That makes me "uber-idiot"Originally Posted by andyc
![]()
That makes me "uber-idiot"Originally Posted by andyc
![]()
IMO nowhere near as strong as 1999.Originally Posted by _Ed_
Vincent - glorified slogger
Fleming - middle-order player not opener
Astle - other way around
McMillan - barely in the picture, needs to be
Styris - better than he used to be, obviously, but I still find it hard to understand how he gets the success he does
And the bowling-attack, Vettori apart, is nothing close to 1999 when you guys had Allott, Nash, Cairns, Larsen, Harris.
Have NZ ever looked like replacing Roger Twose?
RD
Appreciating cricket's greatest legend ever - HD Bird...............Funniest post (intentionally) ever.....Runner-up.....Third.....Fourth
(Accidental) founder of Twenty20 Is Boring Society. Click and post to sign-up.RIP Fardin Qayyumi (AKA "cricket player"; "Bob"), 1/11/1990-15/4/2006
I rate SL the stronger side, and certainly the side who's more likely to get it together in time, even if their recent form pre-VBS was woeful.Originally Posted by BlackCap_Fan
Yes and yes.Originally Posted by benchmark00
INDIA
![]()
Anyone can vote Australia......
..... Even my wife would.![]()
A fully fit attack of Bond, Mills, Adams, Oram, Vettori and Styris would be stronger than 1999 IMO. Allott was excellent, so was Cairns, but Nash wasn't as effective in ODIs as in tests, and Larsen and Harris although effective lacked the brilliance of Adams and Oram.Originally Posted by Richard
You can't be serious? Gavin Larsen is one of our best ODI bowlers of all time, to even name Adams in the same sentence as him is a disgrace.Originally Posted by _Ed_
Sorry, did I read that right? You think that McMillan needs to be in the team for NZ to have a decent chance? There's no way that McMillan would make our full-strength XI right now, and I'd be disappointed if he even made the World Cup squad.Originally Posted by Richard
It looked as though Hamish Marshall was filling up that role, but sadly he has been playing like crap since the Zimbabwe tour and at this rate might not even make the squad.Originally Posted by Richard
He’s thrown a kettle over a pub, what have you done?
- Gareth Keenan from "The Office"
*****Winner***** of the 2006 FIFA World Cup predictions thread...see you in four years' time?
You're right...I can't really remember seeing him bowl at his best (although he was still excellent in the 99 WC) so it wasn't the most informed post ever, and I can't stand his commentary so there was some bias against him there too. Looking at his stats, he was exceptional.Originally Posted by Blaze
But I still believe that overall this bowling attack compares very favourably to that one.
I am pretty much the same, I can't stand his commentary yet he was my favourite player whilst he was in the BLACKCAPS.
I think he ended up with an RPO of 3.76 or something. Remarkable.
Allot - BondOriginally Posted by Richard
Nash > Mills
Cairns > Who knows?
Vettori(99) < Vettori (2007)
Larsen > Styris
Harris - Patel/ Harris/ Astle
The 1999 attack was a lot better IMO.
Roger Twose was a highly underrated (and often forgotten about) ODI batsman. Look for Ross Taylor to take over his role in 2007 Richard.
Come on, have some faith. Please ask your wife to do the same. India will prevail.Originally Posted by SJS
![]()
Adams and Oram, brilliant?Originally Posted by _Ed_
IMO both are pretty average, Larsen was a top-drawer ODI bowler and Harris was a pretty reasonable one (indeed, still is).
Nash bowled pretty well in WC99 from what I remember.
I'd back most teams to have few problems with any of Mills, Adams, Oram or Styris, whereas, as I said, in 1999 there was quality pretty much throughout the attack.
McMillan is a decent ODI player as far as I'm concerned, and I somehow doubt Fulton, How or anyone of that ilk is as good.Originally Posted by Sir Redman
TBH I never thought Marshall was even in the same class.It looked as though Hamish Marshall was filling up that role, but sadly he has been playing like crap since the Zimbabwe tour and at this rate might not even make the squad.
Vettori didn't even play in 1999, though obviously he will now.Originally Posted by Blaze
It's hard, because in 1999 NZ had 5 bowlers who almost always did the bulk of the work - these days that rarely happens, least of all in NZ.
Twose has to be about the most hard-done-by batsman during my time of watching World ODIs. For a time he was IMO a better ODI batsman than anyone bar Bevan.Roger Twose was a highly underrated (and often forgotten about) ODI batsman. Look for Ross Taylor to take over his role in 2007 Richard.
Is Ross Taylor THE most promising one-day batsman to come out of New Zealand? I can't think of anyone else who averages over 40 - even Glenn Turner didn't.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)