**Official** New Zealand in Australia

[Craig]

I might be going to the Brisbane ODI, would miss the start though.

 

[Atreyu]

Greg Hay can't even get into the CD side at the moment, god knows how he would get selected in the National side.

My team would be:

Guptill
McCullum
Taylor
Ryder
Styris/Broom
Oram
Elliott
Vettori
Mills
Southee
Boult/Arnel/Patel

As long as Gillespie doesnt play, i'm happy.

Worked for Krezja and Hauritz TBH

 

[pup11]

New Zealand could really test Australia, even more than the current South African side, New Zealand are a very competitive ODI side and Australia can't afford to make the kind of mistakes they have made so far against the Saffies, because they won't get away with making such mistakes against New Zealand, so if the Aussies don't bring their "A" game against the Blacks Caps, then they might even get upstaged in this series by the Black Caps, but if both sides play to their potential then i can see Australia winning this series, by either a margin of 4-1 or 3-2.

 

[thierry henry]

Dunno what Fulton has done so wrong to totally drop off the radar.

 

[Athlai]

Dunno what Fulton has done so wrong to totally drop off the radar.

Oh **** I completely forgot about him. Hey Wub is on the main smilies list awesome.

 

[Redbacks]

Australia just have to bowl first, doesn't matter how many we make NZ usually chase them down

 

[Polo23]

Not sure Boult is the best bet yet. Not everyone is Tim Southee unfortunately.

I think it is too early for Boult. But who would you rather have? (don't say Gillespie). Boult seems one of the only quick bowlers we have with some sort of serious potential.

 

[Polo23]

Dunno what Fulton has done so wrong to totally drop off the radar.

Him looking like a complete gimp in his last 10 or so international matches probably hasnt helped.

 

[Johnners]

Johnson's a mixed bag really. Theoretically I expect him to be hammered to all parts because his radar is always off and that extra pace is handy for the batsman to just use the pace, but somehow at times he pulls off quite decent figures. He's kinda like a left handed Gillespie with more luck and pace.

With our bowlers under the dosh this is a perfect opportunity for NZ to grab a sneak win, but definitely the big four Guptill, Taylor, Ryder and McCullum have to step up and really take it to the bowlers, especially the senior guys like Bracken and Johnson.

 

[Polo23]

I can see NZ winning this series in a canter..hell, we did it in 2007, and that was against a much stronger Australian team.

 

[pasag]

I can see NZ winning this series in a canter..hell, we did it in 2007, and that was against a much stronger Australian team.

What a horrible series

Don't think you guys are as strong in batting or bowling though as 07.

 

[jondavluc]

I can see NZ winning this series in a canter..hell, we did it in 2007, and that was against a much stronger Australian team.

Not really we didn't have Symonds nor Clarke nor Ricky nor Brett lee nor Gilly.

Nz teams is also awful at the moment and have struggled to beat the west indies and bangaladesh even had beat them in a one day match.While I think they will give us a bit more of a better fight than in the test series I can't see them beating us.

 

[pasag]

Johnson's a mixed bag really. Theoretically I expect him to be hammered to all parts because his radar is always off and that extra pace is handy for the batsman to just use the pace, but somehow at times he pulls off quite decent figures. He's kinda like a left handed Gillespie with more luck and pace.

With our bowlers under the dosh this is a perfect opportunity for NZ to grab a sneak win, but definitely the big four Guptill, Taylor, Ryder and McCullum have to step up and really take it to the bowlers, especially the senior guys like Bracken and Johnson.

How much have you watched him in ODIs? Don't mix up the two formats, he's been superb for ages in limited overs cricket. He doesn't just pull off good figures through luck, he does it through great bowling that's quite difficult to score off at times (whereas in Tests he can just be left, the difficult angle he presents makes him a lot better in ODIs - see when he pwned the Indians in India for example).

 

[pasag]

Not really we didn't have Symonds nor Clarke nor Ricky nor Brett lee nor Gilly.

To be fair the names highlighted are batsmen and we put on two 300+ scores anyways, so it's difficult to use that as an excuse.

 

[_Ed_]

Don't think you guys are as strong in batting or bowling though as 07.

Yeah, that may be right.

Although IIRC we were missing both Bond and Vettori for the last two games (but, those were the 300+ games of course).

 

[Johnners]

How much have you watched him in ODIs? Don't mix up the two formats, he's been superb for ages in limited overs cricket. He doesn't just pull off good figures through luck, he does it through great bowling that's quite difficult to score off at times (whereas in Tests he can just be left, the difficult angle he presents makes him a lot better in ODIs - see when he pwned the Indians in India for example).

Johnson only takez wicketz with **** ballz lolz.

Seriously though, the guy could just about take all 30 available wickets in the next 3 ODIs against SA and people would still find reason to critisize him.

Honestly surprised at how easily people in this thread have ignored the threat he presents in ODI cricket.

 

[pup11]

Yeah its silly to suggest that Johnson is a bad bowler in limited overs cricket, even if don't take his recent test form into account, Johnson has been consistently Australia best bowler in ODI and T20 cricket, and as Clapo said this whole Johnson gets his wickets of **** balls and due to luck theory is getting pretty annoying now.

 

[Polo23]

Not really we didn't have Symonds nor Clarke nor Ricky nor Brett lee nor Gilly.

Nz teams is also awful at the moment and have struggled to beat the west indies and bangaladesh even had beat them in a one day match.While I think they will give us a bit more of a better fight than in the test series I can't see them beating us.

Disagree this NZ team is awful, maybe in test matches, but not ODI cricket. We were off the pace against Bangladesh, but still managed to win the series 2-1 (remember, Sri Lanka just seriously struggled to put them away also). We were easily the better team against the West Indies, in all the games that were rained out we looked on course for victory. We also smashed England 3-1 home and away with this team.

Not to mention New Zealand ALWAYS play their best cricket against Australia. We could definitely win this Chappell/Hadlee series.

 

[JimmyGS]

Will he entertain us in the media like John Bracewell Jimmy? ).

He's a great guy. Jessie Ryder and Tim McIntosh mixed together.

 

[Flem274*]

He's a great guy. Jessie Ryder and Tim McIntosh mixed together.

So he likes to drink in the toilet and has a ****ed up pull shot?