Go Ronchi, he's a Warrior at heart.
England vs Ireland (1 ODI) & New Zealand tour (2 tests, 1 T20, 5 ODIs)
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Dropping 3 catches in 2 overs is unforgivable . The wheels are coming off here.
Latham is a very relieved man.
Ronchi is playing bloody nicely. Hope I don't moz him.
How are these not bouncers?
Just kept nicking it!
That's really dumb by Ronchi. Hilditch dumb. Sucked RIGHT in.
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Really couldnt have picked out the man any better
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Rod Tucker in the hot spot pic...
very ghoulish
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Cracking innings from Ronchi
Agreed, looks a solid opening batsman.
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Another 50 runs would make things interesting when the poms go in.
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Love the Rock, what a debut innings. Gave me plenty of entertainment when he was a Warrior and now he has the chance to share his unique skills on cricket's biggest stage. 
Love the Rock, what a debut innings. Gave me plenty of entertainment when he was a Warrior and now he has the chance to share his unique skills on cricket's biggest stage.
Yep. It really is a sensational story.
To see where he is today after falling behind (at the age of 30!) Michael Johnson in the WA setup, then upping stumps in Australia neglecting the lucrative BBL contracts just when the league was really ramping up in favour of battling it out with Wellington in domestic cricket. Developed into a prolific batsman in the Plunkett Shield, made it into the national T20 and ODI sides and despite struggling early has flourished. Being involved in a World Cup final and now nearly making a ton on test debut is an awesome achievement and justifies the commitment he made in making the move.
Reallly pleased for him but a ton was there for the taking yesterday. Arrgggggg!
In hindsight, how did he fall behind Michael Johnson? Didn't Johnson average about 8?
It was a strange move even at the time. Ronchi was dropped because like our entire batting lineup at that stage was frustratingly inconsistent in the Shield. But his glovework has always been of a very high standard - which is where Johnson excels, but as you point out he is very much a relic of the old days where it was a common sight for the keeper to bat at nine or ten. So essentially we dropped a good gloveman who on his day offered a high reward with the bat for another good keeper who offered nothing with the bat. I guess it wasn't the worst thing to try as we were attempting to shake off the tag of being schizophrenic performers, but yeah.
Interestingly (and highly surprisingly) Johnson actually got picked up in county cricket as late as 2013 and played a few games. Absolutely respect his glovework, but he's a good counterexample when the 'always pick the best keeper regardless' argument gets pulled out every now and again.
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Really bad bowling this morning allowed NZ to post a good score. Broad bowled short/wide junk .
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McCullum is good to watch though, never dull.
His coach just became England's coach but
Crazy that England's leading run scorer was only in the 8000 run range given how long they've been playing test cricket.
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Australia only have 3 batsmen that have beaten Cooks mark and they were all modern era players
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Looks like our batting order still hasnt changed. Broad should be number 11 .
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