Sunday, 11 December 2005

Time to stop complaining

Yes, Craig McMillan still isn't scoring runs. Yes, our death bowling is still awful. Yes, Jacob Oram's form with the ball has disintergrated beyond all recognition. But the fact is, even with these flaws, we beat Australia. So let's ignore Dylan Cleaver and his co-conspirators in the press for a day, stop concentrating on the negative for a while and focus entirely on the positive:

New Zealand probably has the best middle to low order batting line-up in world cricket.
Dan Vettori is probably in the best form of his career.
One chance apart, Brendon McCullum looked a class above Adam Gilchrist (Adam Gilchrist!) with both bat and ball through the entire Chappell-Hadlee series.
Hamish Marshall is starting to show glimpses of his class.
Lou Vincent is really starting to assert himself onto the game.
Scott Styris' "mental training" finally seems to have paid off and he has managed to go through one entire match without playing a stupid shot.

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