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  1. thierry henry

    Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

    I've never thought that T20 batting wasn't hard, in fact I'm predisposed to think it's incredibly hard because of my own limitations as a player. The hitting ability of the modern player blows my mind. I just don't think T20 is interesting because "aggressive fielding side trying to work out a...
  2. thierry henry

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    This could just be selective memory from an era when we were short of pacey bowlers, but I honestly think peak Mills was a yard quicker than he’s remembered as being too. With his height he used to bowl an uncomfortable length with the new ball and he’d hit the splice if there was anything in...
  3. thierry henry

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    I think Mills suffers from the fact that he had a horror run in World Cups and somehow conspired to more or less miss them entirely despite his career encompassing 4 of them. Just horror luck with injuries, and of course in 2015 he had done more than enough to earn selection but it's hard to...
  4. thierry henry

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    it's 14 February and none of you idiots have said you Chu Chu Choose him yet
  5. thierry henry

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    Fletcher 100% would have played on that never ending 2022 white ball tour but he got injured and replaced by Cleaver during the England test series which was before the white ball stuff (where we played the Netherlands, West Indies, Scotland, Ireland et al)
  6. thierry henry

    **Official** Pakistan Tri-Nation Series

    Phillips went from 50-100 in 20 balls - not faced by him, 3.2 overs of the innings. Can’t have been too many times that any 50-run milestone has been knocked off quicker than that in any format.
  7. thierry henry

    **Official** Pakistan Tri-Nation Series

    The crowd were absolutely going off for every NZ boundary and Phillips’ 100, is this a normal Pakistan crowd thing? Was pretty cool.
  8. thierry henry

    **Official** Pakistan Tri-Nation Series

    Philander’s inability to pronounce ‘sh’ is quite a novel speech impediment. Whole lot of Saheen Sah Afridi so far.
  9. thierry henry

    Babar Azam vs Marnus Labuschagne

    According to this Babar was only just 15 opening the batting against 19 year old Hazlewood. I can’t believe this never comes up, it’s obviously absolute nonsense.
  10. thierry henry

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    Jacobs can badonk a 6 @Prince EWS
  11. thierry henry

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    Loving all this coverage of noted dickhead Craig Findlay in the crowd
  12. thierry henry

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    Yeah my related hot take is balls are often called no ball when they actually aren’t, but that’s because the actual rule allows for stupidly high full tosses
  13. thierry henry

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    Some team selection from Canterbury. Bat to 4 (including keeper) and then 7 international bowlers
  14. thierry henry

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    Just anecdotally, among my fairly hardcore cricket fan mates (indoor cricket mates, outdoor cricket mates, separate but overlapping groups) there seems to be a dismissive attitude towards SS across the board and a sickeningly fawning attitude towards the BBL. Prior to the season even starting...
  15. thierry henry

    **Official** Australia in Sri Lanka Jan - Feb 2025

    Batsmen who score runs due to a carefree attitude towards getting out literally aren’t playing cricket so the runs shouldn’t count
  16. thierry henry

    **Official** Australia in Sri Lanka Jan - Feb 2025

    For future reference, I enjoy proper bowling (bowling in the channel outside off and trying to get the batter out) and proper batting (desperately trying to not get out). Anything else simply isn’t cricket.
  17. thierry henry

    **Official** Australia in Sri Lanka Jan - Feb 2025

    I might be the only Kiwi alive who didn’t enjoy Wagner’s leg theory and I’ve been tagged about this. Offended isn’t a strong enough word.
  18. thierry henry

    **Official** Australia in Sri Lanka Jan - Feb 2025

    Was it “negative” (good batting) or was it negative (aggressive batting and/or negative bowling)

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