Nah, no questions were asked when we were Banglawashed a few months ago. It's generally accepted that we're figuring out a team for the world cup so basically, results don't matter, just progress.
Yeah it's absolutely worth playing them together though. They have a pretty high ceiling. Neesham's bowling, when he gets the radar right could be very good and they're both good strong hitters.
not necessarily bad in ODIs though.
True but at the same time we've already seen that international batsmen find his shorter stuff very easy to latch on to
only when it's predictable and/or wayward. He gets the direction right and doesn't over-bowl it and it's a pretty decent percentage ball. Tough with tiny NZ boundaries though.
He can keep?
Not right now but he will take it up. Auckland Cricket will be asked to be patient with him and Hopkins will play as a batsman. Take it with a massive grain of salt as the rumour went through 10 people before it got to me. One of the firebirds said something to someone who repeated it on the Pearce cup circuit and it filtered down to me. For all I know it could have been an off the cuff comment with no substance.
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I agree, but it leaves the current team light on "proper bowling" Nathan McCullum is next to useless and both Anderson and Neesham while very nice options aren't exactly front line bowlers. A half decent batting line-up will go 300+ a good deal of the time on a flattie. Personally I'd rather see Neesham keep being allowed to develop his batting but that isn't going to happen in this current New Zealand team. Go play for Otago, bat at five and bowl first change. He's a tremendously gifted cricketer and I would hate for that part of his game to just stall or go backwards.
