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Originally Posted by Howsie
I really think New Zealand can win it this year, just look at there line up:
1.B.McCullum
2.J.Ryder
3.M.Guptill
4.R.Taylor
That top four is really explosive, and in 20/20 you only need one of them to fire and the rest to play minor roles.
5.J.Oram
6.P.McGlashan
7.J.Franklin/N.McCullum
Again all good hitters of the cricket ball, and McGlashan would play the little dinky shot's.
8.D.Vettori
9.K.Mills
10.I.Butler
11.I.O'Brien
That's a fairly good bowling line-up, Vettori is the best 20/20 bowler in the world I feel. Mills is a good ODI bowler, I think he is ranked in the top five. And Ian Butler finds the block-hole quite well. Also Butler and Mills are very good hitters of the cricket ball.
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Except that top 4 will hardly ever fire against good quality bowling. I mean god two of them got owned off consecutive balls by Mascarenhas in the IPL. Oram isn't a number 5 and if he's moved to the number 7 slot that means he has to bowl and he has an awful record with the ball in T20.