Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Ajmal IMO.
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*Official* Match 18 - New Zealand v Zimbabwe
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Athlai
Not Terrible
Fields well, offers a little down the order and is in good batting form, can bowl middle over darts. Warmed to him a fair bit lately tbh.
Howsie
International Captain
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Whatever you do though, don't say he looks like a hack. Even if you qualify your post by saying he's an effective one day cricketer worthy of his spot in ODI cricket, you can't call him a hack.
Mike5181
International Captain
We depend on his batting quite a bit to be fair.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Pretty much the definition of a good bits-and-pieces player though really, isn't it?
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
Too much flight. McCullum could get after him. Rehman is no frills, just darts in the mould of Ray Price. Probably wouldn't even consider Ajmal with the form of Afridi.
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
Nah, not at all. I start warming to him, plays some cracking shots, very easy on the eye then I see him against genuine pace or any decent spinner/darter and he is clueless.Haha, you really don't rate Guptill much do you
(Not that I can blame you of course)
Zinzan
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Haha so true, which is why I hate when we bowl first against bum sides
Howsie
International Captain
Meh, once the batsmen start doing their jobs again Nathan McCullum will become pretty redundant unless his bowling improves quickly.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
So who do you play then? Boult?
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
Sorry to be the cynic, but I don't think there's ever been a NZ team where the lower order wasn't an essential part of the majority of innings.
Days of Grace
International Captain
Optimism FTW.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
HE does need to be a bowling all rounder rather than a batting all rounder. I havn't seen too much of his bowling in this tournament but did tune in to hear that commentators were saying he had stopped giving the ball air. And had actually true to Athlais accusations started bowling darts.
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
Two of Mccullums four boundaries have been reverse-sweeps, yet dabs a rank full-toss to long on... Sounds like a man with a plan.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I doubt he'll ever be what you'd call "good"; it's not going to be a strength for him. He may become decent enough for it not to be a weakness for him though. He's certainly good enough on the front stool against the quicks.
Mike5181
International Captain
Maybe Astle in a couple years. Wagner, Boult etc all the usual candidates.So who do you play then? Boult?
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
That looked gone tbh.
EDIT: Maybe not... This Lamb guy really rips it.
EDIT: Maybe not... This Lamb guy really rips it.
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Mike5181
International Captain
I think some of his inability to play spin is just that he is from New Zealand. I mean how many quality spin bowlers are there? Vettori, Patel maybe Nathan McCullum? Experience will help to be honest. We'll just see his capability to learn. Looks to me like someone a bit more mature than Taylor, McCullum and co.