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Sensible Stephen wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:26 am How come Ferguson doesn't play red ball cricket? He looked very quick in the T20s.

Can't bowl test match loads without breaking

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No Conway for the opener, Nicholls called in as cover. I'm guessing Young gets shunted to opener again where he previously got dropped from. Will be I interesting to see of they go for actual spinner, Santner spinner to add batting cover, or rely on part timers like ravindra. I think the part timers...

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The school building issue is another long in the making stuff up which is coming to a head. https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/02/28/education-minister-school-build-overruns-unrealistic-unaffordable/ Did labour rubber stamp everything knowing it needed to be done so would figure out the finance later? Sim...

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Found it for the 05 lions, lurked on and off until the covid lockdowns when i started posting more regularly.

Hopefully that level of damage is taken into account in the covid inquiry

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Did anyone catch the Sunday show on TV 1 last night? A bunch of cops said they just don't have the resources to enforce the gang patch ban, especially in small towns where they are out numbered by the gangs. Yeah I've spoken to cops who say the same thing. They simply don't have the manpower. It’s ...

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Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:42 am
Auckman wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:47 am
Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:47 pm
And Perofeta has the tools to be the All Black 10...
Misses too many kicks at goal
JB can kick goals.

I'd say he still isn't the high percentage kicker we need.

Did anyone watch enough of all the games to put together a tournament team of the week or an nz team of the week?

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Are they back on? I saw us drop a few catches then it rained

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Be interesting to see if this new gang legislation makes a difference. If the Police don't have the staff to attend cut and dried burglaries and the like I'm not sure if they actually have the resources to follow through on this one. Not sure how enforcement is going to go, especially the next big ...

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So is anyone else else assuming quins89 and Ron kickpass are the same person?

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Blues seem like they have a repeat of past year. Backs that can win games if they have a platform, a forward pack better than most but probably not good enough to beat the best sides.

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Deadtigers wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:31 am
Auckman wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:44 am I’ll be watching how Darry/Beehre go. The next few years of the Blues pack could be built around this pairing if they click.
In an era 2m locks Beehre seems a bit short.

At this level it's still passable to be shy of 2m if the rest of their game works out

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Positives from tonight, Ferguson going back to back with world class performances, Sears bowled well as well. Negatives, batting was utter turgid shit. Satner promoting himself to 3 for no reason when you have Chapman who has played near the top. Conway injury (although apparently not broken), this ...

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This team should line up against the wall with no pads and let Ferguson bowl full tilt at them.

The mid innings break gloating was very reminiscent of when we got 245 batting first and Australia cruised home chasing it

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Sumo and macca on comms is not helping the mood on this chase

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Could someone please explain why Santner was pushed up to number 3, very odd call Who knows, if it was to pinch hit he never really tried. They didn't want people disappointed that the rain in Sunday ruined a decider, now it's just a dead rubber... If NZ took their catches they'd be chasing a lot l...

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Worst pinch hitting performance of all time

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With no Conway we have a craily long tail, Chapman the only batsman left after these two but this is no good

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Sears amd Ferguson appear to be bowling with a different ball to everyone else

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jambanja wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:56 am
Maniototo Man wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:53 am Black Caps attack absolutely sucking tonight. Giving Head way too much.
While at the same time getting a pounding
Let’s not forget they dropped Marsh on 0

And 26....

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Ogre wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:29 am Rugby season officially started.
Don't care about cricket any more (unless the crappers win)

Carn the Canes!

Wow, going from the black caps to the canes, you're one of those people that refuse to have joy in their lives

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Agreed Booji. The best commentators (e.g. Richie Benaud) just shut up and let us watch, adding comments when needed. This lot just add noise. Is it just a T20 thing, where they're trying to appeal to younger audiences? Or do the current commentary teams act like it's a circus during test cricket to...

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A quarter of a game on scrums is obscene. I don't care how long they take to set (within reason), but the clock shouldn't be ticking while it happens. I get your point but disagree on stopping the clock, that will make the whole process take even longer. If have hours to spend watching nothing much...

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Oh right. :uhoh: I couldn't hear a thing over the loud, overly talkative female commentator on TV who seemed insistent on over analysing every single aspect of the game from the batsman's technique to the bowlers action, to the fielding tactics. It sure is great getting this kind of diversity into ...

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Will be interesting hiw the team approach this one. Last year vs the drua playing in Fiji the blues went very conservative amd suffocated the life out if the hime team.

I wonder if they'll chance their arm a bit more given it won't be as ridiculously hot in Auckland, or stick to percentage play

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I must have missed that. Who were they booing? Anyone in an Oz uniform. Oh right. :uhoh: I couldn't hear a thing over the loud, overly talkative female commentator on TV who seemed insistent on over analysing every single aspect of the game from the batsman's technique to the bowlers action, to the...

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Some incredible batting, a bit of average bowling.

Did Phillips dive over the top of that last boundary?

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Tehui wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:38 am Santner with the pies. Some mince and cheese, and others bacon and egg.

I too miss Clogs contributions to cricket threads, but no need to throw out that much bait to get him back

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Spin seems to be maybe not a great idea

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Interesting innings, a lot of boundaries but also a lot of miscues that on another day go straight to a fielder.

NZ will need to bowl well to win

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The game was an accepted mess, yes, but you could never have avoided the subsequent way it went once it went professional The game went pro closer to 30 years ago, but I take your point; however I’m not sure why professionalism means we need to take power from the referee or introduce technology th...

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Really sad news about Collins especially at 49.

Someone who really advocated for his community in an eloquent and persuasive way. Definitely a come together we can help each other kind of guy vs a sort this shit out wit kant methid

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Chances Ecklund has learnt hiw to throw in the last 12 months?

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Anyone have info on the ratings they had this year with the south africa series on free to air compared to last year?

Very cool to go straight from news to live sport event. Although I'll be checking the TV on mute and listening to senz who seem to have much better commentators

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To combat the risk of having everyone stuck offside will we see teams drop players further back to defend the kick option opening up the chance to run? Yes, we will Maybe if they changed it from a player running 5m to 20m we'd avoid the stand offs exile avoiding the ridiculous. I would like to see ...

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To combat the risk of having everyone stuck offside will we see teams drop players further back to defend the kick option opening up the chance to run?

Maybe if they changed it from a player running 5m to 20m we'd avoid the stand offs exile avoiding the ridiculous

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I've said before that Hipkins is the Wallace Rowling of the 2020's and he's really growing into the role in opposition. Yes, he is giving Luxon and the coalition some real breathing space, which they should treasure. Compared to when he fronted the media as Mister Fixit during Ardern's reign he jus...

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Well this is shit, Jordan potentially gone for the season

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/02/19/all- ... sidelines/

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Ball in play can stay the same... We just want less of the other (orange) stuff.. That's a good point, otherwise we start trying to go the American football route where the clock stops, so in theory the ball in play time is higher, but the whole thing takes longer. How does the total length of 96mi...

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Latest TV1/Verlan poll had things basically where they were on election night, no real big swings anywhere. Only big change was Hipkins dropped 10 points in preferred prime Minister- he has been even quite than luxon lately - and it looks like the curia poll which had a big jump for ACT was an anomaly

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This bit of "undoing" is extremely harsh on the poorest part of our community. So much hardship for such a small amount (relatively) of gain • Legislation to change the way benefits are indexed was brought under urgency in the House this week. • Advice from the Ministry of Social Development said i...

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