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*Official* New Zealand in Sri Lanka 2012
- Thread starter Meridio
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Meridio
International Regular
Rain saving SL from a pasting. Watling was just about to unleash 
And I know it's been mentioned, but our batting order is stupid. Why do we insist on McCullum batting at 3? Should be:
McCullum
Nicol
Williamson
Taylor
Watling/Franklin
Franklin/Watling
It's really not that difficult to put them in that order, but we just can't seem to do it.
And I know it's been mentioned, but our batting order is stupid. Why do we insist on McCullum batting at 3? Should be:
McCullum
Nicol
Williamson
Taylor
Watling/Franklin
Franklin/Watling
It's really not that difficult to put them in that order, but we just can't seem to do it.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
NZ made 250 and lost comfortably, so I don't see the point there. It wasn't as though NZ completely ****ed it up with the ball or Sri Lanka batted outstandingly well.
NZ have a slogger opening the batting, scoring slowly. Meanwhile one of their better 'proper batsman' floats around at 6-7 or whatever. But NZ need to be more dynamic than just batting in a routine fashion, they need a bit of creativity to try and muster extra runs somewhere.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
That is pretty hilarious. All the Kiwis on here have been saying he's shot as far as batting is concerned - but he keeps getting a go.
New Zealand pick Williamson in the T20 - so the way he's been treated in ODIs with more overs to go and tighter fielding restrictions (making it easier to hit orthodox cricketing boundaries) makes no sense.
Meridio
International Regular
Since I'm utterly bored out of my mind here at work (*checks over shoulder to see if anyone's watching*), I've had a quick look into just how terrible Oram has been in the last few years. A quick summary:
For a total of 443 runs @ 19.3.
So, he's had one okay season, in 09/10, and in 11/12 he averaged 44 but only batted three times, for scores of 4*, 59 and 25, all against Zimbabwe. How on Earth does he keep getting put up the order?
Actually, now I think about it, his ODI batting has always been terrible, bar a year or two about five years ago. Going year by year since his debut gives this:
He's more or less always averaged 20ish, barring those two years highlighted. Makes for terrible reading, but I suppose he'll keep getting picked as a batsman because he's left handed or something.
Code:
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR
season 2008/09 11 7 1 168 75* 28.00 86.59
season 2009 2 2 0 28 24 14.00 58.33
season 2009/10 7 5 1 139 83 34.75 120.86
season 2010 2 1 0 14 14 14.00 140.00
season 2010/11 10 6 1 86 25 17.20 111.68
season 2011/12 4 3 1 88 59 44.00 166.03
season 2012 4 4 0 55 32 13.75 69.62
season 2012/13 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 50.00So, he's had one okay season, in 09/10, and in 11/12 he averaged 44 but only batted three times, for scores of 4*, 59 and 25, all against Zimbabwe. How on Earth does he keep getting put up the order?
Actually, now I think about it, his ODI batting has always been terrible, bar a year or two about five years ago. Going year by year since his debut gives this:
Code:
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR
year 2001 17 16 1 229 59 15.26 81.49
year 2002 10 10 2 138 46* 17.25 71.50
year 2003 22 14 1 239 81 18.38 68.48
year 2004 21 13 2 221 54 20.09 82.46
year 2005 12 9 0 207 42 23.00 71.62
year 2006 5 4 0 87 43 21.75 69.60
[B]year 2007 23 16 5 549 101* 49.90 98.21
year 2008 13 8 1 319 88 45.57 98.76[/B]
year 2009 12 9 1 105 33* 13.12 70.46
year 2010 6 3 0 109 83 36.33 178.68
year 2011 12 7 2 90 25 18.00 115.38
year 2012 7 7 0 141 59 20.14 104.44
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AndyZaltzHair
Hall of Fame Member
That was a good knock by Watling, some really good placement through the gaps
It rained and Duckworth Lewis completely changed the complexity of the game. I'm sure you can fathom that.
BJ needs to be in all three forms, serious player. Actually I mean two forms, he's not a T20 option
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Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
Ugh, NZ bats nearly half their overs thinking it's a 50 over match, and only get 9 extra runs through dwl? And isn't the whole dwl method pretty much worthless now that they've radically revised the fielding rules anyway?
Anyway, sounds like a weak bowling effort from our lot and superb batting from Dilshan.
Anyway, sounds like a weak bowling effort from our lot and superb batting from Dilshan.
BackFootPunch
International 12th Man
Yes. We have one in our own team, his name is Jacob Oram.
But seriously, blaming losses on the continued selection of a single player is just stupid. Especially seeing as McCullum is not picked or expected to perform as a player who wins games single-handedly.
Mike5181
International Captain
He's not being picked as a batsman. He's the 13th ranked ODI bowler in the world and has taken 31 wicket @ 23 in the last couple of years. Fair enough, he's at the end of his career, has declined a bit, and isn't far away from retiring, but have you looked at the statistics of the other bowlers in the team?