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

[Flem274*]

Watling is a bubble batsman, which is why i like him higher up at six. let anderson hit sixes with the tail.

 

[Hurricane]

what is a bubble batsman?

 

[Flem274*]

bats in his own little world and doesn't really change method or tempo as the game shifts around him.

he bats the way he bats, come hell or high water. it's a strength when he bats higher up but with shaky partners like the tail it can be a disadvantage.

 

[Flem274*]

nasir is such a good golden arm

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Rahim is fast becoming one of my most hated cricketers - his voice is irritating and his appeals are just horror movie shrieking; "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" and he appeals every second ball. If they're successful the appeal has an "AAAAAAAAAHHHHH HHHAAARRRRR HARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR" tacked on the end.

Someone please punch him already.

Sounds pretty similar to some of your reactionary posting to me.

 

[Immenso]

Huge turn for Nasir. NZ definitely need a much bigger lead than the current 50 runs, batting last is going to be interesting.

 

[Hurricane]

I see.

 

[Mike5181]

Watling is a bubble batsman, which is why i like him higher up at six. let anderson hit sixes with the tail.

If we had guys like Chris Martin in our tail, I'd agree with you. But for this particular side, I prefer Anderson at six, and Watling at seven. It's important for Anderson to learn how to construct a proper test innings, and not just go out there with instructions to hit sixes just because he can hit it a bit harder than Watling. He'll learn bad habits that way.

Bracewell, Sodhi, Wagner, Boult etc are more than capable of scoring 15-20 runs each to stick with BJ, and his style is more likely to help them try and play properly as well. Boult would have been far less likely to have scored that 50 if the specialist batsman at the other end wasn't giving him any strike, denying runs, swinging at everything etc.

 

[Hurricane]

New Ranking of our players against spin

1) Kane
2) Corey
3) Ross
4) Sodhi
Daylight
rest of the batsman
Daylight
tailenders
Daylight
Southee [/QUOTE]

 

[Flem274*]

this is great

 

[Flem274*]

If we had guys like Chris Martin in our tail, I'd agree with you. But for this particular side, I prefer Anderson at six, and Watling at seven. It's important for Anderson to learn how to construct a proper test innings, and not just go out there with instructions to hit sixes just because he can hit it a bit harder than Watling. He'll learn bad habits that way.

Bracewell, Sodhi, Wagner, Boult etc are more than capable of scoring 15-20 runs each to stick with BJ, and his style is more likely to help them try and play properly as well. Boult would have been far less likely to have scored that 50 if the specialist batsman at the other end wasn't giving him any strike, denying runs, swinging at everything etc.

good point, will think about it again

 

[Prensel]

New Ranking of our players against spin

1) Kane
2) Corey
3) Ross
4) Sodhi
Daylight
rest of the batsman
Daylight
tailenders
Daylight
Southee

Is Watling bad?

 

[Flem274*]

Watling is number three at worst against spin imo

 

[Hurricane]

Is Watling bad?

He's in the middle of the pack. If you watch him he has been defending balls on leg stump and not using his feet very often.

 

[hendrix]

re:Watling batting with the tail.

It's very clear that his style is to put faith in the tail, but by the same token he expects them to stick around. Honestly I think this is the best approach for our guys - especially when we have blokes like Sodhi and Bracewell who Can Bat. We really don't want them to go the way of Southee.

Not that I think Southee's approach is particularly bad either - it's nice to have someone who can really rub the dirt into the opposition, but it's not a reliable method.

 

[hendrix]

lol at cricinfo comments.

halfway through the match doesn't mean halfway through the batting...These guys must've never watched test cricket before.

 

[Flem274*]

Well played BJ

I never expected him to become such a quality cricketer. It's a shame people who aren't familliar with him will look at his record and dismiss him as a minnow basher upon first glance, neglecting his performance in SA where he was head and shoulders above the others barring Brownlie's one innings, and steering NZ to good totals in both tests here.

 

[hendrix]

Well played BJ

I never expected him to become such a quality cricketer. It's a shame people who aren't familliar with him will look at his record and dismiss him as a minnow basher upon first glance, neglecting his performance in SA where he was head and shoulders above the others barring Brownlie's one innings, and steering NZ to good totals in both tests here.

Yeah, I vaguely remember when he was selected as an opener and I was like "wtf".

It looked like he couldn't play a single shot, and couldn't play pace.

Big fan of his now.

 

[Flem274*]

I called him an iPod shuffle because all he did was shuffle around the crease and poke outside off.

And he was a million times worse against spin in those days.

His improvement gives me hope for Guptill. Both work very hard by all accounts.

 

[Bahnz]

lol at cricinfo comments.

halfway through the match doesn't mean halfway through the batting...These guys must've never watched test cricket before.

Haha yeah, a few people failing to understand the concept that runs in the second innings are a hell of a lot easier to get than runs in the fourth innings: