When you change your pace, up or down, you often lose some of the swing you get at your natural pace. But if he can bowl 140+ and get the same swing he got against India, WOW!!!
This middle lower order is absolutely insane, just unmatched power at our disposal. When we have Lewis, Simmons, Russell, Narine it obviously gets even better but the side playing here is still a very dangerous batting side.
Agreed but I'm not complaining as it gave our batsman some much needed confidence!
He's going nowhere mate, he's here to stay likely for the next 3-5 years. Just get used to it. He will play all formats as well
It's a fair point, and worth remembering he's not in the ODI XI (when you look at his ODI record, it's actually horrible - has only averaged less than30 in two years - 2008 and 2011. But who do you play instead of him in T20? Trent if he plays you'd think comes in for Southee, Jamieson/Ferguson can't be dropped. There's really not a lot of other options that stick out. Bennett is far more hittable, not a big Kuggleijn fan, then guys like Milne can't stay on the park etc.
I'm a little nervous at how good a preperation our oppoenents will get for the tests this year (both Windies and Pak). It's very un-2010s.
Boult, Ferguson and Jaimeson are probably the top 3 pacers in T20 now (Henry joins them for ODIs). Perhaps time for someone like Duffy, surely he'll come into consideration for white ball sides in the next couple of years. Kuggs is obviously in the frame too though the jury is out (no wordplay intended
).While Bennett's comeback has likely run its course, maybe Milne could be brought back if his BBL stint goes well? Then there are others like Rance and Bracewell who don't get much fanfare around here but would still do a better job than Southee you would think.
Or send some clubbies or fringe players to play a token warm up match like we used to do or they do in Aussie ie the chairman xi or something like that. We have fronted up some of our better players, both with the bat and ball. By the time they start the test match they will have figured the lengths to bowl, the batters would have found their timing.
Yep, those guys are 100% the top three. The issue lies in the 5th pace bowler. Neesham just isn't it - I rate him as a hitter and it was nice to see him finally ice a game the other day. But his bowling just isn't something that can be relied on, especially in T20 and at the death. He's so hittable. Sodhi in the right conditions works, but when he's not picked the 5th bowling option is an issue. CdG isn't it in T20 either.Boult, Ferguson and Jaimeson are probably the top 3 pacers in T20 now (Henry joins them for ODIs). Perhaps time for someone like Duffy, surely he'll come into consideration for white ball sides in the next couple of years. Kuggs is obviously in the frame too though the jury is out (no wordplay intended
FWIW they did finally make the call to drop Southee from the ODI XI at the World Cup (paid off handsomely in the semifinal) as well as for the Sydney test (weirdly) so I do have hope they'll do the same for T20s (eventually).
oh come on, we should only pull these stunts for big 3 scum.
Phillips is like this unholy amalgam of Smith and Warner. Warner's nugget build, a combination of Smith's pig face and Warner's dog face, Warner's celebrations and showboating, Warner's hyperactive fielding, Smith's general on-the-spectrum personality, and most importantly, basically Smith's whole batting technique.
Yeah, I was being a bit tongue in cheek.
