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

hendrix

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
BeeGee said:
After many misfires, we have found our long term keeper. It would take a Herculean effort to oust him now.
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One would hope so, but Ronchi scored big on the A tours, and given that they dropped Watling from the ODI side despite him being our best ODI batsman for the past 2 years...Just don't know what the selectors are thinking.
 
hendrix

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
This Bangladesh commentator with a bit of Imran "I spent some time in Pommie land" Khan aristocratic drawl about him isn't too bad.
 
straw man

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
hendrix said:
I also really want Watling to ward off the Ronchi challenge.
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I just don't want another change based on the grass-is-greener principle - that the next in line of reasonable but not stellar wicketkeeping options just maybe, might be, 5% better... maybe. Or with even more magical thinking, might defy all expectation and be 30% better. That would be Reece Van Wyk-kins all over again.

In saying that, Watling has impressed me more than his predecessors primarily because I thought that while his batting would he useful, his keeping would be bordering substandard, but that hasn't been the case.
 
Mike5181

Mike5181

International Captain
hendrix said:
One would hope so, but Ronchi scored big on the A tours, and given that they dropped Watling from the ODI side despite him being our best ODI batsman for the past 2 years...Just don't know what the selectors are thinking.
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He should be in the ODI team but I'm pretty sure Guptill, Taylor, Williamson and McCullum have all been better tbh.
 
hendrix

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
straw man said:
In saying that, Watling has impressed me more than his predecessors primarily because I thought that while his batting would he useful, his keeping would be bordering substandard, but that hasn't been the case.
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yeah. His keeping has been absolutely superb. I really wasn't expecting that - I thought Reece Young was about the peak of our keeping standards post-McCullum, but Watling must've really put some work in.
 
hendrix

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
One Square Meal:
Taylor
Boult

Cake:
Southee
Williamson

Icing:
Ronchi
Sodhi

Nutri-grain/special K (i.e. has somehow gained a reputation for good nutrition despite what the actual numbers/facts suggest)
Bracewell
Rutherford
McCullum
Guptill
 
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straw man

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
Also why is noted rabbit Trent Boult batting ahead of Sodhi?

Edit: Nah that was just cricinfo
 
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Flem274*

Flem274*

123/5
hendrix said:
One Square Meal:
Taylor
Boult

Cake:
Southee
Williamson

Icing:
Ronchi
Sodhi

Nutri-grain/special K (i.e. has somehow gained a reputation for good nutrition despite what the actual numbers/facts suggest)
Bracewell
Rutherford
McCullum
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Mum's home baked special
Taylor
Southee
Boult

Pak'n Save's most expensive bakery cake
Watling

Still in the oven
Williamson
Rutherford
Bracewell

That dire three dollar sponge
McCullum

Cheap 99% sugar and artificial flavour icing
Anderson
Ronchi
 
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