I'm struggling with all the negative stuff here... they're choking a little but big picture guys, they're not the Warriors and actually have generally been good
TBH flat wickets don't help us much, and like India we're trying combinations before the WC
Taylor isn't the last hope, they bat deep
Lol would hate to hear what you lot think of a true failure like KiwiBuild
I like the optimism, but we're getting found out big time and it's worrying.
Australia put up more of a fight than this, at least they put up competitive scores and could genuinely claim they're missing their best two bats and have geniused selectors. After getting owned in the first ODI we served up an uninspired bowling effort, complete with pies, beamers, misfields and drops. At least three of our bowlers are part time plod at best. Rohit and Dhawan gifted us their wickets else they were headed to 350+.
Williamson and Taylor aside, the batting is inconsistent and flakey. This is good batting deck, Guptill was appalling and now the middle order is again getting destroyed by spin. Yes Taylor was the best shot we had going the distance. We don't really bat deep, we have a bunch of middle to lower order batsman who are good on their day but will crumble in the heat.
We're not a bad side, will be competitive in the World Cup, but we're not in the running like 2015 unless we dramatically pick it up.
Lol @ KiwiBuild - no arguments there.
