Modern New Zealand XI (dayboo post 1980) last poll: Sneak me in the back door

[Flem274*]

Pick your final player for the team. I've provided a broad selection for you to play with team balance.

The team is

Mark Richardson
Stephen Fleming
Kane Williamson
Martin Crowe
Ross Taylor

Brendon McCullum (wk)

Daniel Vettori

Tim Southee
Shane Bond
Trent Boult

 

[AldoRaine18]

Chris Cairns.

 

[Athlai]

Gotta be WAC

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Cairns, Astle or Jesse. I voted for Jesse, but any of those three would enhance that team the most.

 

[Dan]

Yeah, based on the team selected it probably has to be Cairns.

But screw it, I'm voting Watling in protest!

 

[Flem274*]

Yeah the nostalgics have made the wrong call about what to do with Baz.

 

[Zinzan]

Pick your final player for the team. I've provided a broad selection for you to play with team balance.

The team is

Mark Richardson
Stephen Fleming
Kane Williamson
Martin Crowe
Ross Taylor

Brendon McCullum (wk)

Daniel Vettori

Tim Southee
Shane Bond
Trent Boult

That's more like it Flem with Rigor & your namesake up top.

Cairns fairly obviously for the last spot.

Watling, Astle & Nash all a little unlucky for mine.

 

[Hurricane]

Cairns the younger.

I told Howe over beers that I shamelessly reuse material and haven't said anything new since 2014. In keeping with that here is a story I have already told.

When Cairns was 18 he was playing in a Hawke cup game against Hamilton. My coach was there to watch. A boy called Cairns had been turning heads in the youth grades and this would be his first test at a relatively decent level. Word had gotten around and as well as my coach there was a who's who of Hamilton cricket who just casually stopped in that saturday afternoon to watch the game and Chris' debut in intercity cricket.

Hurricane "How quick was he".
Coach who had played minor county cricket in his day "Fast".
Hurricane "As fast as he would be when he was 26"
Coach "He was faster when he was 18. He bowled a ball on a length that hit the seam and went straight on to the batsman's forehead who was playing forward defence. The batsman was a nuggety journeyman. The journeyman took out his hanky, wiped his forehead didn't call for as helmet and kept on batting."

 

[Flem274*]

Cairns the younger.

I told Howe over beers that I shamelessly reuse material and haven't said anything new since 2014. In keeping with that here is a story I have already told.

When Cairns was 18 he was playing in a Hawke cup game against Hamilton. My coach was there to watch. A boy called Cairns had been turning heads in the youth grades and this would be his first test at a relatively decent level. Word had gotten around and as well as my coach there was a who's who of Hamilton cricket who just casually stopped in that saturday afternoon to watch the game and Chris' debut in intercity cricket.

Hurricane "How quick was he".
Coach who had played minor county cricket in his day "Fast".
Hurricane "As fast as he would be when he was 26"
Coach "He was faster when he was 18. He bowled a ball on a length that hit the seam and went straight on to the batsman's forehead who was playing forward defence. The batsman was a nuggety journeyman. The journeyman took out his hanky, wiped his forehead didn't call for as helmet and kept on batting."

so slow then?

 

[Hurricane]

so slow then?

No ph34r?

 

[The Battlers Prince]

I would take a batsman but nobody really stands out enough to not pick Cairns

 

[harsh.ag]

I would take a batsman but nobody really stands out enough to not pick Cairns

Well if you want a batsman, take Watling and give him the gloves. That ways BMac goes back to being a batsman.

 

[OverratedSanity]

X has to be in the team no matter what.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

Well if you want a batsman, take Watling and give him the gloves. That ways BMac goes back to being a batsman.

This. This team would be much stronger with Watling instead of Fleming.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Well if you want a batsman, take Watling and give him the gloves. That ways BMac goes back to being a batsman.

I love Baz's keeping too much. Though Watling is going well the last couple years. In fact the last couple of years is when you would consider Baz for his batting as well. He had a good year 2010 too but last year was BIG.