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***Official*** New Zealand in Bangladesh & Sri Lanka 2013

hendrix

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
Also, the two bowlers who've not performed over a period of more than one test are Bracewell and Bartin.

I think Bracewell should be retained for team composition, but either Gillespie or Wagner should come in for Bartin.
 
Immenso

Immenso

International Vice-Captain
What I would like to happen: Gillespie in for Martin (although it pains me to advocate dropping Martin who I really want to succeed)

What I think will happen: Gillespie in for Bracewell.

Tough on Wagner, but he's not far enough ahead of the pack to avoid horse for courses selections. 3 left armers, a dry pitch, and 5 RHBs in top 7 would be foolishness.
 
centurymaker

centurymaker

Cricketer Of The Year
Flem274* said:
no

yes

our best bowlers by a considerable distance are four seamers. that doesn't make wagner or dougeh great, but it makes them a hell of a lot better than either spinner on tour.

i really don't get the logic in the first quote. why is three quicks better than four? bangladesh prefer spin, we don't have a good spinner, and even in unfavourable conditions our quicks came out with good figures as a unit.

there is no reason for new zealand to play a speecialist spinner not called vettori, because none of them are good enough to use favourable conditions to their advantage and they're a liability when put in unfavourable situations because they can't even keep the runs down.
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Basically, variety in an attack is more likely to add value than bowlers of a similar kind espeically when the conditions for those bowlers are unfavourable.

Having said that, I was assuming that Anderson was guaranteed a spot. And I just realized that bringing in Wagner would result in 3 lefties, so maybe Gillspie should be preferred.
 
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Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
Kippax said:
Wagner in for Bartin.

Bang won toss, chose to bat.
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I'm doing a little dance right now. I was really worried that the selectors were going to stick with the two specialist spinners theory.

I don't like the fact that we have to bat last though...
 
wellAlbidarned

wellAlbidarned

International Coach
Bahnz said:
I'm doing a little dance right now. I was really worried that the selectors were going to stick with the two specialist spinners theory.

I don't like the fact that we have to bat last though...
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a bit generous to call it a theory. More like a wacko cult.
 
Mike5181

Mike5181

International Captain
Cricinfo looks so interested in this match

Match begins in: 0:10
After a drawn first Test and a week's rest we have moved to Mirpur for the second Test. Hello and welcome to ESPNCricinfo's live coverage. Bangladesh are chasing their maiden Test win against New Zealand.
Toss: Bangladesh won the toss and will bat first.
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straw man

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
It's been a long week since the last match. Hoping this is a result wicket even if there's a risk of the result going against us. Though if there's rain around that's surely not going to help the bowlers even if we don't lose time.

Mildly pleased with Wagner in for Bartin. Very mild.
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
Does anyone know how hard a catch it was?

Man, Flem is going to feel so conflicted over this...I'm talking full on head explosion territory.
 
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