West Indies tour of NZ

@Cyclops said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Nicholls is a good batter. It's a testament to our strength these days that he's not the centre piece of our batting order (there are plenty of sides from the 90s and late 2000s/2010s where he would have been).

He did okay at test level. I don't really remember him ever really looking like he belonged though. He did well to cash in against some weak touring sides and also had a few innings where he'd look like he'd figured it out but would then struggle again afterwards.

I felt like about 3 summers in a row he'd be one test away from being dropped only to score to a century (sometimes being dropped a few times along the way).

Based on his domestic performances my hopes were that he'd become an able deputy to Kane with an average in the low 40s. He's never looked like being that. That's what I'm disappointed about, I'm not trying to write him off as someone who has been a total zero.

That's accurate and the emergence of Mitchell ( especially ) and Ravindra and Conway plus the promise ( still frustratingly unfulfilled ) of Young has meant he's on the outer. That depth is good for NZ cricket.

I don't think it's realistic for too many of our guys to have records like KW ( once in a blue moon ) or Taylor ( who in any other era would have been our absolute best batsman )

Even the best sides will often have that mid 30s battler in the middle order.

( and he might plunder a massive unbeaten double ton to get that average over 40 vs what is a poor Windies test team )

@Cyclops said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Nicholls is a good batter. It's a testament to our strength these days that he's not the centre piece of our batting order (there are plenty of sides from the 90s and late 2000s/2010s where he would have been).

He did okay at test level. I don't really remember him ever really looking like he belonged though. He did well to cash in against some weak touring sides and also had a few innings where he'd look like he'd figured it out but would then struggle again afterwards.

I felt like about 3 summers in a row he'd be one test away from being dropped only to score to a century (sometimes being dropped a few times along the way).

Based on his domestic performances my hopes were that he'd become an able deputy to Kane with an average in the low 40s. He's never looked like being that. That's what I'm disappointed about, I'm not trying to write him off as someone who has been a total zero.

Conway to me is the bigger disappointment.
Still might come right again but i doubt it. He looked like he had the goods to end up one of our best, 45+ average a heap of 100's etc.

2nd ODI today in....Napier
When i read where it was scheduled i just knew

LOL

@Virgil said in West Indies tour of NZ:

@Cyclops said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Nicholls is a good batter. It's a testament to our strength these days that he's not the centre piece of our batting order (there are plenty of sides from the 90s and late 2000s/2010s where he would have been).

He did okay at test level. I don't really remember him ever really looking like he belonged though. He did well to cash in against some weak touring sides and also had a few innings where he'd look like he'd figured it out but would then struggle again afterwards.

I felt like about 3 summers in a row he'd be one test away from being dropped only to score to a century (sometimes being dropped a few times along the way).

Based on his domestic performances my hopes were that he'd become an able deputy to Kane with an average in the low 40s. He's never looked like being that. That's what I'm disappointed about, I'm not trying to write him off as someone who has been a total zero.

Conway to me is the bigger disappointment.
Still might come right again but i doubt it. He looked like he had the goods to end up one of our best, 45+ average a heap of 100's etc.

Really ?

Greatbatch started well. Matthew Sinclair ? John Reid ( the younger one ) finished up with a terrific average before playing enough for it to drop.

Craig McMillan was a mids 40s hitter whose form dropped too.

Lou Vincent got a sensational ton on debut in Australia !

Tom Latham ?

Conway is probably in that bunch somewhere, might be slightly early to write him off although as you allude to it's not looking too likely.

Quick update.

Still raining.

It seems we've actually got play in Napier! 34 overs a side. Windies 86/4 through 15 overs.

I love a good game of 34/34

Doesn’t take up as much time as an ODI but more depth than a T20. I think it will be a popular format.

Intriguing stuff. Windies 146/6.

Henry and Jamieson excellent ( the latter with two wickets )

Smith 3-37 off five.......

Tickner decided to open a pie shop conceding 44 ?!?!?! from four.

Hope has a Kohli like record, average over 50, hes on 59. WIll be key to them getting a good total.

That is a very optimistic review

Hope will smash his way to a ton this over. Has really lifted his scoring rate.

Tickner is starring for the West Indies with the ball and in the field.

Windies are flying now, going to need a decent effort to chase this one down.

@Donsteppa said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Tickner is starring for the West Indies with the ball and in the field.

Some beach cricket fielding there.

@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Hope will smash his way to a ton this over. Has really lifted his scoring rate.

He has been bloody good fun to watch. Finding some great gaps in the field.

And there is his 100. One of the best ODI innings I have seen in a long time

@SouthernMann said in West Indies tour of NZ:

And there is his 100. One of the best ODI innings I have seen in a long time

It really was. Helped by some pies but still a great effort.

Big chase needed here

What's that thing on the umpire's arm?

@Bones said in West Indies tour of NZ:

What's that thing on the umpire's arm?

I think it’s a shield. Seriously.

Early days but these two are scoring too slowly

I'm enjoying Wags as a commentator.

We've set a nice platform, hope we start to turn up the pace now. Conway looks to be going after everything but can't get hold of anything.

That's a pretty shithouse review.