All Time New Zealand XI game

[Red]

Sutcliffe
Martin Crowe
McCullum (line ball on him and BJ)
Boult (Bond a better bowler, but as someone said, with Hadlee, Cowie and Chris Cairns likely to make it, a left armer makes sense)

 

[a massive zebra]

Bert Sutcliffe
Martin Crowe
Brendon McCullum
Shane Bond

 

[OverratedSanity]

Sutcliffe
Crowe
McCullum
Bond

 

[fredfertang]

Sutcliffe
Martin Crowe
McCullum (line ball on him and BJ)
Boult (Bond a better bowler, but as someone said, with Hadlee, Cowie and Chris Cairns likely to make it, a left armer makes sense)

Good point

Sutcliffe, Crowe, McCullum and Dick Collinge

 

[NZTailender]

Sutcliffe
Crowe
Watling+
Wagner

With Cowie and Hadlee taking the new rock, and Cairns expected to make the side, he'd bowl first change and then Wagner second change. Left arm variety and can get the old ball bouncing. Perfect foil for the others.

 

[Flem274*]

John Reid bowled both offies and pace and was probably the better batsman with more responsibility against some pretty good attacks. I think he should fill the allrounder and spinner role.

 

[Days of Grace]

Cairns was a matchwinner with bat and ball, though. Has the X factor in both disciplines.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Cairns was a matchwinner with bat and ball, though. Has the X factor in both disciplines.

More like the Mr X factor amirite

 

[NUFAN]

New Zealand XI
1 Glenn Turner
2 Bert Sutcliffe
3 Kane Williamson
4 Martin Crowe
5
6 Brendon McCullum+
7
8 Daniel Vettori
9 Richard Hadlee
10 Shane Bond
11 Jack Cowie

 

[NUFAN]

- Name a batting option at 5 for NZ
- Select the final cricketer to fit into the NZ all time XI

 

[_Ed_]

Martin Donnelly (just ahead of Ross Taylor)
Chris Cairns

 

[jimmy101]

Ross Taylor
Chris Cairns

 

[Zinzan]

Taylor
Cairns jr

 

[Athlai]

Taylor
Cairns

 

[Prince EWS]

Martin Donnelly
John Reid

 

[fredfertang]

Martin Donnelly
John Reid

This

 

[Mike5181]

Ross Taylor
Chris Cairns

 

[Teuton]

Ross Taylor
Chris Cairns

This for me

 

[a massive zebra]

Martin Donnelly
Chris Cairns

 

[vandem]

Taylor
Reid

If it's a geen pitch, Hadlee and Bull Cowie are going to bowl LOTS of overs, no need for a 4th seamer. If it's a flat / brown pitch, Reid's off cutters and off spin would be useful than a 4th seamer.

The other option at #7 is a an attacking spinner who can bat / hit, John Bracewell could have been an option if he had scored a few more test runs, Roger Blunt could have been an option if he NZ had started playing tests earlier than 1929-30 (on the 1927 FC tour to Engalnd he had 1540 runs @ 44, 78 wickets with leg spin @ 25, and was one of Wisden's 5 cricketers of the year).