***Official*** Australia A and New Zealand A in India

[four_or_six]

Why is Luke Pomersbach not in the Aussie A squad??

Didn't he dislocate his shoulder surfing or something?

 

[pup11]

Didn't he dislocate his shoulder surfing or something?

Well that could be the reason behind his absence from this tour, anyways i rate him pretty highly and i think he is one of the finest batting talents in Australia atm, a very clean striker of the cricket ball too.

 

[Athlai]

Jeeves

 

[JimmyGS]

Equally I think everyone has underrated New Zealand's depth in the last few years. We have some very good players coming through. Broom, Ryder, Southee, Guptill, Hay, Todd etc...not to mention all the 19/20 year old's coming through (Williamson, Boult, Worker etc), though you should have better knowledge of them than others on this forum. Any light to shed on how the young guys are shaping up? And Guptill too, who I believe plays at your club?

The under 19 squad we have for the next WC looks very strong, and I can comment on those guys forever, lol. However I think I'd be speaking a little bit about what I don't know about if I start commenting on the guys who have just left the scene (e.g Boult) and the guys that I've only been able to have one series with (Williamson, Worker etc). One thing is for sure though, Williamson is a huge talent to watch for the future, just has an aura about him in the nets and on the field that I've rarely experienced before (playing with Guppy and Daryl Tuffey are most comparable).

As I said though I think the squad for the next WC is really a group of players to look at for the future.

And obviously, I'd like to think myself as well, hahahaha.

 

[Polo23]

Good to hear we have some young talent coming through.

You reckon Guptill will be able to hack it at test level? I've seen him batting several times and reckon he's definitely got something about him...times the ball incredibly.

 

[social]

Tait varies between unbelievably good and very poor

Today, it looks like the former as he's made a couple good players look like novices

 

[pup11]

Tait varies between unbelievably good and very poor

Today, it looks like the former as he's made a couple good players look like novices

Tait has always been like that, and good to see him coming back to cricket without losing much of his real self.

 

[social]

Make that 3

As he showed in the WC, when he gets it right, Tait is awesome

 

[adharcric]

Damn, straight getting ****ed by Tait. Good thing we have batting depth, that'll really be tested today ...

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Noffers (Y)

 

[Top_Cat]

Make that 3

As he showed in the WC, when he gets it right, Tait is awesome

Yeah, real blunt-force weapon he is. Good to see him roughing up the batsmen but most promising is that, judging by Cricinfo, he's getting wickets with swing. Wouldn't be surprised to see him in Aussie colours sooner than we think.

 

[pup11]

Yeah, real blunt-force weapon he is. Good to see him roughing up the batsmen but most promising is that, judging by Cricinfo, he's getting wickets with swing. Wouldn't be surprised to see him in Aussie colours sooner than we think.

Tait has been superb today, the way he has swiged the ball both ways has been really awesome and he has done that with good control too, the ball he produced to knock over over Raina was an absolute peach.

 

[pup11]

Noffers (Y)

AWTA.

 

[bryce]

That is a fair tail

 

[JimmyGS]

Good to hear we have some young talent coming through.

You reckon Guptill will be able to hack it at test level? I've seen him batting several times and reckon he's definitely got something about him...times the ball incredibly.

My gut feeling says yes, he has a level head on his shoulders and doesn't ever seem to be fazed by much. I would definitely watch with interest though.

 

[pup11]

Well 208 is something that the Aussies should manage to get, but after yesterday's batting display i have my doubts, Hussey, White and North would to score the bulk of the runs if Aussies are to win.

 

[NUFAN]

Well 208 is something that the Aussies should manage to get, but after yesterday's batting display i have my doubts, Hussey, White and North would to score the bulk of the runs if Aussies are to win.

Why those 3? Bailey is better North.

 

[Flem274*]

Stoked we won.

Agree with the gist of what Polo said, though I still expect these games to be tough, our batting was sadly a bit fragile at the end. Will be a fascinating series.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Why those 3? Bailey is better North.

Nah no way. People forget just how good North is because he missed most of last season with injury.

 

[Precambrian]

Tait will be first choice bowler should some bowler int the squad gets injured, which is a big possibility.