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Recent content by SteveNZ

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    What *should* Ben Stokes have done when Jadeja refused to accept a draw?

    This, and only this. He has the right to ask, Jadeja has the right to turn it down. Because I agree, are mine too?
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    England begging for a draw, Manchester, 27th July 2025

    https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/we-should-take-some-credit-pom-boldly-claims-bazball-has-inspired-rivals-to-take-up-aggressive-style/news-story/a5ef43550480976866815a5e1f844a3e This came later, but yeah - claiming credit for the way Jaiswal bats is certainly part of the vibe.
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    England begging for a draw, Manchester, 27th July 2025

    One Test wicket - Kane Williamson. But yeah, that was more Stokes cringe, suggesting the achievement of making a Test hundred is lessened because he brings on part-timers when nearing that milestone. Stokes had every right to bring those guys on, given the workload for the bowlers. But from that...
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    England begging for a draw, Manchester, 27th July 2025

    I'll be honest and admit I don't have the quotes, or a photographic memory of what Stokes has specifically said, but I feel like it's a pretty common feeling that Stokes and his merry men have often presented themselves as the arbitrators of what is good and not so good Test cricket in recent...
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    England begging for a draw, Manchester, 27th July 2025

    I don't know if this has been said, and if so I'm offering week old bread and I apologise. But in the midst of all I'm sure is (deserved) vitriol at Stokes for his arrogance that the game stops when he requests it to, has there been the charge of hypocrisy leveled at a captain who presents...
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    Seriously, what now for WI?

    Aren't there major issues at Board level and an inability to incentivise players in the Test arena through meaningful payment and contracts? If so, you're not getting anywhere before those are fixed.
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    Openers Tax

    Cheers. Those numbers definitely look to be trending down, from the 2000s where runs were plentiful and openers were alphas, to late 2010s and through the 2020s.
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    Openers Tax

    This was always going to be the case, and as many poor predictions as I've made on here, one that was prophetic was that Smith wasn't going to average 30 as an opener. Maybe he could have adapted to becoming one as a youngster, but it was never going to work as a 35-year-old. He'd built his game...
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    *Official* Zimbabwe T20 Tri-Series July 2025

    Woo....hoo?
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    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    Wow, you'd have to think it's rare that no player passed 50 in a completed four-innings Test match. One of the NZ-India tests from 2002 would be a shout, I don't remember if anyone made 50s in those. Yep, in the below Test, the highest score was Dravid's 39...
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    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    Ravi Rampaul has the much easier job. These guys are athletes, the Windies are generally always going to have bowlers of ability while the area still cares about cricket. Whoever the batting coach is, is on a hiding to nothing. No kid in the Windies wants to be Kraigg Brathwaite or bat sessions.
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    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    Lara played in a T20 game in NZ last summer (Black Clash) and was diabolically bad. Mind you, seeing four Windies guys got golden ducks, he would have been a like-for-like replacement
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    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    Genuinely don't want anyone to break our record. We almost did it to England in 2018, they were 23-8 (or 8-23 as you flogs say)
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    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    Has he actually ever proven he can bat? Or is he in the JFM mould of all style, no substance?
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    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    I think Walter's wording suggested he was a back-up batsman who could cover any position (although that's drawing a long bow for someone who's played 2 innings at 3 and none as an opener in 87 Test knocks). So he won't be in the side, unless there's injuries. It's still a spot that should have...
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