James
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Looks like a perfect team to me, 5 bowlers picked and no need to bowl Clarke/White/Hussey, which IMO has been one of the big differences between the sides in the first two ODIs.
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**Official** New Zealand in Australia
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pasag
RTDAS
Good news. If we played this side, I'm confident we could get right back into the series.
Quiney/Katich
Clarke
Ponting
Haddin
Symonds
Hussey
Hopes
Johnson
Bracken
Siddle
McGain
Son Of Coco
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Oh yeah! Thanks for that, horrible oversight. Can't believe he's ruled himself out of this series on the grounds that he's dead. Terrible attitude to the team
Zinzan
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Such a selfish cricketerOh yeah! Thanks for that, horrible oversight. Can't believe he's ruled himself out of this series on the grounds that he's dead. Terrible attitude to the team
JBH001
International Regular
Did you mean me? If so, I apologised, so you are a little late with that.
Also, to be fair, the constant and seemingly never ending litany of "if only we had a full strength 2007 WC side (or whatever), all would be well" does get a little tiring and old. But thats probably the result of reading a summers worth of thread comment around that line (Aus vs SA and now Aus vs NZ).
Also, as some one used to the constant roller coaster ride that is supporting the NZ Black Caps, I will save the crowing (if any) to the end of the series. 3 - 2 to Australia is still very much a possibility. I'll be saving my smirks, not that any of you will see it, for when and if Dan has both hands on the trophy and is drinking from it.
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KiWiNiNjA
International Coach
Majority?
kiwi watcher
Cricket Spectator
oh well thats how you and everyone else took it, I must have taken it differently
Zinzan
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My thoughts precisely on that oneMajority?
Son Of Coco
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
No heart! Or skin and other internal organs by now too I suppose...
kiwi watcher
Cricket Spectator
whatever Zinzan you and others may have took it that way I must be a weirdo for thinking he was a rude dick, oh well I took it the wrong way Zinzan, sorry bout that, wont be so offended next time
KiWiNiNjA
International Coach
So maybe his average drops to 80 odd?
Still a cut above the rest, if you ask me.
pup11
International Coach
This the one slot i have a problem with, we all know Hopes is a genuine waste of batting slot when he is batting that low, therefore i would rather have Hopes opening with Clarke, and pick a middle order batsman to bat at 7.
Either David Hussey or Voges or Ferguson, should then be batting at that slot imo, anyways but as long as the team has five genuine bowling options, i am more than satisfied with the team.
Moving on, really brave stuff this from Ponting to comeback midway from his resting schedule to lead his team in such adversity, would have been so easy for him to let Clarke bear the brunt of the series lose, and comeback for the dead rubber games.
pasag
RTDAS
No way should Hopes be opening. Miles away from an ODI class opener.
pup11
International Coach
Why the hell does Ryan Harris keep getting picked for the ODI squad, i can perfectly understand him being in contention for a place in the test squad as he has been one of the better bowlers in the Sheffield Shield this season, but his ranger cup stats are hardly eye-catching.
Geeves (who was brilliant prior to his injury this season) or Siddle (who could have done well with playing some international games, prior to the SA tour), would have been much better choices.
Geeves (who was brilliant prior to his injury this season) or Siddle (who could have done well with playing some international games, prior to the SA tour), would have been much better choices.
pasag
RTDAS
Just took 4/27 against Tassie.
pup11
International Coach
Well its not exactly something that's gotta do with him being an ODI class opener or anything, but its gotta do more with providing better balance to the team.
pup11
International Coach
Even if he didn't do that, still he should have been picked ahead of Harris.
pasag
RTDAS
He's not good enough to open and won't score any runs. End of story.