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*Official* - Pakistan in New Zealand 2010/2011
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James
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Fair enough, but we can't possibly continue with McIntosh at the top of the order. Perhaps moving Guptill to open and push everyone else up one position. What would you do?
That's the best option and then bring Franklin in to the middle order.
Turbinator
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Question for the NZL fans. If available to play for NZL, would you have Yuvraj Singh in the team?
Zinzan
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Yup, we may as well open with these two (Guptill & McCullum tbh) & move Williamson up to 3. At least Guptill get reasonably quick & attractive 30s (even if he does tend to throw it away at that point ). Even when McIntosh does survive the new ball, he does absolutely nothing in advancing the game & puts no pressure on bowlers.
What about ......
McCullum
Guptill
Williamson
Taylor
Ryder
Franklin
Young
Vettori
or even
How
McCullum
Guptill
Taylor
Ryder
Williamson
etc
Zinzan
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Nah, he's not up to it on proper test wickets against decent bowlers, would obviously have him in our ODI/T20 sides though
Howsie
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Nope. 4-6 is shaping up quite well for us at the moment.
Turbinator
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But surely he can't be worse than someone like McIntosh, considering you send Ryder up to open with McCullum and have Yuvraj bat at 5
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BeeGee
International Captain
No. We have several good middle order options. It's the top order that's open. Is Gambhir available?
morgieb
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Hard to say, because one of New Zealand's strength is their middle order, so it's hard for him to find a spot in tests. He'd make the one-day teams obviously, but you lot still play him in that so it's irrelevant.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
See I used to think surely they would, but they're right in saying that their middle order is their strong point. I understand their point of view.
A Murali Vijay would be much more valuable.
Craig
World Traveller
Failing that, I'd take Murali Vijay. Hell, if Australia don't want Rogers or Jaques, I'd take them.No. We have several good middle order options. It's the top order that's open. Is Gambhir available?
BeeGee
International Captain
We've already tried Ryder up the order and it was a failure. He averages 50 batting at 5.