Solia and Mitchell taking quite a few wickets and McConchie likely to do so at some point in the season could make it interesting for youMcConchie
Solia
Mitchell
N Smith
Southee
Rance
Guptill
Neesham
Ferns
Kelly
A team full of batting allrounders that were terrible at batting first round, leaving only the dribs and drabs of part-timer wickets. Southee only takes the field for the first time this morning in a dead rubber. Guptill scoring runs that don't count an extra annoyance. On to the next round.
I do like these players ftr - was genuinely impressed with Mitchell's hundred for NZ last season, while the appeal of Smith is obvious. McClure got more hype a few seasons ago than his Canterbury teammate McConchie, but the latter has done more to justify attention by scoring runs, though last season admittedly could have been better. Rance is a domestic stalwart who swings the ball a long way in both directions, which I love (and being domestix, we can just ignore the times the ball isn't swinging). Solia a little like McConchie, is gradually building a record and may become a domestic run machine now he's late 20s and into 30s.Yes if we want Straw Man to run aground with the cold calculation of his strategy (just lots of loophole exploitation rather than players he rates or loves) we needed to see this sort of thing in October's conditions.
Blundell is my designated WK - what if he plays in a test and isn't keeper because Watling is keeper. Does he get non-WK fielding (and bowling) points?Your designated wicket-keeper will only score non-WK fielding and bowling points if he's making way in the match at hand for a gloveman with Test caps (Seifert for Watling, but not Phillips for Horne).
Very good, but I think I may still need Cribb's unique appreciation of team balancing, cricket aesthetics and numeracy to advise me behind the scenes on the right rule to nerf a complete surfeit of batting all-rounders, if we do this all again in 2021/22.I do like these players ftr - was genuinely impressed with Mitchell's hundred for NZ last season, while the appeal of Smith is obvious. McClure got more hype a few seasons ago than his Canterbury teammate McConchie, but the latter has done more to justify attention by scoring runs, though last season admittedly could have been better. Rance is a domestic stalwart who swings the ball a long way in both directions, which I love (and being domestix, we can just ignore the times the ball isn't swinging). Solia a little like McConchie, is gradually building a record and may become a domestic run machine now he's late 20s and into 30s.