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Tim · 08-12-2003, 10:24 PM

Yeah looks alright to me, but I don't like both Oram & Cairns playing.

Oram is pretty useless against quality fast bowling & if Sami & Shoaib are on form, I don't think he'll hang around for very long...they'd be better off trying Jeff Wilson even.

I'd like to see this side:

Richardson
Vincent
Fleming
Styris
McMillan
Cairns
Wilson
Hart
Vettori
Tuffey
Butler

Back-up bowler Mason...and the 2 outside batsmen McIntosh & Marshall.
The problem is that its only a 2 test series, so if anyone fails in the 1st test then there's not much chance they'll be dropped for the 2nd..UNLESS Bracewell is extremely harsh.

It would be very hard to ignore McIntosh at the moment...he's pretty much shown that 5 years at domestic level is the right way to go...he started as a 19 year old & now he's 24 & scoring a truckload of runs. He's more than ready to have a go at test level..whether he can perform at test level, though is another matter.

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Tim Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Auckland Posts: 7,888	Yeah looks alright to me, but I don't like both Oram & Cairns playing. Oram is pretty useless against quality fast bowling & if Sami & Shoaib are on form, I don't think he'll hang around for very long...they'd be better off trying Jeff Wilson even. I'd like to see this side: Richardson Vincent Fleming Styris McMillan Cairns Wilson Hart Vettori Tuffey Butler Back-up bowler Mason...and the 2 outside batsmen McIntosh & Marshall. The problem is that its only a 2 test series, so if anyone fails in the 1st test then there's not much chance they'll be dropped for the 2nd..UNLESS Bracewell is extremely harsh. It would be very hard to ignore McIntosh at the moment...he's pretty much shown that 5 years at domestic level is the right way to go...he started as a 19 year old & now he's 24 & scoring a truckload of runs. He's more than ready to have a go at test level..whether he can perform at test level, though is another matter.