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New Zealand Off Season 2014
- Thread starter Kippax
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Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
Hmmm, I hope Milne's absence is just due to the ongoing rehabilitation of his elbow surgery, and not a reoccurence of the same injury that prompted the surgery in the first place. He's meant to be doing some light bowling for Manawatu today, so hopefully he's getting back to fitness. When does the World Cup Squad have to be named by? There's not a lot of time left for him to get fit and stake his claim.
Anyway, it's a bit tough with all the injuries, but I guess my XI for the first ODI would be:
Guptill
Latham
Watling
Brownlie
McCullum
Anderson
Ronchi
Vettori
Mills
Henry
McClenaghan
Yup, 4 wicket keepers in the top 7, more than halfway there.
Anyway, it's a bit tough with all the injuries, but I guess my XI for the first ODI would be:
Guptill
Latham
Watling
Brownlie
McCullum
Anderson
Ronchi
Vettori
Mills
Henry
McClenaghan
Yup, 4 wicket keepers in the top 7, more than halfway there.
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Mike5181
International Captain
You need a sixth bowling option, I think. Too dangerous to go into a game against South Africa with no back-up other than specialist batsmen.
Martin Guptill
Tom Latham
BJ Watling
Brendon McCullum
Corey Anderson
Jimmy Neesham
Luke Ronchi+
Daniel Vettori
Kyle Mills
Matt Henry
Mitchell McClenaghan
Martin Guptill
Tom Latham
BJ Watling
Brendon McCullum
Corey Anderson
Jimmy Neesham
Luke Ronchi+
Daniel Vettori
Kyle Mills
Matt Henry
Mitchell McClenaghan
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
Urgh, Anderson at 5 and Neesham at 6 is a horrifically short batting lineup, think I'd rather take a risk with 5 bowlers.
Immenso
International Vice-Captain
I did a stats guru query a while ago on NZ ODI form in NZ over both last 2 years or 3 years.
Can't remember which of these it was but NMac averaged 90 with the ball in ODIs in NZ in that timeframe, while his RPO was respectable.
That reads like a lot of batting power plays being arrived at with well set batsmen.
Edit: here is the query.
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;host=5;spanmin1=01+Jan+2012;spanval1=span;team=5;template=results;type=bowling
Can't remember which of these it was but NMac averaged 90 with the ball in ODIs in NZ in that timeframe, while his RPO was respectable.
That reads like a lot of batting power plays being arrived at with well set batsmen.
Edit: here is the query.
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;host=5;spanmin1=01+Jan+2012;spanval1=span;team=5;template=results;type=bowling
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Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Yeah I think Latham will just bat 3.
Mike5181
International Captain
Latham opened with Guptill in the game against Scotland, though. That's a warm-up less than a week out from the first ODI.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
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Not looking good for play at all. They do have excellent drainage though.
Not looking good for play at all. They do have excellent drainage though.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
The 'but NMac keeps it tight' line of thinking will be what sees us lose another semi final.