*Official* New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka 2019

[Greenlite]

I would give the cwc starters a break from t20s

Munro
Seifert
Ravindra
Young
Philips
Anderson
Kuggs
Milne
Sodhi
Tinkner
Nut/Jamieson/Rance

Might not be the most balanced team but I am more excited for the exposure and development of our next gen

Lead by the great Munro, Milne and Corey. No idea who the cap is tho, lol, Ish?

Best players to join Kane, Fergey, Boult, Santa, Neesh, the rest of the senior players have to fight for positions as well. Even Santa might have to fight for his position too

 

[trundler]

Somerville did well in Dubai last year. Get him in.

 

[jcas0167]

Was that tour of Sri Lanka 7 years ago, what the actual ****.

I remember that match-winning partnership between Taylor and Williamson, Astle getting his maiden test wicket and Southee swinging the ball with Damien Wright as bowling coach. Also, that might have been the first time Williamson played with facial hear (presumably part of Movember).

 

[Greenlite]

I remember that match-winning partnership between Taylor and Williamson, Astle getting his maiden test wicket and Southee swinging the ball with Damien Wright as bowling coach. Also, that might have been the first time Williamson played with facial hear (presumably part of Movember).

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Man in 7 years Kane will be around Ross' age and we'll be talking about retirement. He'll be the McCaw of cricket and hopefully he can get that Cup before he hangs up his....gloves

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Wasn't the last tour just after the captaincy thing, and Taylor was captain?

 

[TheJediBrah]

I remember he declared to try to win the game at 274 not out, then the bowlers couldn't do the job, as usual, lol

I would have taken the 300, lol

Lara would have just batted the game out and been 400 not out

 

[jcas0167]

Wasn't the last tour just after the captaincy thing, and Taylor was captain?

Yeah, Taylor was captain on that tour then was controversially replaced by McCullum. Pleased that saga is well behind everyone.

 

[Bahnz]

Still looking forward to reading Ross' perspective on the whole fiasco in a couple of years time.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

The way in which McCullum came into the NZ captaincy in the first place is pretty much the reason I couldn't really like him, makes his whole nice guy schtick from a couple of years later just seem so hypocritical. Ross was shafted bigtime, but it is a credit to him that he has largely put that behind him and got on with his career

 

[NZTailender]

The way in which McCullum came into the NZ captaincy in the first place is pretty much the reason I couldn't really like him, makes his whole nice guy schtick from a couple of years later just seem so hypocritical. Ross was shafted bigtime, but it is a credit to him that he has largely put that behind him and got on with his career

Have no trouble with JimmyGS's assessment tbh

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Still looking forward to reading Ross' perspective on the whole fiasco in a couple of years time.

Saw it mentioned somewhere during the WC that he’s currently writing his book.

 

[Mike5181]

He was shafted in the way everything was handled, especially the timing. It's hard to say how good any captain is or isn't, because there's always other variables like squad strength, coach, etc., but strictly based on leadership skills and suitability for the role - McCullum seemed to be a better fit at the end of the day. Who knows if we have the same success in that McCullum/Hesson time period with Rosco as captain.

 

[Greenlite]

Have no trouble with JimmyGS's assessment tbh

I am sure teen Jimmy changed his view after batting with the man in their historical 302 journey

Or maybe his first reaction to the milestone was what a d***

 

[thierry henry]

I have consistently maintained that McCullum in every way possible comes across as a massive dickhead. To me he just seems like a textbook narcissist with a massively inflated sense of how good and how smart he is.

But everyone loves him and reckons he's a great bloke so clearly I have no idea what it is to be a good person, which would make sense.

 

[NZTailender]

I have consistently maintained that McCullum in every way possible comes across as a massive dickhead. To me he just seems like a textbook narcissist with a massively inflated sense of how good and how smart he is.

But everyone loves him and reckons he's a great bloke so clearly I have no idea what it is to be a good person, which would make sense.

I used to hate him, then drank the kool aid a bit, but now returned to the opinion he's a ****. Have friends who attended school same time he did, and he's always been that way apparently.

 

[Athlai]

I have consistently maintained that McCullum in every way possible comes across as a massive dickhead. To me he just seems like a textbook narcissist with a massively inflated sense of how good and how smart he is.

But everyone loves him and reckons he's a great bloke so clearly I have no idea what it is to be a good person, which would make sense.

Imagine he was 6 inches taller. Does that help?

 

[The Hutt Rec]

I was never much of a fan, but started loving him when he because captain and suddenly became a test match double hundred machine.

Reading his book after he retired my estimations went downhill though. Thought he went way over the top with a somewhat crazed vendetta against Taylor in it. Can’t wait to read Taylor’s book for the return serve.

 

[NZTailender]

I'm hoping Taylor will be all class. He'll probably just lay out everything taht went down from his point of view, share how it made him felt, and then just be like "eh whatever tho, I was part of the first side to win a series in Aus for 30 odd years"

 

[Flem274*]

I have friends who knew him earlier in life and he didnt cover himself in glory. Thats gotta be 10-15 uears ago tho so if we're all judged on our actions as young adults theres going to be a long line into hell.

His book was a bad idea tho. Dude needed to step back a bit and write something worthy of his achievements.

 

[Moss]

Feel a bit sorry for Kane and the others that they have to get back to the grind so soon, deserved at least 2-3 months of putting their feet up after what must have been an exhausting tournament.

I think the series in the UAE makes everyone feel a lot better about NZ's prospects, though Sri Lanka have wiped the floor with South Africa and Australia in the last 3 years (that did happen when Herath was still playing though).

First XI: Latham, Raval, KW, Taylor, Nicholls, Watling, CdG (new-ball bowler and hopefully has a better time of it with the bat than in UAE), Santner, Somerville, Wagner, Boult
Others: Southee, Ajaz, Blundell, Neesham

Disappointing that Will Young is out of action, would have definitely toured otherwise. If for whatever reason one of the top 5 has to be replaced, I'd play Watling as specialist batsman and get Blundell in. Would like to see him get as much exposure given that Watling is 34 and possibly at the tail-end of his career.