Posts by LegBreak
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I’m serious Bart.
He’s got one of the better late cuts around. And that’s a good indicator of finesse.
And how about those sweep shots over the left shoulder?
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I haven't seen Justin Marshall lately
Likewise. Thankfully. :)
Now that Flem has gone, the NZ batsman with the most finesse is Prince Brendan.
By a mile.
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But you still have to be good to slog in a T20 and carry your bat. And he can do that.
Agree in principle with your leaving out the lesser games (esp. The Scotland one) but I don’t think his back to back centuries for Otago last year can be ignored.
If only for the fact he paced them so well is a rebuttal to those people who say he can’t bat for more than 20 overs.
But I seem to be the Lone Ranger all over the place on this. Just waiting for him to bat through tomorrow...
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T20s aren’t a bad guide for ODIs.
Good use of stats to form an argument there Bart.
You don’t include the England tour to here a year ago, when he was very successful as an opener, his 2 match-winning centuries for Otago at the business end of last year’s State Championship, or his games for NZ against Gloucestershire, Scotland or the Kevvy Rudd 11.
So when he next goes out prematurely and you yell at the TV, yell “Why can’t you do for NZ in an ODI what you do for everyone else on the planet”” -
Well said Kyle.
Although I’d argue that his form slump first came about in the tests when he was batting at 5 and 7.
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McCullum has batted to the 45 over mark and beyond 5 times in the last 12 months, which is probably more than any other player.
He is our best ODI batsman, and should be used at the top.
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I just think McCullum is a much better batsman at 6 or 7 than he is at 1. Or more accurately he is a much better batsman at over 15-25
So you’re not expecting a lot from our top order then?
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More believable would be “"I was always uneasy with Pietersen as captain" – Average English cricket fan
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And, in a shameless plug, a review of the NZ performance in the Trevor-Barry series and T20 match right here
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What Peter and Bart said.
The Indian tour has even more interest than normal as our players strut their stuff in front of the high bidders.