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*Official* New Zealand in India 2010
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"It features two-pronged wall plug, pre-molded hand grip well, durable outer casing to prevent fallapart..."
Avada Kedavra
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Can a mod please sticky this?Only 6 days to go...
Agree. There was some discussion about this here earlier in the year (see below).
If I was a selector I'd be picking the best two spinners in the test squad, even if they are both left armers. But IMHO the most competitive chance for NZ is to hope for enough bounce / reverse swing to pick three seamers + Vettori + part-timers Williamson + Ryder.
Howsie said:
Well Bangladesh played like 3 left arm spinners and we all know how they did...
I agree with you on the side selection though. Williamson should provide enough spin to be useful on the pitches and it doesn't reduce our batting lineup at all
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
Doubt it.
McIntosh
Watling
McCullum
Taylor
Ryder
Gutill
Vettori
Hopkins
Southee
McKay
Martin
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
Is there a warm up game on this tour? I was going to say that this might make the decision but I can't seem to find reference to one on cricinfo?
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
Welcome to CW.
No there isn't one, and there's not really that much time before the first match anyway. Would probably have been better for the players who were in the Bangladesh squad to make their way directly to India and begin preparing. They need it.
irottev
U19 Cricketer
Warm ups? In this day and age? No way.
Was thinking the same thing. While i'd like to see Williamson there, I think Guptill does have a lot to offer in the future so i'm not entirely disappointed if that is the route they take. I'd prefer Arnel or Bennett over Martin though.
Neither Southee nor McKay bowled terribly well in Bangladesh, while Arnel had some good spells against Zimbabwe A. At least that's what the scorecards suggest. So I don't think the selectors would choose both Southee and McKay to be in the starting XI. Seeing as McKay offers a bit of pace and left arm variation, Southee would probably be the one to miss out for Arnel. The only problem with that is a very weak 9-11.
Flem274*
123/5
Brent Arnel might become a victim of the hunt for young bowling talent imo. Southee, McKay, Bennett and possibly others might always be ahead of him because the selectors may think he's just another 30 year old domestic medium fast bowler. Martin is the one who is seen as the old hand to guide the youngsters through.
I agree, but I think the selectors have stuck by Martin long enough to suggest that they will continue to do so. It will be in the best interests of everyone if he retires though
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
Thought provoking post.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
You ****en' betcha he will.
Does anyone else think it's really odd that New Zealand has no warm up games for this tour? I mean, I suppose NZC and the BCCI must've decided that the tour of Bangladesh was effectively going to serve as a warm-up for the India tour, but a handful of ODI's on pitches that aren't really that similar to what New Zealand will experience in India doesn't seem like enough prep for a 3 match series, our first in a year. Not that I think us getting a few warm-up games would make much difference mind, but it's going to make things even harder.
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