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JBH001

JBH001

International Regular
Nnanden said:
The majority of Kiwis in this thread just acting like morons now unfortunately.
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Did you mean me? If so, I apologised, so you are a little late with that.

Also, to be fair, the constant and seemingly never ending litany of "if only we had a full strength 2007 WC side (or whatever), all would be well" does get a little tiring and old. But thats probably the result of reading a summers worth of thread comment around that line (Aus vs SA and now Aus vs NZ).

Also, as some one used to the constant roller coaster ride that is supporting the NZ Black Caps, I will save the crowing (if any) to the end of the series. 3 - 2 to Australia is still very much a possibility. I'll be saving my smirks, not that any of you will see it, for when and if Dan has both hands on the trophy and is drinking from it.
 
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TT Boy

TT Boy

Hall of Fame Member
Surprised they haven't called in a replacement for Tait and someone to replace ****house. Still one bowler short.
 
K

kiwi watcher

Cricket Spectator
zinzan12 said:
Rubbish, it was Kerry O'Keeffe that said it, & those of us that have heard plenty of his commentary over the years know he was just being a joker; that why you could hear him cracking-up in the background.
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whatever Zinzan you and others may have took it that way I must be a weirdo for thinking he was a rude dick, oh well I took it the wrong way Zinzan, sorry bout that, wont be so offended next time
 
pup11

pup11

International Coach
pasag said:
Good news. If we played this side, I'm confident we could get right back into the series.

Quiney/Katich
Clarke
Ponting
Haddin
Symonds
Hussey
Hopes
Johnson
Bracken
Siddle
McGain
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This the one slot i have a problem with, we all know Hopes is a genuine waste of batting slot when he is batting that low, therefore i would rather have Hopes opening with Clarke, and pick a middle order batsman to bat at 7.

Either David Hussey or Voges or Ferguson, should then be batting at that slot imo, anyways but as long as the team has five genuine bowling options, i am more than satisfied with the team.

Moving on, really brave stuff this from Ponting to comeback midway from his resting schedule to lead his team in such adversity, would have been so easy for him to let Clarke bear the brunt of the series lose, and comeback for the dead rubber games.
 
pasag

pasag

RTDAS
pup11 said:
This the one slot i have a problem with, we all know Hopes is a genuine waste of batting slot when he is batting that low, therefore i would rather have Hopes opening with Clarke, and pick a middle order batsman to bat at 7.

Either David Hussey or Voges or Ferguson, should then be batting at that slot imo, anyways but as long as the team has five genuine bowling options, i am more than satisfied with the team.

Moving on, really brave stuff this from Ponting to comeback midway from his resting schedule to lead his team in such adversity, would have been so easy for him to let Clarke bear the brunt of the series lose, and comeback for the dead rubber games.
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No way should Hopes be opening. Miles away from an ODI class opener.
 
pup11

pup11

International Coach
Why the hell does Ryan Harris keep getting picked for the ODI squad, i can perfectly understand him being in contention for a place in the test squad as he has been one of the better bowlers in the Sheffield Shield this season, but his ranger cup stats are hardly eye-catching.

Geeves (who was brilliant prior to his injury this season) or Siddle (who could have done well with playing some international games, prior to the SA tour), would have been much better choices.
 
pup11

pup11

International Coach
pasag said:
No way should Hopes be opening. Miles away from an ODI class opener.
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Well its not exactly something that's gotta do with him being an ODI class opener or anything, but its gotta do more with providing better balance to the team.
 
pasag

pasag

RTDAS
pup11 said:
Well its not exactly something that's gotta do with him being an ODI class opener or anything, but its gotta do more with providing better balance to the team.
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He's not good enough to open and won't score any runs. End of story.
 
pup11

pup11

International Coach
Btw anyone else thinks Travis Birt should be in with a chance to make it to the ODI squad for South Africa, or maybe even this current series.

I know its a bit too early to really say that, but still he has played some amazing knocks for the Tassies in the ranger cup this season while batting in the the middle-order, very clean hitter of the cricket ball and seems like a good finisher.
 
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