**Official** New Zealand in Australia

[thierry henry]

lol what's your problem?

All I'm saying is, if Vettori really is a gun death bowler, I'd bowl him at the death for sure.

Personally, I don't think he is, so we may as well leave those few death overs to Patel.

What's so offensive about that?

 

[Howsie]

Cricinfo - New Zealand seek balance with Mills at No. 7

This might work, but could go very very wrong lol.

 

[Zinzan]

God damn it, chance McCullum may not keep now
New Zealand Cricket - Fitness worries despite McCullum century

 

[Zinzan]

He bowls "through the middle" even in T20s

I dunno....if he's as gun as his T20 record suggests than by all means, let's bowl him at the death. It's hard to judge imo since T20 internationals are so few and far between and 4 over spells are just so, well, short.

Totally agree with Upper tbh, your not making sense on this one, 3-4 overs is enough to bowl at the death in ODI's & essentially the whole game of T20's is "the death" & Vettori normally bowls most of his T20 4 overs in the last 10, so what exactly is the difference

 

[Julian87]

Why the **** is Hopkins always picked as reserve keeper? Deadset no hoper.

 

[Redbacks]

Should Mitchell Johnson play in the first match? IMO no, too expensive

 

[social]

Should Mitchell Johnson play in the first match? IMO no, too expensive

IMO, let the guy rest

 

[social]

Oz openers should be Hughes (fair play to him, 4 centuries can't be ignored including 150 with the world watching) and Katich

Couldnt care about the rest

 

[pup11]

Oz openers should be Hughes (fair play to him, 4 centuries can't be ignored including 150 with the world watching) and Katich

Couldnt care about the rest

I think either you have posted on the wrong thread, or are you saying Hughes and Katich should open for Australia in the ODI's...

 

[howardj]

PJ Hughes should be drafted into the ODI squad vs NZ, as a lead in to his now certain selection for the South African tour.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

PJ Hughes should be drafted into the ODI squad vs NZ, as a lead in to his now certain selection for the South African tour.

Disagree with this. He hasn't been great in ODD this year and if he has a poor run in the ODI's (which is likely) it could kill all his momentum for the SA tour. Keep him in the Shield.

 

[mikeW]

Is the squad the same as it was for yesterdays match? or will a new one be released today?

 

[MendisNuffSaid]

Hughes is one of the best young opening batsmen i've ever seen. He scored a magnificent fifty in a tour game against SL, he played some glorious cover drives and sweeps against Murali. And he was only 18 yrs old at the time. But with this incompetent selection committee and the paranoia of "young and inexperienced" cricketers failing, it'll be a while until he debuts.

 

[howardj]

Surely, in terms of easing him into international cricket, he's a better investment than Warner for this Series. I don't think Clarke was ready against England in 2002/2003, but that ODI Series served as a good way to ease him into the the international sphere.

 

[social]

I think either you have posted on the wrong thread, or are you saying Hughes and Katich should open for Australia in the ODI's...

That's exactly what I'm saying

IF Hughes is good enough then the exposure wont do him any harm and Katich is in great form and scores his runs relatively quickly

It's not as though we're changing a winning side or breaking up a successful combination

 

[pup11]

That's exactly what I'm saying

IF Hughes is good enough then the exposure wont do him any harm and Katich is in great form and scores his runs relatively quickly

It's not as though we're changing a winning side or breaking up a successful combination

May i ask what wrong has Marsh done to be dropped from the side, on the other hand Katich' ODI career is all but over.

Hughes has a case of opening instead of Warner, but i would rather have Hopes open with Marsh and play an extra bowler instead.

 

[pasag]

Disagree with this. He hasn't been great in ODD this year and if he has a poor run in the ODI's (which is likely) it could kill all his momentum for the SA tour. Keep him in the Shield.

Would be nice to have him around the squad though, even if he wasn't playing as long as it doesn't mean missing any domestic cricket.

 

[oldmancraigy]

May i ask what wrong has Marsh done to be dropped from the side, on the other hand Katich' ODI career is all but over.

Agreed - Marsh has had an excellent series.

The only problem with Sean Marsh is that he's not a century maker. So effectively we're picking a guy who might make a methodical 50, or might just get out cheaply.

Hughes is a much better all around batsman - but, like you say, what has Marsh done to deserve a dropping!

No malice against Marsh, but I hope he fails in the next 3 games against the Kiwis so that there's at least a reason to drop him.
No malice - it's just that he has concentration issues - both with the bat and in the field. And there's a guy out there who can score just as quickly, have better ODD records this season, and could be a long term solution at the opening spot in both forms of the game.

Going back to Hopes as opener might just work - but who is the bowler you'd bring in? Because they'd have to be able to weild the willow at least a little to provide some sort of depth.

 

[kingkallis]

Cant really wait to see how McCullum and Ryder plays the pathetic looking Aussie bowling line up!

Expecting great firework from Warner as well...

 

[social]

May i ask what wrong has Marsh done to be dropped from the side, on the other hand Katich' ODI career is all but over.

Hughes has a case of opening instead of Warner, but i would rather have Hopes open with Marsh and play an extra bowler instead.

a. Marsh has not done enough to cement his place and is therefore hardly indispensable

b. The notion that Katich's ODI career "is all but over" is ridiculous . The guy will play test cricket for a number of years yet and as Langer has just shown, age is no barrier if you're good enough and Katich is a far better player than Marsh at this stage