**Official** New Zealand in South Africa

[Beleg]

my question to kiwi fans - what are the chances of the following line-up taking the field against England?


Flynn
Guptill (?)
Ryder
Taylor
Brownlee
McCullum
Watling
Vettori
Southee
Bracewell
Boult

i know vettori might not recover in time but what about southee? and is ryder actually in the frame? would McCullum consider moving down the order?

 

[ohnoitsyou]

my question to kiwi fans - what are the chances of the following line-up taking the field against England?


Flynn
Guptill (?)
Ryder
Taylor
Brownlee
McCullum
Watling
Vettori
Southee
Bracewell
Boult

i know vettori might not recover in time but what about southee? and is ryder actually in the frame? would McCullum consider moving down the order?

zilt

We will see
Guptill
McCullum
Williamson
Taylor
Flynn/Brownlie
Watling
Franklin
Bracewell
Patel
Southee
Boult

Taylor and Southee to probably return, Vettori maybe and Ryder depending on his next couple of PS matcbes. McCullum would move down if he could, but with Brownlie and Watling in form there is no room to slot Fulton in anymore. Off chance that Milne might make the squad as well

 

[thierry henry]

This line of questioning to Doull is pointless given he retired very young

 

[benchmark00]

Low bounce there.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

how can i be, Williamson dismissed without being caught behind!

 

[Scaly piscine]

Wow a wicket falls with Guptill on 40 and it wasn't Guptill.

 

[Meridio]

Kept very low, but think he should have been trying to play that with a straight bat. Poor tour for Williamson.

 

[thierry henry]

Doull harsh there imo. Williamson is good at using his feet to get back and give himself room to force through the off-side. That kept very low. He could've lunged forward, missed it and been LBW.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Doull harsh there imo. Williamson is good at using his feet to get back and give himself room to force through the off-side. That kept very low. He could've lunged forward, missed it and been LBW.

Being bowled whilst attempting to cut a finger spinner trying to save (however nominally) a test is always a bad look.

Did keep very low, but strange thinking for the match situation is the charitable view.

 

[thierry henry]

Being bowled whilst attempting to cut a finger spinner trying to save (however nominally) a test is always a bad look.

Did keep very low, but strange thinking for the match situation is the charitable view.

I could be mistaken but wasn't he trying to play it with a vertical bat though?

 

[Daemon]

MrPrez still tasting from the Peterson call

 

[Cricketismylife]

I genuinely believe the Bangladesh batting lineup could be better than this NZ one without Ross Taylor. When Mccullum is the best batsman in your team you know you are in trouble.

 

[Athlai]

Good try Guptill. Was rooting for you but it shouldn't be anywhere enough.

 

[Zinzan]

I'm just contemplating whether it would be fair to say that Taylor, Ryder, Vettori and Southee are NZ's 4 best Test players.

 

[Daemon]

time to dig up my quotes supporting rory on his horrid debut

 

[TT Boy]

Probably the amount of balls Guptill faced rather than runs scored will get him in the England series. That and McCullum had a worse tour and Flynn just bagged a pair!

 

[Mike5181]

Good try Guptill. Was rooting for you but it shouldn't be anywhere enough.

Flynn will be the first batsman gone from the team sheet.

 

[Mike5181]

Probably the amount of balls Guptill faced rather than runs scored will get him in the England series. That and McCullum had a worse tour and Flynn just bagged a pair!

McCullum averaged 60 balls an innings. He didn't score many runs, but he successfully did one of the jobs an opener has. Guptill scored less runs, and faced almost half the amount of balls.

 

[TT Boy]

McCullum averaged 60 balls an innings. He didn't score many runs, but he successfully did one of the jobs an opener has. Guptill scored less runs, and faced almost half the amount of balls.

McCullum got out slogging in the 1st innings though. Guptill knicked out early, can happen but facing a ton of balls and then just giving it away is poor.

 

[cricmahanty]

I feel for Flynn though. I do rate him. The guy does have talent. And yet it almost never comes off. Even when it does, it is usually for a low-key 30 or 40. When he bats well, he looks so good (especially through the covers) but he somehow just seems to have a lack of the thing called application or concentration or both.

An ambitious attempt at a drive to a fullish wide ball while facing your first ball, and that too while being on a pair, can't really be explained otherwise.

A Kiwi version of Rohit Sharma, in my opinion.