GROUP C - New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Kenya

[Raghav]

Originally Posted by Scaly piscine

http://www.oddschecker.com/cricket/i...cup/win-market

Better go put some money on the country that's never won or gotten close to winning anything really meaningful and has yet another mediocre team.

Good chance of them making the semi-finals, Not much chance of them winning.

Won ICC mini WC 2000 IIRC .

[Scaly piscine]

Note 'really meaningful'

Confirmed now that Fleming who's their best Twenty20 batsman by a mile isn't playing for NZ. Their odds have winning are now around that of Bangladesh's.

[Fiery]

Originally Posted by Scaly piscine

Note 'really meaningful'

Confirmed now that Fleming who's their best Twenty20 by a mile isn't playing for NZ. Their odds have winning are now around that of Bangladesh's.

*tee hee, knuck knuck, chortle, guffaw* Please explain how Stephen Fleming is our best 20/20 player?

[Raghav]

Originally Posted by Scaly piscine

Note 'really meaningful'

Confirmed now that Fleming who's their best Twenty20 by a mile isn't playing for NZ. Their odds have winning are now around that of Bangladesh's.

lol....there are many others who can perform better than him...Chris Harris is the best 20/20 specialist

[Scaly piscine]

I meant to put 'batsman' in there.

A barrage of mediocre sloggers like McMillan won't cut it.

[Raghav]

Originally Posted by Scaly piscine

I meant to put 'batsman' in there.

A barrage of mediocre sloggers like McMillan won't cut it.

Taylor..Fulton can do the job...

Moreover its 20/20..its not a test match....Sloggers can do it

[Bahnz]

Ughh...I can't believe Chris Martin has been selected for the tournament. He averages 44 in domestic 20/20 at an economy rate of over 9.

[Fiery]

Originally Posted by Scaly piscine

I meant to put 'batsman' in there.

A barrage of mediocre sloggers like McMillan won't cut it.

Flem's still not even close to being NZ's best 20/20 batsman

[Scaly piscine]

Originally Posted by Raghav

Taylor..Fulton can do the job...

Moreover its 20/20..its not a test match....Sloggers can do it

Taylor is just a mediocre flat track bully. Expect him to do well on roads and not much else because he's a bit of a slogger which doesn't work when the ball does something. Fulton is a solid, unremarkable bat but not much more. Not sure how that'll translate successfully into Twenty20.

[Scaly piscine]

Originally Posted by Spike

Flem's still not even close to being NZ's best 20/20 batsman

Go on then tell me who's better.

[Retox]

Originally Posted by Scaly piscine

Note 'really meaningful'

Confirmed now that Fleming who's their best Twenty20 batsman by a mile isn't playing for NZ. Their odds have winning are now around that of Bangladesh's.

So how many times has Flem hit 50 off 25 like say McCullum or hit the fastest OD 100 by a kiwi? Oh thats right....

[Fiery]

Originally Posted by Scaly piscine

Go on then tell me who's better.

There's a start ^

[Scaly piscine]

Originally Posted by Retox

So how many times has Flem hit 50 off 25 like say McCullum or hit the fastest OD 100 by a kiwi? Oh thats right....

You mean the guy that averages 21 in List A, 23 in ODIs and has already a failed experiment as an opener in ODIs? Fantastic.

I expect he'll chip in against the rubbish, but he's out of his depth against quality bowling.

[Retox]

Originally Posted by Scaly piscine

You mean the guy that averages 21 in List A, 23 in ODIs and has already a failed experiment as an opener in ODIs? Fantastic.

I expect he'll chip in against the rubbish, but he's out of his depth against quality bowling.

Beacuse we all know when McCullum scores those 40s and 50s VS Aus that the bowling quality sucked

[chaminda_00]

Originally Posted by Retox

Beacuse we all know when McCullum scores those 40s and 50s VS Aus that the bowling quality sucked

You do realise a lot of those 40s and 50s were scored at the late overs facing many the 'quality' of Watson, Symonds, Bracken (who is a pretty average depth bowler). Until Tait came into the side they didn't really have many good depth bowlers outside McGarth. One could argue if he opened the batting during those innings he would have been rolled for under 20, more often then not. Until he scores runs up the order, i can't see how anyone can rate him that high.