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***Official*** Pakistan in New Zealand 2017/18

Athlai

Athlai

Not Terrible
Fuller Pilch said:
Anyway Williamson, Taylor and Crowe would be guaranteed selections along with Hadlee and Bond in all-time NZ ODI team. Guptill wouldn't be guaranteed as Nathan Astle might be selected to bowl 5 or 6 overs
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Honestly don't think Astle is on our top 3 odi openers now
 
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veganbob

U19 Captain
Fuller Pilch said:
Anyway Williamson, Taylor and Crowe would be guaranteed selections along with Hadlee and Bond in all-time NZ ODI team. Guptill wouldn't be guaranteed as Nathan Astle might be selected to bowl 5 or 6 overs
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Guppy is head and shoulders better than astle as an odi opener.

Agree the rest are auto selections.
As is chris cairns and vettori.

Id go

Mccullum (wk)
Guptill
Kane
Crowe (c)
Taylor
Styris (can bowl too, harris unlucky i guess)
Cairns
Hadlee
Vettori
Bond
Boult

Could open with crowe and put mccullum at 6/7 too ..
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

123/5
guptill, turner, kane, taylor, crowe my top 5 for the NZ XI

crowe at #5 to combat the reverse swing and because he's a good nurdler as well as stroke player
Athlai said:
Honestly don't think Astle is on our top 3 odi openers now
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are you counting baz as an opener in your team or?
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

123/5
i don't like the middle of our team. i don't like making our senior test opener learn to keep again and santa isn't free flowing or consistent enough for #7 imo.

i think we should be braver and look at chapman and phillips more before 2019

how experienced is phillips in the middle order?
 
smash84

smash84

The Tiger King
veganbob said:
Guppy is head and shoulders better than astle as an odi opener.

Agree the rest are auto selections.
As is chris cairns and vettori.

Id go

Mccullum (wk)
Guptill
Kane
Crowe (c)
Taylor
Styris (can bowl too, harris unlucky i guess)
Cairns
Hadlee
Vettori
Bond
Boult

Could open with crowe and put mccullum at 6/7 too ..
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i'd love to fit in roger twose in that side somehow, of course he wouldn't belong but the guy always had me rooting for NZ
 
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veganbob

U19 Captain
Flem274* said:
i don't like the middle of our team. i don't like making our senior test opener learn to keep again and santa isn't free flowing or consistent enough for #7 imo.

i think we should be braver and look at chapman and phillips more before 2019

how experienced is phillips in the middle order?
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Yeah I don't like this middle /lower middle order either. Seems to lack firepower.

It really relies on Guppy or Ross being set and going smash crazy at the end.
 
Athlai

Athlai

Not Terrible
Flem274* said:
i don't like the middle of our team. i don't like making our senior test opener learn to keep again and santa isn't free flowing or consistent enough for #7 imo.

i think we should be braver and look at chapman and phillips more before 2019

how experienced is phillips in the middle order?
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CDG presumably comes back for Tastle soon. Bumps santner to 8 which is far better
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

123/5
Guptill
Phillips/Munro
Williamson
Taylor
Chapman
Phillips/Munro/allrounder
nicholls/allrounder
Santner
Bowler
Bowler
Boult

That's the template imo. So many uncertain gaps in this team. Southee bowling well in odis for the first time in years is a start.
 
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