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Its Summer! - the Fever Cricket Thread. (Part 2)

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Posted November 24, 2014 21:31 · last edited March 18, 2021 07:29

hlmphil wrote:

I'm not convinced. We need wickets, and Vettori has never really taken a lot of wickets, especially in his late career. I think Pakistan will be happy to just play it safe and take 2 runs an over off him, and he'll get maybe 1 or 2 wickets in the match. I'd rather us add Wagner to try and find some swing.

Finding swing in the UAE might be a tough ask regardless of the usual level a player gets and the last pitch appears to be the slowest of them all and swing is much less effective is there is no pace to go with it. At least with spin there is the bounce and fact the batsman has to make his own pace on the ball. I doubt we'll see more than a 15 overs an innings from Anderson/Neesham as it is.

EDIT: It does beg the question though; Does Hesson see any future for Patel in the NZ team?

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Unknown editor edited March 18, 2021 07:29

hlmphil wrote:

I'm not convinced. We need wickets, and Vettori has never really taken a lot of wickets, especially in his late career. I think Pakistan will be happy to just play it safe and take 2 runs an over off him, and he'll get maybe 1 or 2 wickets in the match. I'd rather us add Wagner to try and find some swing.

Finding swing in the UAE might be a tough ask regardless of the usual level a player gets and the last pitch appears to be the slowest of them all and swing is much less effective is there is no pace to go with it. At least with spin there is the bounce and fact the batsman has to make his own pace on the ball. I doubt we'll see more than a 15 overs an innings from Anderson/Neesham as it is.

EDIT: It does beg the question though; Does Hesson see any future for Patel in the NZ team?

LeighboNZ edited November 24, 2014 23:40

hlmphil wrote:

I'm not convinced. We need wickets, and Vettori has never really taken a lot of wickets, especially in his late career. I think Pakistan will be happy to just play it safe and take 2 runs an over off him, and he'll get maybe 1 or 2 wickets in the match. I'd rather us add Wagner to try and find some swing.

Finding swing in the UAE might be a tough ask regardless of the usual level a player gets and the last pitch appears to be the slowest of them all and swing is much less effective is there is no pace to go with it. At least with spin there is the bounce and fact the batsman has to make his own pace on the ball. I doubt we'll see more than a 15 overs an innings from Anderson/Neesham as it is.