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Devon Conway: Why He Wasn't a Star from 2010-2017

Flem274*

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Kippax said:
Oh I'd say NZC did give away four of Devon's 50 Tests to Will Young (then Blundell).

That was for some 'oh we'd always put empathy and cultural fit over pure merit down here. Look at all the troubles the toxic masculinity and lust for dominance and status have been creating in the rest of the world, aren't we just as snug as a bug in a rug #nzhellhole' reason.

Young didn't deserve to become an old man with no Test caps to his name, of course. Foiled by a terrorist attack, then a major shoulder surgery. But it was really something that only all of New Zealand's Scottie Stevenson know-nothings, and all its anti-Christian wounded Tori Amos girls, would have felt was appropriate selecting.
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i have never seen a poster go from as good as you were to as bad as you are

your last line is straight from blockys mouth.
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

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A lot will depend on how he and the selectors and management responds to the down patch that will inevitably happen to him.
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

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too early to say how good he is. when he got hit by mark wood i tried to remember if highly edited kippax propaganda videos showed him play against wagner or ferguson at all after nzfan mentioned conway usually compulsively attacks the short stuff, which no one said until now.

he's good enough to dominate at home and obviously was a class above at lords. we tour the subcontinent a fair bit so his play against real spin will be crucial to how he's remembered, and he'll get one go tops at SA or Aus so if he can have a Kane 2015 tour then that would be special.

if he opens for his career he ain't averaging 50. very, very few openers do. 48 tops if he opens. if he inherits #4 though...yea have fun with that bowlers touring to nz after new year not called australia.
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Flem274* said:
too early to say how good he is. when he got hit by mark wood i tried to remember if highly edited kippax propaganda videos showed him play against wagner or ferguson at all after nzfan mentioned conway usually compulsively attacks the short stuff, which no one said until now.

he's good enough to dominate at home and obviously was a class above at lords. we tour the subcontinent a fair bit so his play against real spin will be crucial to how he's remembered, and he'll get one go tops at SA or Aus so if he can have a Kane 2015 tour then that would be special.

if he opens for his career he ain't averaging 50. very, very few openers do. 48 tops if he opens. if he inherits #4 though...yea have fun with that bowlers touring to nz after new year not called australia.
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Yeah he screams out #4 to me. Or maybe he can bat 3 and Kane can bat 4. I think he can be and probably is as good as Hussey which is awesome. But need to give the guy some time.
 
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Fuller Pilch

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Nintendo said:
What would Conway need to achieve in his 50 test career (assuming he plays till 37ish) to reach the Roscoe tier of NZ atg's? Doubt heyll get to the Fleming/Kanos tier in that time, though a double in England on debut surely won't hurt.
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Do you put Fleming AHEAD of Taylor? Or was it a typo and you meant to write Crowe?
 
TheJediBrah

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Gob said:
what makes it better?

Cricinfo site has been pretty **** for years but statsguru is still very useful and the first place i run to when some numpty comes up with a stupid claim
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Scorecards are better and easier to read, archive is easier to navigate, it covers more games as well
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

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TheJediBrah said:
Scorecards are better and easier to read, archive is easier to navigate, it covers more games as well
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It has become progressively more and more out of date though, as I noted earlier in this thread. I thought paywalling it might fix that but if anything it has become a lot worse since then. I don't recommend getting a subscription unless your main uses for it would be old scorecards.
 
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