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  1. Bahnz

    *Official* New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2025 (Tests)

    Yeah, I gotta say my first reaction to seeing those names being listed out was "Wait, ALL of those guys are still playing?"
  2. Bahnz

    2025-26 New Zealand domestic season

    Tbf there's quite a lot of talk of the big 3 taking a bigger slice of the ICC pie in future, and the value of ICC broadcasting rights having peaked anyway as the IPL and IPL associated events take up more and more of the calendar.
  3. Bahnz

    *Official* New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2025 (Tests)

    His record starts getting silly once you exclude the tests where he wasn't opening. 119 at 22.36.
  4. Bahnz

    *Official* New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2025 (Tests)

    Billy Stanlake, Ryan Harris for most of his career. Probably a bunch of guys who had promising starts in FC cricket that we've never heard of because they broke down before making the national team.
  5. Bahnz

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    When international cricket first moved behind a paywall in the early 2000's (I.e. when cricket last had mainstream cultural relevance) they used to put good quality 1 hour highlights packages- either on tv3 or Prime. Over time, as viewership dwindled, the length of the highlights packages got...
  6. Bahnz

    5th Test (The Oval) - 31st July to 4th August

    I will say that this series has shone a light on how much Bazball's early success relied on Broad and Anderson being there to more or less guarantee 10 wickets at ~25 apiece. I love Stokes but he really shouldn't be the best bowler in the side.
  7. Bahnz

    5th Test (The Oval) - 31st July to 4th August

    Yeah very fair call on the 2019 v 23 Ashes. The 2019 scoreline was largely dependent on an ATG 4th innings performance from Stokes. Otherwise Australia looked much the better side and were well deserving of something like a 3-1 scoreline. In 23 on the other hand, England generally had the upper...
  8. Bahnz

    5th Test (The Oval) - 31st July to 4th August

    This has the potential to move to a "stop stop, they're already dead" type scenario very quickly.
  9. Bahnz

    5th Test (The Oval) - 31st July to 4th August

    I remember thinking during last year's nz tour of India that Deep was a bit special. Thrilled to see him go so well this tour.
  10. Bahnz

    *Official* New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2025 (Tests)

    Any word on how serious O'Rourke's back injury is?
  11. Bahnz

    Harry brook era

    Is anybody seriously still pretending that Harry Brook isn't a disgusting indictment on the times we live in?
  12. Bahnz

    *Official* New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2025 (Tests)

    He doesn't really have a chance to break records does he? He basically already has all the significant NZ records ( most runs, most hundreds - I guess he still has the most tests record to pick up, but a) who cares; and b) if he stays fit he'll have comfortably claimed that by the completion of...
  13. Bahnz

    *Official* New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2025 (Tests)

    Looks like a wonderful day at the cricket! I went to Bulawayo once for this game: ZIM vs NZ Cricket Scorecard, 2nd Test at Bulawayo, September 25 - 29, 1997 The match was pretty tedious for the first 4 days, and only sprang to life after we went back to Harare on day 5. My main memory is...
  14. Bahnz

    *Official* New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2025 (Tests)

    They're touring England next year and the opportunity to play a couple of fc games at Lords was too good to miss. Also the standard of opponent in d2 CC is probably higher.
  15. Bahnz

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    Latham set to miss his first test since his debut in 2014 through injury. Nicholls will make his test match return.
  16. Bahnz

    England begging for a draw, Manchester, 27th July 2025

    It's Mabo. It's the vibe. Seriously though, genuinely good question here in that I can't for the life of me remember whether the 'saving test cricket' meme had it's origin in the England camp itself or in the English media strumming themselves off during the first 12 months of Bazball - and, if...
  17. Bahnz

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    This will be a huge tour for those trying to put their hands up for next year's tours - in that regard, significantly more important than the upcoming test series. SA conditions are as close to Australia as you'll find anywhere outside Australia. Any batsmen who can make runs there will have...
  18. Bahnz

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    Yes, RW is in a tricky position where he has to either stick or twist with regard to selections, and for now he does seem to be sticking. It's a heck of a big gamble on the idea that a group of 33 to 34 year-old players will still be good enough to win games 18 months from now (especially when...
  19. Bahnz

    *Official* Pro-Wrestling Thread II

    Loved him as a kid living in Zimbabwe, where mid-90’s WCW wrestling shows were one of the few things to watch on ZBC. Obviously turned out to be a bit of a ****, but doesn’t seem to be any worse than that. RIP.
  20. Bahnz

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    Meh. No disrespect intended to Zimbabwe, I know they won a test v Bangladesh recently, but would there really be that much evidentiary value in debuting Mariu or Hay here? I mean it's disappointing in the sense that it indicates Walter is probably planning to stick with Blundell v WI later this...

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