Sports 🏏 Black Caps

[Po11um]

Blackcaps should win this game. Don't like the commentators apart from mark richardson on tvnz

 

[Boats n Hoes]

Im really impressed with Zak Foulkes.

For a young dude the amount of variations he's already mastered is pretty impressive.

 

[Inruin]

Why are we going with Henry Nichols still and not giving another player a chance in a meaningless odi series?

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Why are we going with Henry Nichols still and not giving another player a chance in a meaningless odi series?

He looks a million dollars though doesn't he...

 

[Ever Hopeful]

It's a head-scratcher alright. What would it be? 3-4 years of dire form?

 

[Inruin]

It's a head-scratcher alright. What would it be? 3-4 years of dire form?

I can't think of a good reason to still be selecting him

 

[Ever Hopeful]

I've been looking forward to seeing the day Muhammad Abbas debuted. Hopefully he is one who takes off at international level. NZ is great at getting the best out of players with potential at the highest level.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Nobody will be complaining about Chapman's selection any more. He has historically been an under-appreciated short form cricketer

 

[mrblonde]

Kind of arrogant of Pakistan to pick a bowling attack based on the premise of bowling New Zealand out within 40 overs.
Okay, at 50/3 that looked fairly likely, but even so...

BOY OH BOY DO THEY NEED IT TO RAIN AND TO RAIN HARD!

And now Mark Chapman can be known for something other than killing John Lennon.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

I've been looking forward to seeing the day Muhammad Abbas debuted. Hopefully he is one who takes off at international level. NZ is great at getting the best out of players with potential at the highest level.

And he didn't disappoint. Good lad.

That shot over cover off Naseem Shah who is a good bowler was class.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Surely that is Nicholls final international innings....

It is pretty great to see that all is not lost for NZ in international cricket. This Pakistan is far from great atm, but it is good to see some decent future options looking good together with the arrival of Ravindra and O'Rourke.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

I had to look three times to confirm, but apart from a meaningless, short t20 series in Zimbabwe in July that was NZ's last game of cricket in 2025 as the current schedule stands. And it didn't even have the the IPL players.

Stead's contract runs out at the end of the season. I'm not sure if that means now.

I've banged on about it for 2-3 years now, but Williamson's career is just been wasted away.

 

[Wah's Up]

Great win and happy for Sears five wicket bag

 

[Damo]

I had to look three times to confirm, but apart from a meaningless, short t20 series in Zimbabwe in July that was NZ's last game of cricket in 2025 as the current schedule stands. And it didn't even have the the IPL players.

Stead's contract runs out at the end of the season. I'm not sure if that means now.

I've banged on about it for 2-3 years now, but Williamson's career is just been wasted away.

South Africa is also in that T20 series.
And two tests against Zimbabwe.
But nothing else scheduled so far.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

South Africa is also in that T20 series.
And two tests against Zimbabwe.
But nothing else scheduled so far.

Thanks for that, I missed the 2 tests.

Incredible though that the entire year of 2025 has just two test matches and they against Zimbabwe.

 

[Damo]

Thanks for that, I missed the 2 tests.

Incredible though that the entire year of 2025 has just two test matches and they against Zimbabwe.

Also these:

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Also these:
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Thanks then I blame NZC's crappy site, and Cricinfo's Future series section just listed the tri-series too for 2025.

Where did you find this?

That is a lot of T20, when the T20I WC has come and gone.

 

[Damo]

Thanks then I blame NZC's crappy site, and Cricinfo's Future series section just listed the tri-series too for 2025.

Where did you find this?

That is a lot of T20, when the T20I WC has come and gone.

I think those last three are still TBC.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

By then end of the year Root will have played 71 tests since 2020 vs Williamson's 27.

The previous 5 years was 74 to 49

 

[Ever Hopeful]