Kane might struggle for an opportunity to hit a front foot cover drive if those two play.
Could go either way tbh. He's obviously got some serious ability, but he hasn't converted his skills into results prior to his test debut. The sample size is tiny however, so you have to take his poor results with a grain of salt as well.
I'm cautiously optimistic about our bowling provided the ball swings and we go in with a five man attack.
Would that be using a mix of Brownlie and Ryder as the fifth bowler ? I feel going in one batsman short in favour of another specilaist bowler may be dangerous.
That seems the likely lineup (with Martin starting). I really would love to see Boult in the team though whether it is at the expense of Martin or Brownlie doesn't really bother me.
Would agree with this. Don't think NZ can place too much responsibilty or rely too much on their specialist batsmen to get the big runs if they went in with five specialist bowlers. It's not that they aren't talented enough, but they need to prove they can do be relied upon to produce the results and on a consistent basis, of which they haven't yet.
Vettori can trouble Australian batsman, he has done it before. Also, more importantly he can tie up one end.
I'm afraid producing draws on this tour may be wishful thinking regardless of the make-up of your team. You've absolutely got to look to take 20 wickets in a Test, but if you have no foundations or an inability to set the game up due to not having enough runs on the board, then despite having an extra bowler the likelihood of managing 20 wickets diminishes greatly.
