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[Herbie66]

Dad's (82) best NZ XI

1. B. Sutcliffe
2. C.S. Dempster
3. K. Williamson
4. J.R. Reid
5. M.D. Crowe
6. M.P. Donnelly
7. B.J. Watling
8. B.R. Taylor
9. R.J. Hadlee
10. D. Vettori
11. J. Cowie

12. RC Motz

I think it's hard to rank unless we've seen players play.
RC Motz is only 12th Man due to having no main keeper.

Yes I remember now , because I mentioned Reid has a test stumping to his credit so he can keep 😀

I have read enough about NZ cricket to have hear of all of them but have only ever seen Williamson , Crowe , Hadlee & Vettori play.

Totally agree it is hard to rank without seeing them play.

 

[Woosie]

Yes I remember now , because I mentioned Reid has a test stumping to his credit so he can keep 😀

I have read enough about NZ cricket to have hear of all of them but have only ever seen Williamson , Crowe , Hadlee & Vettori play.

Totally agree it is hard to rank without seeing them play.

haha, I was going to add that too.

There has been a few "if" moments, Bond is up there for me.

 

[Connoisseur]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1404376507842129923

 

[Herbie66]

haha, I was going to add that too.

There has been a few "if" moments, Bond is up there for me.

If Bond had stayed fit for any length of time , I would have him up amongst the all time greats of all time.

Sadly crueled by injury

18 Tests
87 @ 22.09
SR 38.7

Average comparable to most of the modern day greats , SR hardly matched by anyone

 

[Herbie66]

Cummins , Maxwell , J Richardson , K Richardson , Smith (injury) , Stoinis , Warner all have withdrawn from the West Indies/Bangladesh tour.

Squad of 18 + 2 travelling reserves on cricket.com.au

 

[Herbie66]

Usman Khawaja 105* (56)

 

[Herbie66]

Noor Ahmad MOM for Karachi Kings

4-0-19-2

 

[Connoisseur]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1405823326933508101

 

[Connoisseur]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1405468060371230724

 

[Herbie66]

WTC Final

Day 1 - play abandoned without a ball being bowled

 

[Darkie]

WTC Final

Day 1 - play abandoned without a ball being bowled

Very disappointing, lucky they have the reserve day.

 

[Wolffy84]

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/sta...queensland-south-western-australia/2021-06-19

A good summary article of all of the state squad player movements (men's and women's) for next season.

From a Shield perspective, it's fairly minimal outside of SA. I didn't know that Doolan had retired. Played 4 tests and perhaps deserved more.

 

[Darkie]

First ball of the World Test Championship coming up soon!

NZ won the toss and elected to bowl.

 

[Darkie]

Jamieson with the breakthrough!

Pujara in.

 

[Darkie]

Wagner takes a wicket with his third ball! What a gun.

 

[Darkie]

Kohli in, both batsmen on 0

 

[Herbie66]

Fair catch by Mulder to seal Maharaj's hat trick.

Only the second hat trick by a South African in Test history.

Interesting that this series was part of the WTC , even though the final is already underway.

 

[Herbie66]

The money at that club is ridiculous. They have already got Dilshan this off season. And a rumour doing the rounds for a while now is Chris Gayle could be playing T20's for them

Upul Tharanga has signed as well.

Possibly Lara and Yuvraj as well.

 

[Darkie]

Kiwis getting going now, Jamieson 13 (10), Williamson accelerating to 32 (154)

 

[Herbie66]

Might be some interest yet

India 5/130 at Lunch , lead by 98

Jadeja & Pant at the wicket

Do they try and get a 200+ lead and see if they make it enticing enough for the Black Caps to have a crack at it and risk being knocked over ?