My post of the NZ tour must have escaped your notice, Mountaineers scored over 330 runs in a day against NZ A! I suspect this particular ND side would've fetched 450, and failed to score 400 over two innings against the current Shingi-Chatara-Tiripano-Mushangwe Goats attack.eugene wrote:Player-for-player I would back Northern Districts against any Logan Cup team any day of the week.
Despite going at close to 5rpo for their innings, they couldn't go at over 3 against my beloved Panyangara. Those very same scenes played themselves countless times in that NZ A Series. As you recall, none of our current international bowlers managed to even come close to achieving the success he had against a good number of the NZ batsmen who gave them a hiding in the just concluded tour - Brownlie, Franklin & Guptil!
Have you bothered to even review how lowly those ND batsmen fare against other batsmen in that Top 30! I doubt that Justin Marshall of yours provides a better package as an international player than Matsi who has comparable, if not superior batting figures, and can bow&field!! One would go so far as to argue that AJrvis would never be that successful in the Logan Cup against the top orders of the top three(besides Eagles)!
looks like we arent the only one's being moulded here lol
), but instead return to Eng and secure a 1XI spot! Unfortunately we're stuck with him prematurely! 