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as in hadlee bowling right now would still be nz's best bowler?
the same way shane warne is still our best spinner

tox101 wrote:

as in hadlee bowling right now would still be nz's best bowler?
the same way shane warne is still our best spinner

Yeah and no.

Yes, if Sir Rich rolled the arm over now and Shane Warne is 42 and still playing so yes hes our best spinner but i mean he's still playing so...

Rick ponting. Stay or go.




Stay.

I say go.

Been out of form for too long, think his average for the last 50 odd innings is 25 or thereabouts. Who's next in line? Is Kawaja a 3?

[quote="Fortè"]I say go.

Been out of form for too long, think his average for the last 50 odd innings is 25 or thereabouts. Who's next in line? Is Kawaja a 3?[/quote

I'd bat Marsh at 3 but he's injured atm.

About 170 needed with 7 in hand and plenty of overs, think they'll do it gents?

Ahhh no. Inb4 collapse.

Ye of little faith.

Who's going to open with Hughes against NZ? I'm guessing Katich is still out of the picture?

watson will open with hughes... watson's not injured ay?
Katich is defs no chance

Aussies won't chase it down. We're in the prime seat and should do it. But we won't. Dale Steyn is too good

Thought he was having trouble with his hamstring and might miss first test.

If you could pick a World XI Test team (based on the 2011 season so far), who would you select?

Forte's XI
1. Alistair Cook
2. Rahul Dravid
3. Hashim Amla
4. Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
5. AB De Villiers (c)
6. Ian Bell
7. Daniel Vettori
8. Dale Steyn
9. Umar Gul
10. Morne Morkel
11. Saaed Ajmal

Struggled with finding a second opener. Dravid has opened on a few occasions for India and i'm fairly sure he did so earlier on in the year with some success.

Ohh I've got no idea for a team of 2011. My only locks are Steyn, Morkel, jaques kallis and Dan Vettori.


D. Vettori captain?

Fortè wrote:

Thought he was having trouble with his hamstring and might miss first test.

If you could pick a World XI Test team (based on the 2011 season so far), who would you select?

Forte's XI
1. Alistair Cook
2. Rahul Dravid
3. Hashim Amla
4. Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
5. AB De Villiers (c)
6. Ian Bell
7. Daniel Vettori
8. Dale Steyn
9. Umar Gul
10. Morne Morkel
11. Saaed Ajmal

Struggled with finding a second opener. Dravid has opened on a few occasions for India and i'm fairly sure he did so earlier on in the year with some success.

can't believe you left out Cummins!

Pfft Cummins. The Black Caps will deal to him

Johnson to become a batter that bowls abit?

He's already got a century,, as well as a 80 odd
He's a handy lower order batter. Maybe like Shaun Pollock, but less of a bowler and less of a batter

Both scores in the same series weren't they? or in close proximity to one another?

Mickey Arthur aye. No suitable coaches in Australia at the moment? (Not saying there is anything wrong with Arthur)

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Mickey Arthur aye. No suitable coaches in Australia at the moment? (Not saying there is anything wrong with Arthur)

CA is a shambles. I give up. Mickey Arthur is an idiot.

im sitting at home atm, waiting for my housemates to get up so we can go to the cricket

*check scores*

Pattison gets 3 wickets in the second over of the day!!

Not surprised with our 2nd innings at all (NZs motto is 'Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory').

The thing i'm most disappointed about was our fielding/catching, which is usually our strength. Keeper dropped a sitter and Rossco also shelled a regulation slip catch.

McCullum needs to suck it up and keep. He's done fuck all with the bat since he gave up the gloves to concentrate on it. If he kept and batted at 6/7 then we have a space for either an extra batsman or bowler.

not sure what to make of pattinson, seems like the orthodox tall fast bowler. Nz just lost to bad batting overall.

fuk siddle is a strong player, and how good does tendulkar look in his strokes

pretty disappointing test, reasonably low scores from everyone, nothing outstanding!

Pattinson is the Aus version of Dale Steyn
I love Dale Steyn!



I've almost forgot about old Pat Cummins debut where he took 6 wickets and made some runs?
(hes injured btw)

tell me you phaggots watched India v lanka today..

321 runs in 37 overs! exceptional batting by anyones standards, made even more great by the fact that it was a must win + bonus point match for india to stay in contention for finals!

As much as I hate seeing my Sri Lankan brothers lose, that game was awesome.

I could watch Sangakkara bat for days but Kohli stole the show. When he flicked Malinga over midwicket for six then followed it up with one of the best cover drives i've seen in a long while, sublime.

Malinga went for 96 off about 8 overs! Dilshan equalled his highest score (160*), both against India and on both occasions he has lost.

yeah was a top end of the indian innings. Kohli and Raina were hitting all day and Malinga had a horrible innings.