Group F - Ireland, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka

[chaminda_00]

Silva is becoming a mess. Shoudl have Maharoof, who's able to clear the boundries coming in lower order.

De Saram here for a reason, should be given a run first.

 

[GGG]

Hopefully N McCullum replaces Oram if Vettori is back, adds more variety with the ball plus the fact that Oram is terribly out of form with both bat and ball.

B McCullum
Redmond
Taylor
Guptill
Styris
McGlashan
Franklin
N McCullum
Vettori
Butler
Mills

Would also be tempted to give Mills a shot in the first 6 overs if we loss a wicket or 2.

 

[Athlai]

Guptill ahead of Taylor IMO.

Otherwise that is exactly my team.

 

[nz0003]

Taylor won't play.

1. McCullum
2. Redmond
3. Guptill
4. Styris (7)
5. Oram (4)
6. Franklin (2)
7. McGlashan
8. Nath McCullum (6)
9. Butler (3)
10. Mills (1)
11. Vettori (5)

Something like that IMO

 

[Athlai]

Oram shouldn't bowl.

Mills
Franklin
Butler
Vettori
N. McCullum

Should all bowl 4 overs each. If one of them gets hit then maybe go to the likes of Oram and Styris but only then.

 

[nz0003]

Oram shouldn't bowl.

Mills
Franklin
Butler
Vettori
N. McCullum

Should all bowl 4 overs each. If one of them gets hit then maybe go to the likes of Oram and Styris but only then.

I hope so, but NZ will have him bowling early I have no doubt, which is not the greatest scenario.

 

[Kensashi]

De Saram here for a reason, should be given a run first.

From what i saw of him during the warm ups, he seems to be a nudger. I'd much rather have Maharoof in as a batsman. we need a big hitter down the order and can't depend on Mubarak. Silva is just going nowhere, probably the worst batsman in the super 8's!

Just noticed, if we had Maharoof in for Silva, 6 players in the first eleven will have surnames starting with 'M'. lol!

 

[Athlai]

Vettori (Y)

 

[BoyBrumby]

Decent start from McCullum (B). Too much width from the young bloke.

EDIT: & drifts onto the legs as he over compensates.

 

[BoyBrumby]

14 from the first over. Risk free, all along the deck.

Razzaq to open. Interesting.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I don't get why Pakistan play around with which bowlers they select in a random way, but they keep picking Mohammad Aamer? Has done nothing so far and looks fairly pedestrian.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Well, Razzaq does the trick. McCullum carves one straight to cover.

Guptil in.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Redmond must be kicking himself. Smacked the juiciest of full tosses straight down mid-ons throat.

& now Guptil follows him back into the hutch. 37/3. LBW to Razzaq; first instinct is that it was heading down leg, but we'll see.

EDIT: Hawkeye has it clipping leg. Hmm. Marginal.

 

[nightprowler10]

Yes Razzaq! And Aamer's been impressive past the first over.

 

[Athlai]

FFS, we're boned without Taylor.

 

[nightprowler10]

& now Guptil follows him back into the hutch. 37/3. LBW to Razzaq; first instinct is that it was heading down leg, but we'll see.

Just barely would've clipped leg stump it seems.

 

[Athlai]

Razzaq wicket maiden.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Oram must be due an innings. He and Miley (pleased I had to think why Styris is called "Miley", btw, be sad if a bloke of my age had got it off the bat ) can both smack it.

 

[Fusion]

What a nice little return for Razzaq!

 

[Athlai]

Thank Christ for that.