*Official* Srilanka and New Zealand LO tours to India - Jan 2023

[Socerer 01]

Thakur with the reverse punishment. ya love to see it

 

[Moss]

Middle order folding against Shardul tells its own story. Just stay out there and give Conway support FFS

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Goodness me this has been some knock from Conway , how amazing has he been in a New Zealand shirt ? He could go down as an ATG for the Blackcaps

 

[Moss]

Well that’s probably the game unless Macewell and Santner can replicate their Hyderabad heroics.

Conway now probably the most important NZ wicket (more than Kane) from an opposition POV. The batting seems to depend on him far too much - need the others to up their game.

 

[Arachnodouche]

India Numero Uno. How sweet is revenge

 

[Nintendo]

What are NZ's domestic backup options like in this format? I assume a first choice XI is something like

1.Conway
2.Allen?
3.Kane
4.Latham +
5.Mitchell?
6.Phillips?
7.Bracewell
8.Santner
9.Boult
10.Fergurson?
11.Southee/Henry/Jamieson/sodhi?

Full strength lineup looks decent. Think shipley should still be in the conversation, was NZ's best all-round bowler in the first 2 games of this series and he can bat. Mitchell has been gun at points and has a nack of making clutch runs and phillips had a good knock vs pak but i'm not sold on either. I think 4.Phillips 5.Latham+ 6.Mitchell would work better but maybe one or two players need replacing. Not sold on allen either but he has massive upside and is the only guy bar phillips and bracewell who can score quickly consistently in this format. If you drop Allen and bring in current form guptill/nicholls/young you've got a top 4 of guys who are all pretty slow scorers, don't know how that's gonna go in a WC in india.

 

[honestbharani]

Courtesy of Pakistan Passion;

" There used to be a NZ bowler Tuffy who used to play during late '90s and early '00s. Is this Duffy guy related to him? "

You should tell them he is related to Cameron Cuffy.

 

[honestbharani]

'Harders!'

Better than calling him Dickers, I suppose.

 

[Apex Predator]

why the **** is there a clamour to get ****ing Patidar into the odi xi in this thread as if some grave injustice has been done to not play him? he’s okay for being on the bench and playing in case of an emergency but even then there are other players more deserving to be ahead of him

Who are those exactly?? Patidar was second highest Ranji run scorer & best India A batsman out there. Not even Sarfaraz could match him. Stellar IPL with a 150+ Strike Rate. Carrying RCB almost.
He is clearly next in Line.

 

[honestbharani]

Being punished here.

Punish him.

Matchwinner.

Your selections always suck. Like your posts. And your face.

Have I covered enough CW memes?

 

[Apex Predator]

Second clean sweep in six months I guess for Kiwis away from home. First Australia then this one.
I think they have to take call on Allen Nicholls & I would actually like to see Mitchell opening at this rate.

India are missing a lot of key players but backups are ready. Rohit needs to start calming the f*** down & back Umran more. He was bowling serious heat in that second over & was called off.
Umran won't mind bowling under Hardik come T20 stuff. Overall he has shown decent accuracy being a rookie young express pacer. Certainly more accurate than Shoaib or Tait at this age.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Malik is averaging almost 2 wickets a match. That’s good isn’t it?
Even at an economy of 6.45

He’s a wicket-taker

 

[honestbharani]

India Numero Uno. How sweet is revenge

Nothing beats the #revengeODIseries win. Worked in the 00s, worked in the 10s, works in the 20s.

 

[honestbharani]

What are NZ's domestic backup options like in this format? I assume a first choice XI is something like

1.Conway
2.Allen?
3.Kane
4.Latham +
5.Mitchell?
6.Phillips?
7.Bracewell
8.Santner
9.Boult
10.Fergurson?
11.Southee/Henry/Jamieson/sodhi?

Full strength lineup looks decent. Think shipley should still be in the conversation, was NZ's best all-round bowler in the first 2 games of this series and he can bat. Mitchell has been gun at points and has a nack of making clutch runs and phillips had a good knock vs pak but i'm not sold on either. I think 4.Phillips 5.Latham+ 6.Mitchell would work better but maybe one or two players need replacing. Not sold on allen either but he has massive upside and is the only guy bar phillips and bracewell who can score quickly consistently in this format. If you drop Allen and bring in current form guptill/nicholls/young you've got a top 4 of guys who are all pretty slow scorers, don't know how that's gonna go in a WC in india.

Southee should be there to start IMO. He is pretty good in the SC over 10 overs.

 

[Apex Predator]

Malik might make into backups at this rate at WC. Mm... Unless Shardul really falls off with bat & ball which is not unrealistic.
He might go into Haris Rauf zone with being a regular T20 bowler atm.
Prasidh Krishna & Kuldeep Sen are injured & won't be seen till IPL.

 

[Zinzan]

Saw the brief NZ reply, and Conway batting beautifully.

Really starting to believe Daryl Mitchell is a myth. That one T20 innings v England in the 2021 T20 WC, that great test series last year and **** all else. Also his bowling is worse than Neesham's, which is saying something.

 

[honestbharani]

He was really good in the tests against India in India too, though. He may be coming down with second season-itis but you cant blame his selection I think.

 

[SteveNZ]

Saw the brief NZ reply, and Conway batting beautifully.

Really starting to believe Daryl Mitchell is a myth. That one T20 innings v England in the 2021 T20 WC, that great test series last year and **** all else. Also his bowling is worse than Neesham's, which is saying something.

Yeah I was thinking about that...I mean, it's a bit rough to call a guy who scores tons in 3 consecutive Tests a myth, but he might not be the limited overs player we think he is.

 

[Nintendo]

Saw the brief NZ reply, and Conway batting beautifully.

Really starting to believe Daryl Mitchell is a myth. That one T20 innings v England in the 2021 T20 WC, that great test series last year and **** all else. Also his bowling is worse than Neesham's, which is saying something.

Did well vs pakistan in the 2022 t20 wc semifinal game aswell, was NZ's best bat that game.

 

[Skyliner]

Conway batted like a champion and the others like a pack of fools. Some soft dismissals from the usual suspects.