Greatbatch: New Zealand played like dicks

[Flem274*]

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"When you play badly like that you've got to front up," Greatbatch told LiveSPORT. "It's very devastating. We played like dicks really and I suppose there's one positive thing, we've got a chance next week to actually put it right.

"I think some [of the top order] aren't good enough. I think some think they are better than they are and the third one I think is the mind. We've got to get our mind right and sometimes that requires patience, sometimes it requires being aggressive. What it requires is actually sorting out the cricket smarts and weighing up the situation that you're playing in and we've got some work to do in all those areas."

 

[Athlai]

Haha I quite like that.

 

[Howsie]

I think some [of the top order] aren't good enough. I think some think they are better than they are and the third one I think is the mind. We've got to get our mind right and sometimes that requires patience, sometimes it requires being aggressive. What it requires is actually sorting out the cricket smarts and weighing up the situation that you're playing in and we've got some work to do in all those areas

I wonder who he's talking about there

 

[Chewie]

Too true. At least he's upfront about it.

 

[Flem274*]

I wonder who he's talking about there

Tbf Ryder and McCullum average 50.90 together with a run rate of 6.4.*

*Completely my own stats digging.

 

[Athlai]

Haha you cheeky ****.

 

[BeeGee]

Paddy just went up in my estimation.

 

[irottev]

I dunno if that's really appropriate...but never the less you can't say it's not deserved.

 

[Top_Cat]

An insult to ducks to equate NZ's performance with them.

 

[BeeGee]

An insult to ducks to equate NZ's performance with them.

You read with a New Zealand accent? Allow me to translate:
"S'truth Blue, we played like deeeks, cobber"

 

[Top_Cat]

[sheep joke]

 

[Lostman]

Didn't watch the series.

Did they limp under pressure?

 

[Spark]

Haha, class

 

[outbreak]

Their bowling lacked length and their batting didn't quite have the amount of strokes needed to achieve a good result imo

 

[Athlai]

 

[AlanJLegend]

Didn't watch the series.

Did they limp under pressure?

They really need to harden up a bit I think...

 

[Shri]

Went soft after being ready to play.

 

[irottev]

They werren't really getting in. Was very much a case of get in and get out.

 

[vcs]

Without wanting to point fingers at anyone in particular, they really ****ed up.

 

[irottev]

You could sense the collapse coming at any moment as the series went on.