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Hughes 86 NO (off 91) further increases his international batting average while I'm sure alot of people will still slate him for some reason.
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Hughes 86 NO (off 91) further increases his international batting average while I'm sure alot of people will still slate him for some reason.
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Hughes 86 NO (off 91) further increases his international batting average while I'm sure alot of people will still slate him for some reason.
Not going to slate him but you still have to put that innings in context, seemed tailor made for him just to go for his shots.
AB called Khawaja the left handed Tendulkar so I think its safe to say his technique is more than sound.
when was the pressure ever on in this game and he didn't exactly fail in the first innings
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NZ's depth is just not good enough right now. I reckon Australia's 2nd XI could just about beat NZ.
I mean look at the blokes who can't crack the Australian team right now:
Hughes (when everyone is fit)
White
Khawaja
Smith
Klinger
Rogers
Jaques
These guys would be 1st choice if they were kiwis
stfuhow about scoring runs when the pressure is on..i.e the first innings. Easy to score when the pressure is off!
some of them would for sure... esp openers, but I'd take Ryder and Williamson over them, and probably Taylor too... anyone who watches can see Taylor and Guptill are talented... but questions over mental strength I guess
again, we have a few losses through injury (Ryder, Oram and Bond notably - the latter two retired as a result).
But, as someone said earlier, at present our bats don't have the mindset... plus I still can't work out the Sinclair situation, 200 on debut, brilliant century in RSA, best first class bat in the country, perhaps a bit prickly... Aust have, and will, persevere with dodgy techniques (notably Hughes who you all rave about, but others too) if they produce... Sinclair gets a test against you lot, then is dropped again...
Can't question McIntosh's guts, nor Vetorri's... when McCullum can control himself he's world class, Taylor too... add Ryder and ultimately Williamson and we're looking ok...
Of course, we desperately need a wicket taker, now Bond and O'brien have gone, and Martin is near or past his use by date... but there's not one here at the moment - McKay is quick, that's a start I guess