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1st Test: New Zealand v West indies, Wellington Dec 1-5 2017

Bazal

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Mate...i just did u10s game and copped a mouthful from a sideline opposition dad about suggesting their bowler mark his run up inside crease to stop overstepping. Fmd.

That's another thing I could rant about for hours. How ridiculous is just about everything that's happening in junior cricket?
 

TheParraboy

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I've never understood why quicks cut the line. It's a pet hate of mine

I had a bloke out off a no ball in 2003/04. He went on to make 80 and win them the game and I changed my run up the very next day, have not bowled a single front foot no ball since (although more than my fair share of full toss no balls lol).

Why not land with your toes just behind the line? There is literally no advantage to cutting it by the time you get through the action.

/rant.

agree

I think it goes back to discipline and concentration. For fast bowlers that "effort" delivery they can over stride, Brett Lee was one of the worst offenders. At the same time if you know its going to be effort delivery then you surely start your run up half a stride deeper
 

KeepingTheFaith

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Santner batting at 6. NZ's batting depth must be really depleted if the plan is to go with 4 bats, 2 A/R (and I use the term A/R loosely) and a Nicholls wedged between.

Good thing we're playing the Windies.
 

TheParraboy

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allrounders are like specialist batsman v the West Indies

Doubt this game goes into a day 4
 

Meth

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Santner is not a #6. But neither is Neesham, or de Granhomme, or Anderson, so yeah...our batting class takes a real dive from 5 on, but is probably pretty consistent on down the tail.
 

Iafeta

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Go CDG. He's such a clean hitter of a cricket ball. Bring up a ton son. I'm an unabashed fan of his.
 

DC_fan

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It is incredibly sad in how West Indies cricket has deteriorated to the extent it has. I remember the days when if dominated world cricket. Now that is just a memory.

Whats the chances of a return to those days.
 

Iafeta

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Santner is not a #6. But neither is Neesham, or de Granhomme, or Anderson, so yeah...our batting class takes a real dive from 5 on, but is probably pretty consistent on down the tail.

Neesham or Anderson probably ok, but their bowling at test level sucks.
 

Iafeta

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You beauty!!! Great innings Col! Tommy Blundell looks the goods as well. Very accomplished off the back foot.
 

2 weeks

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De Grandhomme will be 150kgs after this knock after all the pies he's been served.
He's eatin' 'em up too.
 

Iafeta

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What was up though with the Windies? They got 3 quickish wickets with the second new pill and then promptly loaded the boundary and got Braithwaite to lob up loopy straight spin. Dumbest stuff I've seen in a number of years. I didn't think I'd see that stuff from a Stuart Law team.
 

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What was up though with the Windies? They got 3 quickish wickets with the second new pill and then promptly loaded the boundary and got Braithwaite to lob up loopy straight spin. Dumbest stuff I've seen in a number of years. I didn't think I'd see that stuff from a Stuart Law team.

The Windies could have Craig Bellamy as coach and it'd make bugger all difference I reckon.
 
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It is incredibly sad in how West Indies cricket has deteriorated to the extent it has. I remember the days when if dominated world cricket. Now that is just a memory.

Whats the chances of a return to those days.

I grew up thinking WI would always win. Australia would never win in Caribbean.

Since 1995, 22 years, it's just been Callapso cricket and contract squabbles.
 

JJ

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Can MMarsh do what old man Colin just did? Maybe long-levers aren't so important?
 

JJ

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I grew up thinking WI would always win. Australia would never win in Caribbean.

Since 1995, 22 years, it's just been Callapso cricket and contract squabbles.
Think many of us did, and then another Australian domination where it seemed like you would ever falter

Things change - that said, the relative depths the Windies have slumped to is beyond anything I would have expected, even prior to their unbelievable period they had great players - many of the finest batsmen ever, but they simply have scraps now, it's sad
 

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