19 champs last month and scored a Plunket Shield 100 for Wellington the other day.
Ish Sodhi and Matt Henry both average more with the bat than Michael Bracewell, so he really needs to take a bag of wickets and bowl tightly to justify his selection.
@canefan said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
He needs to be dropped immediately
I agree. There are 4 or 5 better options
Need to pick Max Chu as keeper instead of Hay. He has been doing superbly in Plunket Shield this summer and got 82 in the Super Smash on Friday. Has another game this arvo.
I agree, but so has Chu. Should've given one of them the ODIs and the other the T20s. It will be an interesting battle to see which one succeeds Blundell for the test job.