Rik E Boy wrote:REB's thoughts on the game
1. Eden Park would have to be one of the toughest grounds to defend on.
2. Jaques might make it as a test player but not as a one day player in my view.
3. McGrath's strength has now become a weakness, a predictable line and length and his slower ball is not taking wickets.
4. Cameron White has an alarming lack of control.
5. Watson bowled very well in this match I thought, but his varations need work.
6. Hogg can't buy a wicket at the moment, Jaques did him and Australia no favours by dropping McMillan.
7. Our fielding is shite, Tate, Jaques, Bracken are all rubbish in the field.
8. Tate is all over the bloody shop. He'll go for plenty in the West Indies.
9. The Kiwi commentators on Fox are without doubt the most painful one eyed idiots to ever call a cricket match
10. Taylor got more edges than a Gillette factory
11. Hodge looked a player today
Another ordinary one day effort, our fifth loss in six matches and our fourth loss in a row. To say we missed Gilly, Punter, Pup, Lee and Roy was an understatement.
regards,
REB
1. correct
2. thats what happens when you pick players when they are out of form. if he was chosen at the start of the summer as opposed to persisting with the washed up hack hayden we would see a far nmore confident jacques- remember he made 95 on odi debut only to be cast aside- what sort of sonfidence does that give the bloke
3. correct, he longer has any respect from the opposition may well be cannon fodder in the west indies
4. correct at the moment but remember he has probably only bowled 20 overs in the last 2-3 months and is suddenly thrown the ball in a pressure situation
5. correct, but wasnt it his variations that got teh wickets (2 from slower balls and a waist high fully)
6. as per white- not enough cricket recently and the small boundaries certainly didnt help
7. correct
8. didnt bowl that badly yesterday a few lucky shots early that wouldve changed his day had luck been on his side
9. makes a change from all the aussie commentators
10. didnt see all his innings but he also hit a few quite well
11. correct needs to consistantly look it though
