Clarkson also disappointed for the NZ A team in Bangladesh, except for a few wickets in FC game with short pitched bowling.... Abbas was quite disappointing in Bangladesh.
Depends if you see contracts as selection rewards, or as most-use in next 12 months. I suppose. Guess that first impression puts me in a 'selection reward' camp.
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No doubt I rate Abbas. Should/could he a 3 format player fur a decade for us. Just earn it a bit more.
And Clarkson didn't make much of a mark last domestic season, except one flat track FC century alongside Bruce's 300, one good FC century against Otago.
Abbas had a strong Ford Trophy (340 runs @ 42) with Clarkson only 153 runs @ 21, so perhaps honours even at domestic level last season.
But Abbas made such a good start to NZ ODI career (52 (26) late innings flurry, 41 (66) middle order rebuilding innings) that to me has is clearly ahead of Clarkson in "#6 batter who bowls some seamers" role.