ODI side
Ryder
McCullum
Guptill
Taylor
Elliott
Oram
Mills
Vettori
Butler
Southee
O'Brien
Too bowler heavy perhaps? They can all swing a bat...
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- Thread starter James
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Ryder
McCullum
Guptill
Taylor
Elliott
Oram
Mills
Vettori
Butler
Southee
O'Brien
Too bowler heavy perhaps? They can all swing a bat...
James
Cricket Web Owner
Haha, I always manage to forget someone. Elliott has to play of course given his form in Australia.
Some tough selections to make now.
0RI0N
State 12th Man
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wtf?
What you talking about inferiority complex.are u insane?you smoking seaweed?don't keep you bad luck 'coz your team lost.
Il ignore u now.
Thank you
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Haha, create the slogan yourself, and then make fun of the other guy for having that slogan.
I like it, I need to try it.
Well they aren't perfect but they are winning. And on the flipside, their bowling has improved a **** load. Could we credit that to Moles?
A little tweaking and I think the batting can be really strong.
Normally I would agree with you, however tonight he countered the swing by moving forward and did it very well.
When will people stop living off the memory of Southee slogging the England bowlers in a test match. Anyone can swing a bat, but 9/10 times he ain't going to come off. And O'brien? Please.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
The Indians have issues with their bowling, and it's just not enough on flat wickets against top batsmen. They can't go in a match with just four of these; they have to have a fifth. With Harbhajan Singh being the best bowler on show, they have to play a second frontline spinner, if they have to take 10 wickets to win. With the more traditional limited-overs cricket series coming ahead, they can now settle in while batting and take it phase by phase. How many runs they score doesn't matter, because they always end up conceding more runs to the Kiwis, so they need to bowl carefully. They can pick their top for bowlers, but their efforts will come to nought if the part-time combination fails again.
There really isn't too much to read into T20, when there's so little international T20 action happening. They have two Tests and five 50-over matches to play to win. They have to play to win, not just save their stats and positions.
The prospect of Amit Mishra as a limited-overs leg-spinner should be explored in some time.
There really isn't too much to read into T20, when there's so little international T20 action happening. They have two Tests and five 50-over matches to play to win. They have to play to win, not just save their stats and positions.
The prospect of Amit Mishra as a limited-overs leg-spinner should be explored in some time.
I hate to say it, but I wouldn't mind Thompson in for Southee at the moment. (In T20)
My Ideal ODI side:
Ryder
Guptill
Broom
Taylor
Elliot
McCullum
Oram
Vettori
Mills
Southee
O'Brien
That's a gun side IMO, and I think it's time the experiment of McCullum at the top comes to an end. I'm all for it in 2020 cricket where a blast at the top can make an impact, but he's just not putting up the numbers in ODI cricket to persist with him opening.
My Ideal ODI side:
Ryder
Guptill
Broom
Taylor
Elliot
McCullum
Oram
Vettori
Mills
Southee
O'Brien
That's a gun side IMO, and I think it's time the experiment of McCullum at the top comes to an end. I'm all for it in 2020 cricket where a blast at the top can make an impact, but he's just not putting up the numbers in ODI cricket to persist with him opening.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
I didn't realise 0RI0N was the head of the NZC marketing department...Haha, create the slogan yourself, and then make fun of the other guy for having that slogan.
I like it, I need to try it.
Just because because New Zealand Cricket came up with the campaign doesn't mean we can't find it crass and over the top.
McCullum
Ryder
Guptill
Taylor
Styris
Elliot
Oram
Mills
Vettori
Southee
O'Brien
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HMas
U19 12th Man
McCullum should open and whos better Broom or Nathan McCullum??
At batting? Broom. McCullum's bowling isn't needed in that side.
James
Cricket Web Owner
Dick Rockett
International Vice-Captain
To steal a line: jeez, the glass is always half-empty with you isn't it?
Who cares if it wasn't "perfect batting" (whatever that is), or that we didn't win with 3-4 overs to spare, or whatever? We just beat the World Champions twice even though we were expected to roll over and die by pretty much everyone.
How about giving the Indians some credit for coming back? Or maybe giving McCullum some credit for batting through the innings while his colleagues all got out? Or that he pretty calmy and emphatically scored 9 runs of 3 balls to win the game?
Win or lose, NZ just doesn't seem to be able to ever do the right thing according to you. It was only a silly T20 slogfest anyway.
And James, you don't get off lightly either - you're a great guy, but that negative streak of yours isn't your best feature mate
Dick Rockett
International Vice-Captain
Kneejerk. Totally unnecessary. Security at the cricket in NZ is fascist enough as it is, and they want more because of one thrown bottle?
It's already perfectly effective as is; I was at an NZ - England game years ago when some knob threw a bottle at Owais Shah. The crowd ratted him out and he was gone within 2 minutes.
James
Cricket Web Owner
I agree, completely kneejerk by the sounds of things.
I was at the Australia v NZ ODI at the SCG a few weeks ago and the security there are really tough on mexican waves, beer snakes, beach balls. You name it really.
Seems as though security and organisers alike want fans to stay in their seats and be quiet the entire time.