Spark
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Nah he got picked 3 for that Sydney Test against India in 18/19, basically because he was the only bloke who really looked like he wanted the opportunity iirc.
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*Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024
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Socerer 01
International Captain
forgot about that test
Nintendo
Cricketer Of The Year
Nah he played a few tests vs SL. He made a million runs for Glamorgan to make the ashes squad, impressed in the aus vs aus warm-up game and subbed in for Smith when he got concussed.
TheJediBrah
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wut no did you dream that
Anyway McSweeney's technique looks a lot more organised than Marnus does. It's a pick for the future just as much as it is on what he is doing right now
Spark
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This reminds me that Kurtis Patterson has a Test average of 144 lol
Nintendo
Cricketer Of The Year
His decline will be studied
Spark
Global Moderator
I mean it's a pretty straightforward case of a guy who should have been backed despite his lean patch, his confidence fell of a cliff and his entire game followed thereafter. Won't be the first to go like that; having the trust and belief of the higher ups can easily make or break a career.
But it is wild that a guy who played two Tests and peeled off a hundred (admittedly against a frankly grade standard attack on a road) has vanished so completely from the scene by age 30 that he can't make his state team.
TheJediBrah
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Yeah he was great. Almost sterotypically NZ
Had a great chat with him (from my perspective, I was about 8 beers deep, so maybe not from his). Definitely a good guy, I think getting the job came as a huge surprise to him so he's making the most of it!
Bahnz
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Hope Rachin's doing alright. He must feel pretty sick about that drop in the 2nd over. Of course if he catches it there's no guarantees the game ends any different as that means Head isn't getting dismissed next ball (though I think bowling to 2 left handers would've been maybe a little easier). Overall his performance in this series gets a definite pass mark given what we would've expected from Nicholls.
From what I have seen, his biggest problem has been converting starts
Nice enough technique
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
Another moral victory for England
thundaboult
International Debutant
idk why everyone is so pissed about nz tbh
once sl, bdesh, scotland, netherlands, larp africa come back we're golden and all of this will be forgotten #blackthebackcaps #allgood #whocares #loseasemifinal #beatuptheminnows #125km #timsouthee
once sl, bdesh, scotland, netherlands, larp africa come back we're golden and all of this will be forgotten #blackthebackcaps #allgood #whocares #loseasemifinal #beatuptheminnows #125km #timsouthee
MW1304
Cricketer Of The Year
Our brains trust is all Kiwi and always has been, so it's consistent.
RossTaylorsBox
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Way to bowl a side out, idiots
thierry henry
International Coach
Doesn’t it do the opposite? To say we just weren’t good enough absolves us of blame. To say we could have and should have done better but played like weak-willed idiots is, properly, blaming us.
thundaboult
International Debutant
In all seriousness, I expect this nz side from 2014-ish to now to be good enough at winning away tests anywhere and also the world cups. They're definitely good enough. Just sense from their words and body language that the staff, players don't actually believe that themselves and are quite ok with being mid. Cricket at any given time only has 4 or 5 teams (sometimes less) who are actually competitive and there is a world cup every year. We are one of those 4 or 5 teams. No excuses on why we shouldn't be winning gold.
It ain't like football where there's legit 20 or 30 competitive teams hence reducing your chances of winning gold consistently.
It ain't like football where there's legit 20 or 30 competitive teams hence reducing your chances of winning gold consistently.