Prince EWS
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Yeah, I don't really think you can have both Elliott and Williamson in the same ODI team. They both bat five or six and just rotate the strike - it's good to have a player like this but when you have two it can get a bit stagnant at times. I've never really been a huge fan or Ryder opening either.Spot on. We don't lack for openers, we lack for finishers...
What about....
How, Ryder, Guptill, Taylor, Williamson, Styris, McCullum, Mills, Tuffey, Vettori, Southee?
Hard on Elliott though.
Really.. I think Styris, Ryder, Williamson, Elliott and even Taylor are more suited to batting 5 or 6 than anywhere else in ODIs. You need a top order and a seven though.
1 How
2 Guptill
3 Ryder
4 Taylor
5 Williamson
6 Styris
7 B McCullum
8 Vettori
9 Mills
10 Other seamer/N McCullum
11 Other seamer
I'd probably send that out. Ryder will open though, McCullum will probably open too and Vettori will probably bat in the top seven again.