Thank you. I always felt bad when he was fed to the lions in India tours. He actually bowled pretty well on the previous tour of India for that two-test series. I'm not following this match super closely but I would've guessed NZ would play two spinners in Jeets and Martin with maybe Astle as the surprise pick. Kinda shocked Sodhi has leapfrogged Jeets and Astle, because he looked way too raw at the U-19 WC last year.
You ain't seen nothing yet. Wait until you see the Kiwi batting at the 2014 U19 World Cup!
Well they're all rubbish, why not pick someone who actually has the tools to be a proper test match bowler?
Any suggestions for a spinner?
Who do you have in mind?
Stick with Sodhi
could someone please point me to the page of the MCC rules of cricket which says you have to play a specialist spinner in the SC no matter how bad they are cos I don't think I've seen it
Lance Dry.
Tools to be a proper test match bowler? That's a bit generous. Wouldn't you like to see him first prove that he can do it at the domestic FC level first? If he has the tools, then all leggies have the tools.
Hi Athlai.
we're at lunch so I'll give a slightly longer answer. The fundamental problem with Jeets is that his craftiness is only a 6 out of ten. The original incarnation of Jeetan was a 1 out of ten. He had no clue what to do or how to bowl differently to each batsman and was a confidence bowler and the opposition knew it so they would go after him early so he couldn't settle. Jeets mark II was a much better bowler but still not savvy enough.
Because Test cricket isn't some sandbox for kids who average 70 on A tours. And no-one in the game would argue Sodhi has a hardened and unsentimental temperament that's poles apart from Martin Crowe's at the same age either; he's a very young 20-year-old by modern standards. He's not one of these guys who's targeted cricket as a career path despite it being about his fifth preference as a pure sport, because he sees the game as weak. Having a worldwide connotation with ****ness will hurt him bitterly.
