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  1. HeathDavisSpeed

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    Greenwood dropped for Bracewell... so now you've got Tashkoff, Bracewell and Younghusband for spin. Hartshorn, Sears, van Beek and Abbas for seam. At least Johnson's down to bat at 4 this week. I'm once again confused about the balance though. There must be the assumption that Tashkoff and Abbas...
  2. HeathDavisSpeed

    Worst batsman with a 50 average

    Yeah, he was harshly treated. Never even got an England cap.
  3. HeathDavisSpeed

    *Official* Sri Lanka in New Zealand, 2024–25 (ODIs / T20Is)

    I suspect this series has taught the team and coaches (of NZ, specifically) very little of value. It might have taught us a thing or two, but nothing that the coaching staff are likely to act on!
  4. HeathDavisSpeed

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    Anyone else being constantly bombarded with adverts for something called SalesForce (featuring Matthew McConaghey and Woody Harrelson) in each and every sodding ad-break. Can absolutely go in the bin.
  5. HeathDavisSpeed

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    Again, not sure what the point of Greenwood batting that low is. Must be some plan, but I don't understand it! Even stranger today that Johnson was due to bat below Greenwood. Johnson I guess has a low SR, but Greenwood's is better than Abbas' or Tashkoff's.
  6. HeathDavisSpeed

    *Official* Sri Lanka in New Zealand, 2024–25 (ODIs / T20Is)

    That's very similar to Wellington's forecast except with less wind. Every day's summary mentions strong or fresh Southerlies! It hasn't been much of a Summer over the Summer break. Holding out for a very late Summer like in 2020 where April was delightful.
  7. HeathDavisSpeed

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    If that's the case, then it's a strong argument for the old "growing the pie makes everyone richer even if you get a smaller %" argument. A 50% uptick in revenue is not to be sniffed at. Hard to know without more data though - it'd be good to see that revenue broken down by sources really to...
  8. HeathDavisSpeed

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    There are many reasons why those financial results may be simplistic. What caused the $30m increase in revenue from 2022 to 2023? Without that, then 2023 and 2024 would have been big deficits. 2020-2022 look pretty consistent so why the sudden increase of nearly 50% in revenue? Is that...
  9. HeathDavisSpeed

    *Official* Sri Lanka in New Zealand, 2024–25 (ODIs / T20Is)

    This is SteveNZ, the T20 fan who enjoys the music loudly piped in between the utterance of ‘straight’ and ‘up’. The pause being just long enough to fit in an advert for DLF’s new hot air balloon company with the ‘up’ segueing nicely into the ‘up and away’ suffix of the advert, yes? ;)
  10. HeathDavisSpeed

    *Official* Sri Lanka in New Zealand, 2024–25 (ODIs / T20Is)

    Cricinfo freudian slip:
  11. HeathDavisSpeed

    *Official* Sri Lanka in New Zealand, 2024–25 (ODIs / T20Is)

    Hard enough to get the kids along to a whole day at the cricket, but an impossibility when they're going to be grit-blasted by the Southerly all day. Will have to take this one in on the tellybox.
  12. HeathDavisSpeed

    *Official* Sri Lanka in New Zealand, 2024–25 (ODIs / T20Is)

    You’re forgetting how **** met service is for forecasting in Wellington.
  13. HeathDavisSpeed

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    Yeah, weird game all in all. Great debut from Hartshorn with 5-24; something he'll have to go really well to ever better. The non-run out of Abbas another oddity in this game.
  14. HeathDavisSpeed

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    Not sure what the point of picking Severin or Greenwood was at the moment. Or do Wellington have such dire bowling stocks that it was thought better to go with some no-rounders than, for example, McPeake.
  15. HeathDavisSpeed

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    Schaw's a good Central Districts name to see. Not related to Robbie Schaw though?
  16. HeathDavisSpeed

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    But Tashkoff is also a spinning all-rounder. I know they're trying to use Greenwood's bowling more this season, but I'd still have him ahead of Tashkoff. Especially given Greenwood was the only one who got any runs last time out. Severin at 7 is also a bit odd.
  17. HeathDavisSpeed

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    Greenwood at 8 and Tashkoff at 4? That's bizarre if they roll out like that. Tashkoff the bowling all-rounder and Greenwood the batsman.
  18. HeathDavisSpeed

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    Big Gus out McKenzie’d by his brother. Very disappointing.
  19. HeathDavisSpeed

    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    Is he a god botherer? If not, I don’t think he would get the Kippax approval, as I recall.
  20. HeathDavisSpeed

    **Official** Afghanistan in Zimbabwe (11th Dec to 6th Jan)

    Same for Rashid Khan.

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