New Zealand vs Bangladesh (2 Tests)

Kicks off on New Years Day at Mount Maunganui.

New Zealand Squad: Tom Latham (captain and wk), Henry Nicholls, Ross Taylor, Rachin Ravindra, Will Young, Darryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Devon Conway (wk), Trent Boult, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner

Bangladesh Squad: Mominul Haque (captain), Shadman Islam, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Yasir Ali, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Mohammad Naim, Mehidy Hasan, Fazle Mahmud, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Liton Das (wk), Nurul Hasan (wk), Taijul Islam, Taskim Ahmed, Abu Jayed, Edbaot Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Khaled Ahmed, Shohidul Islam

This will be Ross Taylor's final series with the Christchurch test being his swan song. Weather-wise, the first test is forecasted to be clear.
 

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Some really interesting cricket at the moment. NZ are 1/1 after 6 overs. This is really good bowling from Bangers and they are getting come nice swing

Test won't last long, pitch is green as.

NZ will get 300ish and role Bangladesh for 100-150 twice.
 

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Wow... Conway has some unreal stats for a Kiwi

Firstclass - avg. 47.68, 19 hundreds.

List A - avg. 46.23, 9 hundreds

T20 - avg. 43.85, 2 hundreds

Blokes 30, whys it taken so long to hit the international stage? New Zealand have been playing batsmen averaging 30 last 10 years.
 

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Wow... Conway has some unreal stats for a Kiwi

Firstclass - avg. 47.68, 19 hundreds.

List A - avg. 46.23, 9 hundreds

T20 - avg. 43.85, 2 hundreds

Blokes 30, whys it taken so long to hit the international stage? New Zealand have been playing batsmen averaging 30 last 10 years.

He is South African - moved there relatively late.
 

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Wow... Conway has some unreal stats for a Kiwi

Firstclass - avg. 47.68, 19 hundreds.

List A - avg. 46.23, 9 hundreds

T20 - avg. 43.85, 2 hundreds

Blokes 30, whys it taken so long to hit the international stage? New Zealand have been playing batsmen averaging 30 last 10 years.
Because he only became eligible to play for the kiwis late 2020
 

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He is South African - moved there relatively late.

Gee poor old South African love to top up world cricket with sharing their talent around.

New Zealand have done quite well with a few of them in recent years in all formats.

Neil Wagner, BJ Watling, Colin Munro, Grant Elliott all moved to New Zealand from south africa and had solid careers.

While England who are now crap dont have many coming through anymore from their south african academy like they had during the successful Strauss era. Half of there 2010/11 ashes squad were from there.
 

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Conway has gotta be the best current all format batter in world cricket. He's the next Kohli in that sense.

A test star that can start playing t20 shots to f*** with spinners. You have to love him.
 

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Conway has gotta be the best current all format batter in world cricket. He's the next Kohli in that sense.

A test star that can start playing t20 shots to f*** with spinners. You have to love him.

Its a shame they don't play for South Africa, they lose years worth of international cricket... same with KP was 25 before he got a crack, Trott as well..
 

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Its a shame they don't play for South Africa, they lose years worth of international cricket... same with KP was 25 before he got a crack, Trott as well..
South Africa produce a lot of talent. They would bite your hand off for someone like Conway atm, would actually make them a decent team.
 
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