New Zealand batting

[gandalf]

New Zealand batting

Vettori needs 90 runs to move into the top 10 all-time Test run scorers for New Zealand

Cricinfo - New Zealand fight to stay seventh

Thought this was an interesting piece of Trivia. A guy selected for his bowling ends up being one of NZs most successful test batsmen. Says a lot about the quality of the player. Then again, it also says a lot about the quality of NZs test batsmen. :-/

 

[Kram81]

Re: New Zealand batting

Jesus.. Batting has always been their main weakness at Test level. Ross Taylor has a lot of potential if he can work on his defensive side, he has all the shots.

 

[D.K]

Re: New Zealand batting

You could take it one of two ways:

That NZ batting has been poor and it is rather suprising/a joke that a player that averaged about 15 in his first half of his career has now come and got into the top 10

Or

He is a fantastic player that thorourly deserves all that is coming to him. Has averaged something like 38 in his 2nd half of his career and in world cricket there isn't a batsman that bats at number 8 coming anywhere near what Vettori has done.

 

[Forward of Square]

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Whichever way you look at it, New Zealand's batting is still dismal and will be the reason that they won't win a lot of test matches. Teams like Australia bat all the way down the order to no. 9 or even 10 where as once you get NZ 7 down, thats as good as all out.

 

[D.K]

Re: New Zealand batting

Whichever way you look at it, New Zealand's batting is still dismal and will be the reason that they won't win a lot of test matches. Teams like Australia bat all the way down the order to no. 9 or even 10 where as once you get NZ 7 down, thats as good as all out.

Jacob Oram is out injured and is a certainty to slot into the middle order giving them another batsman.

I'll give it to you that they maximum bat to 9 with two of the worst 10 and 11 in world cricket, perhaps of all time.

 

[DizzyGillepsie]

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surely chris martin will break danny morrison's record one day

 

[Ljp86]

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surely chris martin will break danny morrison's record one day

He did today.

Morrison has 24 test ducks, Martin's duck today was his 25th, hence overtaking Morrison. Outright 7th now on the all-time ducks list, next "victim" is Curtly Ambrose. Courtney Walsh here we come!!

 

[Kram81]

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Didn't duckman Morrison once bat for a whole day to save a Test?

The Kiwis need to unearth another Martin crowe, actually even a player half as good as him would be handy.

Edit - He added 14 in a 106 run partnership to save a match, wasn't a whole day though.

 

[VFNaturally]

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Whichever way you look at it, New Zealand's batting is still dismal and will be the reason that they won't win a lot of test matches. Teams like Australia bat all the way down the order to no. 9 or even 10 where as once you get NZ 7 down, thats as good as all out.

To be fair thats not right. Their lower order is better than their top.

None down is 5 down is more realistic.