Yep, agreed. If you're batting him at lower than 5, that's a job Ronchi is better at - regardless of how mud he's been in ODIs.
It is happening . NZC do this with their contracted Winter Training Squad . Some guys you mention were in it this winter and another Squad member played his first ODI recently.. Unhelpfully so far this season NZC has had too many long term injured players on their Central Contract list. That List could be sub divided into three i.e.: All formats , Test only , white ball only categories. And T20i selection e.g.: v Bangladesh should be used to bring on new players. See if they can handle the bigger stage . Who cares who wins bi- lateral T20's - they are primarily money spinner games with entertainment the priority.
That's great to hear. Had a look at the scorecard, and I enjoyed JW Dernbach's figures of 4-0-48-1. A class signing.
So 50 people turned up?
I would pay serious money to have Howsie kidnapped, strapped in Clockwork Orange style, and force-fed this footage for a week.
Can't say he's displayed much in either of his Firebirds stints (so far in this one, anyway). Not really sure why they got him back. They did the same with Shaun Tait year after year for a while, despite his contributions going from ok to absolutely terrible over the course of the few seasons. I know they build the relationships with the players and it's probably tough to attract new talent, but it still seems pointless to me.
Dom post said yesterday was 1000, which using my estimate places the game last year at 50, which sounds about right.
