**Official** New Zealand in Australia

[Athlai]

Ferguson in for Hopes, the guy averaged 100 for the series. You don't really need a part timer if you've already got Elliott.

Ferguson averaged 25.25 per innings played, not outs inflate that quite handsomely though.

Hopes bowled more this series than Bracken. He was brilliant. Worst call.

 

[_Ed_]

Yeah, Hopes really impressed me in this series.

 

[Julian87]

Ferguson averaged 25.25 per innings played, not outs inflate that quite handsomely though.

Hopes bowled more this series than Bracken. He was brilliant. Worst call.

Good call. Hopes would move back down to 8 and be used as a bowler. If you're picking Hopes as an all rounder, you may as well pick Southee as that all rounder, Hopes' batting was pretty ordinary all summer, his bowling marvellous..

 

[Howsie]

1.Guptill
2.Haddin
3.Clarke
4.Taylor
5.Hussey
6.Elliot
7.Hopes
8.Mills
9.Johnson
10.Mills
11.O'Brien

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

1.Guptill
2.Haddin
3.Clarke
4.Taylor
5.Hussey
6.Elliot
7.Hopes
8.Mills
9.Johnson
10.Mills
11.O'Brien

Would be great have Mills bowl from both ends at the start of the innings, but cloning of humans is illegal.

 

[Burgey]

.....is a failure.

How does everyone think he will go tonight? Personally, I think he will fail under all the pressure, but hopefully he has a great game. That is of course if we have a game!

Deserves to be in the T20 side. At least he's performed in that format at domestic level this season.

 

[Howsie]

Would be great have Mills bowl from both ends at the start of the innings, but cloning of humans is illegal.

Whoops lol, don't know who I can chuck in there.

 

[inbox24]

Don't wanna bat first, we almost always accelerate too late now. The thought of defending against Guptill scares me tbh.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Deserves to be in the T20 side. At least he's performed in that format at domestic level this season.

And he hasn't in the 50 over game? You must've missed the 160-odd and 90-odd...

 

[inbox24]

Hmm NZ have chosen 6 specialist bowlers, whilst Aus have chosen 3.

Hmm....

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Hmm NZ have chosen 6 specialist bowlers, whilst Aus have chosen 3.

Hmm....

Huh, what you talking bout?

More like 2.

 

[pasag]

No Quiney

 

[inbox24]

Huh, what you talking bout?

More like 2.

New Zealand: Brendon McCullum (wk), Martin Guptill, Peter Fulton, Neil Broom, Grant Elliott, James Franklin, Nathan McCullum, Ian Butler, Daniel Vettori (capt), Tim Southee, Iain O'Brien.

Italicised and underlined are the names of the recognised specialist bowlers from the country of New Zealand, adjacent to Australia.

 

[_Ed_]

11 of them!

 

[Athlai]

Hmm NZ have chosen 6 specialist bowlers, whilst Aus have chosen 3.

Hmm....

Franklin and Nathan McCullum are two of the top scorers in NZ domestic T20, while Ian Butler is becoming an allrounder.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Italicised are the names of the recognised specialist bowlers from the country of New Zealand, adjacent to Australia.

PROTIP: When a post is quoted, everything is italicised in that quote.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Italicised and underlined are the names of the recognised specialist bowlers from the country of New Zealand, adjacent to Australia.

The only "specialists" there are O'Brien and Southee.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

The only "specialists" there are O'Brien and Southee.

Nah, Vettori is a specialist as well. Despite what he offers with the bat he's a bowler who bats a bit.

 

[inbox24]

Yes, but when all rounders start to bat at 8 and 9 in T20s, their roles effectively become specialist bowlers.

 

[Athlai]

Vettori opens the batting when he plays domestic T20 I think.