James McOnie
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And in the last two games, you can see the difference.
We really needed to wrap that series up in those first three games because we cocked up that first game and that was not part of the script because then we won the next two.
And then Mitch Satner left, Conway left, Ferguson left, Latham got injured.
And you could just see that we don't have bottomless depth.
Looking at last night, you can see folks' figures are all right, but we don't have that kind of a guile and variation that you need.
And also, I wonder whether in New Zealand, I know there's some schools and some clubs where they're all about the spinners, but we are a medium-paced nation.
We are so medium pace.
Our motorway is the works.
Except if you're on the Northwestern late on a Friday night.
But yeah, the chase was quite frustrating because you would have been commentating at G-Lane.
Four overs in, we're on target, really.
If you're looking at nine and over, and I always feel you should be aiming for tens, because then you know you're getting a good score, and then your RPO should be there or thereabouts, but holy shit, the wheels came off badly in the middle overs, and I was like...
Even a run out is annoying because, hey, you're our best batsman.
And I was like, just stick around, mate, because you're probably the one person that needs to be there.