Should New Zealand be a test playing nation?

Didnt NZ struggle to beat Zimbabwe recently?

Quote Originally Posted by Ace77:

Good job NZ

Bracewell >>

Ace, what would happen to you, if on one day

- Steve Smith and Phil Hughes score a double tonne in the same same day

- The tigers win the NRL

- Clayton Richard throws a no hitter

Australia's weakness against a swinging / seaming ball is now well and truly beyond a joke. Always going hard at the ball, rather than playing late and straight.

Time to sack Justin Langer

Quote Originally Posted by Ace77:






I'll start supporting the Bulldogs if that happened

you disgust me

England figured us out in 2005.

6 years later we're just as hopeless.

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This Australian side has been pathetic for 2 years now.

Actually, I'll narrow it down to the top 6. They have bowled quite well for the most part, given the cattle.

There is alot more cricket played these days, players and teams getting more and more used to Australian conditions and become more comfrotable with them...Furthermore, overseas players playing in our domestic tournament, getting further used to our conditions....But more importantly, T20 comps mean that international players are practicing each other in the nets during camp and becoming more familiar with each other, that is why the gaps between international cricket are closing at a quick rate...

I disagree. In those 15 years when we dominated, most of the Australian test pitches were roads. Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne were all highways. Sydney had some life.

They pull out a green top in Hobart, and Brisbane too had some juice in it, and we fall in a heap. It has nothing to do with overseas players playing in our domestic comp.

IT WAS THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR FOR NZ SPORT. MUCH BETTER THAN WINNING THE RWC.