***Official*** New Zealand in Bangladesh & Sri Lanka 2013

[Zinzan]

Add Ellis to the above villagers..........

 

[vandem]

For some reason our selectors prefer village cricketers like Nicol, and Devcich (to a lesser extent) than proper players like Rutherford.

and Watling ...

I don't understand the tentativeness (apart from Devcich). It's only a 33 over innings. We bat down to Neesham at 9 and Mills at 10. Top order should try and play a few attacking shots, not push and poke for the odd single.

 

[straw man]

It really was hard to understand why Nicol and Ellis of all people were called into this squad as last minute replacements - I thought we were finally shot of them.

Rutherford in ODIs perhaps not the best example of a proper player though.

... and that was horrible from Elliott.

 

[straw man]

Munro latest member of the Village People - this is not pretty. Nicol still at the other end too.

 

[vandem]

.. Nicol still at the other end too.

Thanks goodness not for long.

1* (7), 0 (1), 1 (12).

Would have been terrible if he'd got a scratchy 40 (50) and stayed in the reckoning as a ODI player.

And gives Ronchi and Jimmy a chance for a decent bat.

 

[BC_fan_abored]

I think you guys are being a little harsh on village cricketers...

 

[Hurricane]

It frustrates me when teams like NZ in this situation decide they have no chance of winning so just decide to bat for a respectable total. Go hard or go home.

 

[Kippax]

It's a trial game too tbh, JimmyGS in particular would know it.

Bolster that ODI average of 6 to something more reflective of your ability, win Kippax his 7/1 bet.

 

[BeeGee]

A suitably pathetic ending to suitably pathetic series.

 

[Bahnz]

That's just a ridiculous miscalculation by the officials. Would've struggled to make it through a 27 over a side match, let alone 33.

 

[stumpski]

I know it's not a World Cup final or anything, but it does seem ridiculous that international matches are still being played on grounds without floodlights.

'Bad light stopped play' should never be a feature of ODIs.

 

[vandem]

That's just a ridiculous miscalculation by the officials. Would've struggled to make it through a 27 over a side match, let alone 33.

Yes, but both teams knew that, commentators mentioned it when NZ were over time when bowling. So NZ true target was always the DL mark somewhere between 20 - 25 overs. MoM = Matthews for getting his spinners to rip through to 20 over mark.

 

[Hurricane]

A suitably pathetic ending to suitably pathetic series.

yet one that sl took seriously

 

[vandem]

And a series which showed that Anderson and Neesham and Latham have the goods, that Nathan Mc still has a contribution to make. Ronchi and Munro still in limbo. Village-style cricketers shown up badly.

 

[BeeGee]

yet one that sl took seriously

Yet SL only managed a 1-1 draw at home against the worst ODI team NZ have ever fielded.

NZ certainly weren't taking it seriously or they wouldn't have rested their best players.

 

[Hurricane]

"ladies and gentlemen the losing captain of the day kyle mills please come forward!!!!"

 

[vandem]

... against the worst ODI team NZ have ever fielded.

I was going to say "what about the 2003 tour to Pakistan when Astle + Fleming etc stayed home and we lost 5-0", but checked that team and it included Hamish Marshall, Cairns, Harris, Oran, B Mac and Vettori ... so I'd agree.

 

[Maximas]

yet one that sl took seriously

tbf they probably got ****ed over by the weather worse overall than you guys

 

[Prince EWS]

I was going to say "what about the 2003 tour to Pakistan when Astle + Fleming etc stayed home and we lost 5-0", but checked that team and it included Hamish Marshall, Cairns, Harris, Oran, B Mac and Vettori ... so I'd agree.

That was when Hamish Marshall was "discovered" I believe; batted well despite mediocre domestic returns and was given a run in the proper team as a result.

Sinclair played that series too. I recall a slow 55 batting at about five to save the team after the top order had been rolled. WAG.

 

[BeeGee]

I was going to say "what about the 2003 tour to Pakistan when Astle + Fleming etc stayed home and we lost 5-0", but checked that team and it included Hamish Marshall, Cairns, Harris, Oran, B Mac and Vettori ... so I'd agree.

Mills would have given his left nut to have players like Cairns, Oram or Vettori.

He had Devcich, Nicol and Ellis.