Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
They have Kitchen...he is a fair dinkum FC player...others might be lesser known to your point however...
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***Official**** Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2014/2015
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YorksLanka
International Debutant
No excuses we should have done better but i suppose its a case of getting use to the wickets and the conditions pretty sharpish..Nice to see Thirrimanne in the runs and we just need Chandiguns to do the same as Mathews and Sanga will come good when the bell rings...talking of chandi, he was batting too low imo and should have reversed roles with Dickwella who i dont think will make thefinal eleven..
Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
Sanga and Matthews made 1 run between them, tells you all you need to know, we probably need a few more net sessions, greentops can turn any old seamer into a pretty threatening one sometimes so I'm not reading too much into this.
Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
I think two out of Chandiguns, Dickwella and Prasanna Jayawardene will make the final team, I'm guessing the selectors have already decided to give Chandiguns a go at 6 (which is good) but weren't quite sure on who would take the gloves and bat seven, hence they got a chance to bat higher and stake a claim
GGG
State Captain
So he will pick someone who has proved he is not good enough to open in test matches. Rutherfords hasn't even proven that he is a good red ball opener in domestic cricket either, has a good run every now and then but that is about it.
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Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
I'm a bit worried about the news that Anderson has a groin injury. He had some really terrible, debilitating groin injuries back during his long injury absence from 2010-2012 that threatened to end his career. I really hope what he has now is just a minor niggle and not a recurrence of that.
Flem274*
123/5
He's not an opener though.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Nah it's a bit more than that tbh. His average since coming back into the Otago side in 2011/12 is still far too high. 16 matches, 1600 runs @ 51.9.
ND in particular continue to feed Rutherford's strengths, in the hopes of advancing the game. Sinclair's favourite tuck shops in the arc between point and mid-off remained stubbornly open for business, so it seems Rutherford's will as well.
Flem274*
123/5
A selection of openers in the Shield. I've trimmed a few to nail down times they actually opened, but I cbf going through every game guys like Papps have played to check they opened because they've been openers since the beginning.
Rutherford stacks up pretty well.
Tom Latham - 7 games, 948 @ 79.00 with 2 tons
Hamish Rutherford - 23 games, 1721 @ 40.97 with 5 tons
Martin Guptill - 26 games, 1715 @ 41.82 with 4 tons
Michael Papps - 128 games, 8802 @ 41.51 with 24 tons
Daniel Flynn* - 13 games, 1067 @ 44.45 with 3 tons
Aaron Redmond - 48 games, 3254 @ 40.67 with 9 tons
Jeet Raval - 50 games, 3183 @ 38.34 with 8 tons
*Includes some middle order time because cricket archive won't let me choose by batting position and I cbf doing maths
Rutherford stacks up pretty well.
Tom Latham - 7 games, 948 @ 79.00 with 2 tons
Hamish Rutherford - 23 games, 1721 @ 40.97 with 5 tons
Martin Guptill - 26 games, 1715 @ 41.82 with 4 tons
Michael Papps - 128 games, 8802 @ 41.51 with 24 tons
Daniel Flynn* - 13 games, 1067 @ 44.45 with 3 tons
Aaron Redmond - 48 games, 3254 @ 40.67 with 9 tons
Jeet Raval - 50 games, 3183 @ 38.34 with 8 tons
*Includes some middle order time because cricket archive won't let me choose by batting position and I cbf doing maths
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
They are all so tightly bunched. Redmond, Guptill and Rutherford got a fair go, perhaps you need to average >45 or even >50 to be ready for Internationals as an opener...
Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
Pretty decent finish for us in that tour game, the rookie pacer and Tharindu Kaushal (who might just come in ahead of Dilruwan now) cleaned up the lower and middle order and then we came out and most of the batsmen had some time in the middle, Karunaratne posted a half century and I'm backing Silva to come good in the tests so the openers look set while both Matthews and Sanga got a start and hopefully that will be enough for them to have a bit of confidence going into boxing day. Thirimanne and Chandiguns got quick 30s at the end which isn't a bad sign but I'm a little concerned that Dickwella scored some runs and Prassana Jayawardene didn't bat, wonder what the plan is there
YorksLanka
International Debutant
I think two out of Chandiguns, Dickwella and Prasanna Jayawardene will make the final team, I'm guessing the selectors have already decided to give Chandiguns a go at 6 (which is good) but weren't quite sure on who would take the gloves and bat seven, hence they got a chance to bat higher and stake a claim[/QUOT
yes you're right..didnt think Dickwella would perform but he has, so difficult choice between him and PJ..Not sure personally, as the latter hasnt scored many recently BUT he is solid when it comes to mental character and needing someone to dig us out of a hole if we get into that situation..Also his keeping goes without saying..Having said that the former has scored runs so who knows...
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ohnoitsyou
International Regular
2-0 NZ
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Southee
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Southee
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