Kane Williamson retires from international cricket

@mariner4life said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

sliding off mid-series in England is a little disappointing from a kiwi fan perspective. Little bloke deserves an adoring send off at a packed NZ ground.

He does, but I really think he doesn't care about that stuff - or the 10k milestone. In my head he just figured he wasn't at his best, the passion to work to get back there wasn't there so he thought better to step aside and let someone else build. In fairness looking at the season the sooner we get people in the fold the better.

@nzzp Exactly what I was going to say!
Kane v Paddles best ever...........
You can score 1000 runs but it takes 20 wickets to win a Test Match!
Kane has always been the typically understated Kiwi so he pulled stumps when he was ready.
So much better than the current international wankfests we have been watching as someone way past his prime but is a bit of a legend is cheered around the country playing their last Test series and does sod all.

@nzzp said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

@mariner4life said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

sliding off mid-series in England is a little disappointing from a kiwi fan perspective. Little bloke deserves an adoring send off at a packed NZ ground.

He does, but I really think he doesn't care about that stuff - or the 10k milestone. In my head he just figured he wasn't at his best, the passion to work to get back there wasn't there so he thought better to step aside and let someone else build. In fairness looking at the season the sooner we get people in the fold the better.

Sounds typically KW. Hopefully his replacement can rip it up

@Xpat85 said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

@nzzp Exactly what I was going to say!
Kane v Paddles best ever...........
You can score 1000 runs but it takes 20 wickets to win a Test Match!
Kane has always been the typically understated Kiwi so he pulled stumps when he was ready.
So much better than the current international wankfests we have been watching as someone way past his prime but is a bit of a legend is cheered around the country playing their last Test series and does sod all.

Fern favourite Tim Southee come on down

@MN5 said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

@Xpat85 said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

@nzzp Exactly what I was going to say!
Kane v Paddles best ever...........
You can score 1000 runs but it takes 20 wickets to win a Test Match!
Kane has always been the typically understated Kiwi so he pulled stumps when he was ready.
So much better than the current international wankfests we have been watching as someone way past his prime but is a bit of a legend is cheered around the country playing their last Test series and does sod all.

Fern favourite Tim Southee come on down

Yeah funny that and maybe Kane didn’t want that given that exact scenario

@bayimports said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

@MN5 said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

@Xpat85 said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

@nzzp Exactly what I was going to say!
Kane v Paddles best ever...........
You can score 1000 runs but it takes 20 wickets to win a Test Match!
Kane has always been the typically understated Kiwi so he pulled stumps when he was ready.
So much better than the current international wankfests we have been watching as someone way past his prime but is a bit of a legend is cheered around the country playing their last Test series and does sod all.

Fern favourite Tim Southee come on down

Yeah funny that and maybe Kane didn’t want that given that exact scenario

He should have broken curfew and gone drinking

@bayimports said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

@MN5 said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

@Xpat85 said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

@nzzp Exactly what I was going to say!
Kane v Paddles best ever...........
You can score 1000 runs but it takes 20 wickets to win a Test Match!
Kane has always been the typically understated Kiwi so he pulled stumps when he was ready.
So much better than the current international wankfests we have been watching as someone way past his prime but is a bit of a legend is cheered around the country playing their last Test series and does sod all.

Fern favourite Tim Southee come on down

Yeah funny that and maybe Kane didn’t want that given that exact scenario

KW drops himself for the good of the game. What a legend

@nzzp said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

@mariner4life said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

sliding off mid-series in England is a little disappointing from a kiwi fan perspective. Little bloke deserves an adoring send off at a packed NZ ground.

He does, but I really think he doesn't care about that stuff - or the 10k milestone. In my head he just figured he wasn't at his best, the passion to work to get back there wasn't there so he thought better to step aside and let someone else build. In fairness looking at the season the sooner we get people in the fold the better.

Yeah fair to say some of his similarly aged teammates haven't been setting the world alight.

@MN5 said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

Paddles had a supporting cast of some pretty bog standard test players in comparison.

Been listening to an interview with Martin Snedden and he pretty much said that. Reckons Hadlee been a bit misunderstood and was more of a team player and sociable guy than he's given credit for, but that the stress of carrying the team weighed heavy

@dogmeat said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

@MN5 said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

Paddles had a supporting cast of some pretty bog standard test players in comparison.

Been listening to an interview with Martin Snedden and he pretty much said that. Reckons Hadlee been a bit misunderstood and was more of a team player and sociable guy than he's given credit for, but that the stress of carrying the team weighed heavy

Hadlee had a few books most if not all are on my bookshelf somewhere......I do remember him writing a column in the paper cos some players were late for morning warm ups ? that didn't go down too well, neither did the car situation.

There was also that huge bust up with Jeremy Coney.

Hadlee in interviews seems like he has really dry wit, a definite sense of humour but yeah, privately he might have wondered if some of his teammates were worth sharing a pitch with !

Tim Grgec

Hadlee said somewhere he did so well partly and indubitably because of Chats down the other end being such a frustrating bowler.
Me, I liked Lance Cairns. More for his performative dance bowling than for the actual stats.

Speaking of Paddles and Chats, was their birthday yesterday.

Hadlee's first book (Rhythm and Swing) specifically calls out Chats as being a great bowler and essential to Hadlee's success.

@Godder said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:

Speaking of Paddles and Chats, was their birthday yesterday.

Hadlee's first book (Rhythm and Swing) specifically calls out Chats as being a great bowler and essential to Hadlee's success.

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They were great combination. Chats choke the life out of them and Hadlee bagged them up