**Official** New Zealand in Australia 2015

[kiwiviktor81]

He won't be the first nor last batsman to be a better ODI bat than test one. Effectively the anti Michael Vaughan.

True, but has any other batsman been better in ODIs than Tests by the same margin that Guptill appears to be?

 

[wellAlbidarned]

True, but has any other batsman been better in ODIs than Tests by the same margin that Guptill appears to be?

There was this little known guy called michael bevan

 

[Furball]

Brilliant.

My only beef is Craig. It was the right call to play him. You need a specialist spinner. They played Lyon, and we played our specialist: Craig. When we drop Craig we drop him. Until then he is our number 1.

I would dispute the bolded strongly. Spinners get smashed in Australia.

 

[NZTailender]

There was this little known guy called michael bevan

Michael Bevan, playing at the time he did, against the opposition he faced, did okay and would've walked into our XI and most others XIs in the world at the time, and the myth that persisted about him not being able to handle the short ball supposedly kept him out of the frame for serious test recalls. All in all, this comparison a bit harsh on Bevan.

A better example would be Nick Knight or Graeme Hick.

 

[_Ed_]

Roger Twose?

 

[Prince EWS]

Neil Fairbrother

 

[OverratedSanity]

Agarkar

 

[Hurricane]

I would dispute the bolded strongly. Spinners get smashed in Australia.

Perhaps this thought is why he has been kept on for the next series.

 

[Bahnz]

Geoff Allott another good bet.

 

[straw man]

Yeah it's not rare at all to be good at ODIs and rubbish at tests.

 

[Cabinet96]

Eoin Morgan

 

[Flem274*]

Yeah it's not rare at all to be good at ODIs and rubbish at tests.

-New Zealand

 

[Immenso]

Chris Harris, Chris Pringle.

 

[hendrix]

Some would (I wouldn't) also argue Vettori.

 

[_Ed_]

Some would (I wouldn't) also argue Vettori.

He's a stange one. I would argue his bowling was better in ODIs, but his batting never came close.

 

[Bahnz]

Yeah, Vettori in his later years was a world class batting allrounder in tests, and a world class spinner in ODI's.

 

[Athlai]

Yeah, Vettori in his later years was a world class batting allrounder in tests, and a world class spinner in ODI's.

By 2008 Vettori was a Test batting allrounder IMO

 

[Bahnz]

By 2008 Vettori was a Test batting allrounder IMO

I'd say it started earlier than that, more like from 2005 imo.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Michael Bevan, playing at the time he did, against the opposition he faced, did okay and would've walked into our XI and most others XIs in the world at the time, and the myth that persisted about him not being able to handle the short ball supposedly kept him out of the frame for serious test recalls. All in all, this comparison a bit harsh on Bevan.

A better example would be Nick Knight or Graeme Hick.

I don't know much about the details surrounding his career but a guy averaging 55+ in ODIs and FC who couldn't crack an average of 30 in 18 tests doesn't fit the criteria who exactly does?

 

[Skyliner]

So quite a few examples then.