NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
I'm pretty sure he knows who Maris Rauf is
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*Official * Pakistan vs New Zealand 2023
- Thread starter G. S. Kohli
- Start date
ashley bach
International Captain
LOL suddenly Mark Chapman is our best bat.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Possibly rotation
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Such a Simpsons-style joke. I can so imagine Homer saying this to Marge.
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Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Injured
thierry henry
International Coach
Oh God Kyle Mills went full Danny Morrison and did a haka on TV. Can’t believe Old Man River let me down like this.
Kyle could **** on my front step and I'd still think he was God's gift to the world, and swing bowling in particular...but yeah, that wasn't great. In fact, it was a long way from it.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Haha Old Man River, those were the days.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Do we really need McConchie?
I assume McConchie and Ravindra are competing for the non-travelling-ODI-World-Cup-spinner-all-rounder spot. Or perhaps both are in consideration, one to cover Macewell ROB, one to cover Santner SLA. Over the last two seasons selectors seem to have been picking some T20I / test squad players with an eye on the World Cup in India Oct-Nov 2023.
Without McConchie's spin ability (which was handy on the 2021 T20I tour to Bangladesh, 7 wickets @ 16, ER 6.4) it seems strange he was picked ahead of Bruce or Clarkson, who both had good Super Smash and Ford Trophy seasons.
Perhaps a quiet word to Stead from the tour captain?
You guys don't think it was his bowling average of 152 in this year's Super Smash that got him the gig?
I'm only being facetious...but yeah, I don't think there's a lot of utility in a 31-year-old bits and pieces-ish all-rounder like McConchie. But hey, he fits the Stead mould of being over 30 and ideally from Christchurch.
I'm only being facetious...but yeah, I don't think there's a lot of utility in a 31-year-old bits and pieces-ish all-rounder like McConchie. But hey, he fits the Stead mould of being over 30 and ideally from Christchurch.
thierry henry
International Coach
Ah well at least Rachin seems to have bowled quite well. I guess this tour is also confirming some things we already sort of knew like: Chapman is ok, Rachin isn’t much use slogging down the order, Neesham is pretty iffy with bat and ball these days, Lister isn’t really up to it and Henry, while not a T20 bowler, is just better than most of his teammates.
I've always held a theory that as a SLA spinner, you have to be pretty hopeless not to be reasonably effective. So really, given a bit of an opportunity, Chapman might be able to do a decent job as a spinner while not wasting a spot on Rachin. Their T20 (not T20I) bowling records are fairly similar.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Rachin's T20I bowling record is massively skewed by playing on those ridiculously fun bunsens in Bangladesh too.
Immenso
International Vice-Captain
I actually think Lister is worth a shot. Can swing it and can hit a yorker. Useful in both power play and at the death. Looked quite useful with transferable skills - when I've seen him in SS. Questions would be with his pace.
Now, this post could be 6 months out of date and maybe he has already shown he's not up to it in the white-ball tour to pak/ind back a few months ago? I have no recollection of performances then, nor watched any of it.