“The one positive is there’s not too many battle scars from playing Australia, within the team. There’s some fresh new faces who haven’t been exposed to them before,”
This is Kyle Mills.
Who after this seems to have forsaken swing bowling for Spin.
No battle scars, and only a few test centuries and match winning hauls.
While i understand Kyle is just trying to do the right thing by his team mates, sometimes clichés just get to me.
Battle Scars can be a bad thing, but they mean a player has been through a battle and survived, a sign of toughness.
I am not saying the current team is full on nansie pansies, but they don’t have battle scars against Australia.
If Kyle was offered a team full of experienced test veterans who had all played good cricket against Australia, ofcourse he would take them over this lot.
It’s common sense.
He can’t say that though.
Because countless sports psychologists will have told him not too.
Honesty is no longer a part of professional sports.
If you are lucky there is one player in 10 that is worth talking to anymore.
And it isn’t really their fault.
The young ones are programmed, and the old ones are threatened with diminishing contracts and sanctions.
I think to save alot of problems they should just take cut out the tongues of all cricketers when they first play for their country.
Then the psychologists can just forward their buzz phrases straight to the journalists.
See, I’m a thinker me.
cricketwithballs
No Kyle is right; we want to get rid of all the players who have smashed around by the Aussies in the past.That’s why Southee should play ahead of him.
Vettori and a under age squad perhaps.
This is a bunch of scarred individuals from NZ 1st class cricket today.BellCummingPappsSinclairStyrisJ MarshallHopkins (wk)FranklinPatelCant find any opening bowlers though.Not sure which team i would actually want to start in Brisbane, this one or the real one.
Anon,I’d have Franklin (if properly fit) in the side for Brisbane, but that’s all out of that lot.Patel will be in the frame for Adelaide.There is a reason they’re scarred and playing in NZ. In Cumming’s case his scars were received while playing Bangladesh.
Id have Patel and Franklin too, Franklin scored a 60 and had taken 2 for 20 odd against Canterbury at lunch. And i found an opening bowler – Iain Butler. Just shows who we have tried in tests in the last 5-10 years, fail there, go back to 1st class and score runs – might say something about their respective qualities.