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***Official*** New Zealand in Bangladesh & Sri Lanka 2013

Hurricane

Hall of Fame Member
Why isn't it spinning like it did for us. Must be that the ball is still newish.

This could get interesting when they start to get it to bite. Shakib in particular.
 

Hurricane

Hall of Fame Member
**** the umpiring has been good in this game- back to the old school benefit of the doubt rule which seems to be employed less liberally with DRS since they are less scared of making mistakes.
But watch it Kane I don't want to make history here let some other team lose.
 

centurymaker

International Captain
Because Test cricket isn't some sandbox for kids who average 70 on A tours. And no-one in the game would argue Sodhi has a hardened and unsentimental temperament that's poles apart from Martin Crowe's at the same age either; he's a very young 20-year-old by modern standards. He's not one of these guys who's targeted cricket as a career path despite it being about his fifth preference as a pure sport, because he sees the game as weak. Having a worldwide connotation with ****ness will hurt him bitterly.
Could you rephrase this? I don't quite understand what you are suggesting here..
 

Mike5181

International Captain
jeets in India? really not even close to how bad this pair is.
In this test match? No, of course not, but then Bartin's first effort against England would suggest he's a better bowler than what he's done here. We know neither of them are likely to consistently bowl that well. Patel was equally bad against Zimbabwe, South Africa etc and averages something like 60+ in the last two years with the ball in test cricket. That's a more accurate portrayal of his skill level as a player. It's really not much different from what we're getting here. As someone said earlier, the biggest problem atm is that we picked two specialist spin bowlers. That's basically just multiplying our biggest weakness. Since that's unlikely to happen again, unless Hesson etc are really really stupid, this will be partially solved by the next test. Wagner or Southee if he's fit will most likely come in for the second test.
 
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Mike5181

International Captain
**** the umpiring has been good in this game- back to the old school benefit of the doubt rule which seems to be employed less liberally with DRS since they are less scared of making mistakes.
But watch it Kane I don't want to make history here let some other team lose.
The guy umpiring his first test has been really good.
 

Hurricane

Hall of Fame Member
FMD I won't be filtering out runs against Bangers any time soon after this game. We really need one of Fulton or Kane to ton up here.
 

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
In this test match? No, of course not, but then Bartin's first effort against England would suggest he's a better bowler than what he's done here. We know neither of them are likely to consistently bowl that well. Patel was equally bad against Zimbabwe, South Africa etc and averages something 60+ in the last two years with the ball in test cricket. That's a more accurate portrayal of his skill level as a player. It's really not much different from what we're getting here. As someone said earlier, the biggest problem atm is that we picked two specialist spin bowlers. That's basically just multiplying our biggest weakness. Since that's unlikely to happen again, unless Hesson etc are really really stupid, this will be partially solved by the next test. Wagner or Southee if he's fit will most likely come in for the second test.
I don't get this.

Patel's poor bowling in Zimbabwe is more reflective of his career as a whole than...his career as a whole?

I do know what you're saying though, but I think there's a point where overly circumspect England is at least favourably comparable to ruthless home track bullies India.
 

Meridio

International Regular
how's the cricket going for you in England?
Went well thanks, on a personal level anyway - unfortunately my team didn't have a lot of success. Played on a few nice grounds too, it's a different world over here, no overlapping outfields!

Geez Kaneh times the ball well
 

Maximas

Cricketer Of The Year
Seeing some frustrated comments on cricinfo with people saying neither team has been aggressive enough to force a result, but their is only one reason this game will be a draw - roady road
 

Hurricane

Hall of Fame Member
Seeing some frustrated comments on cricinfo with people saying neither team has been aggressive enough to force a result, but their is only one reason this game will be a draw - roady road
It may be a road but nonetheless if we had've selected another seamer and IFF (with two fs) that bowler had chipped in with 2 wickets early in the piece then we might have gotten amongst Bangers.
 

Mike5181

International Captain
Seeing some frustrated comments on cricinfo with people saying neither team has been aggressive enough to force a result, but their is only one reason this game will be a draw - roady road
Yeah, it's really not worth getting frustrated about. This is just one of those pitches.
 

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
Didn't see the first two sessions today and was not overly happy to see that Bangladesh were able to put on another 120 this morning - images of second innings batting collapses and handing the match to Bangladesh. Pleased that Fulton and Williamson appear to have played mature innings so far and are gradually putting this match to bed as a draw.
 

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