Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
Indeed well in Jeetan.
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**Official** New Zealand Domestic Season 2013/2014
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hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
Yes, I agree, and I understood the reasons at the time - except those reasons were completely thrown out the door when Hesson decided to play both Sodhi and Bartin in the first Test. If they were going to play a second spinner, like they did in Sri Lanka, it should have been Astle who got the job.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I think Astle was only picked for Sri Lanka in the first place under the theory that a second spinner had to be able to bat seven. Anderson coming into the side changed all that.
African Monkey
U19 Vice-Captain
Don't think Astle would make it as a test bowler. Too slow through the air for mine where he only really bowls the standard leggie.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Reckon we should never consider going in with a 2nd spinner. Williamson is honestly going to be just as useful as anyone we pick excluding Jeets. And if we're dropping Wagner for Jeets then it isn't worth it at all.
Williamson is a bowler Baz actually trusts unlike every domestic spinner in the country besides his brother and Jeets. We can have Sodhi at one end, wishing he was a better bowler than he is on the off chance it'll pay off in future and Baz wishing the same. But we certainly can't have two blokes that Baz won't trust with the ball on at any given time.
Williamson is a bowler Baz actually trusts unlike every domestic spinner in the country besides his brother and Jeets. We can have Sodhi at one end, wishing he was a better bowler than he is on the off chance it'll pay off in future and Baz wishing the same. But we certainly can't have two blokes that Baz won't trust with the ball on at any given time.
Manu sees all...that's all I'll say. And he has a temper.
Disappointing to see Joe Carter fall, deserved the century, he has probably been the most successful youngster of the season across all NZ FC Teams, Im not saying he is ready for higher honours but as an uncontracted player he has average 45 often coming in when Wilson falls cheaply.
Really impressive.
Really impressive.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
I guess Brownlie is likely to be our reserve batsman for the WI tour? I struggle to think of anyone else, assuming Latham is straight into the XI and Rutherford/Fulton is dropped from the squad. I like Brownlie and as others mentioned it's good he's recovered to score some domestic runs this season, but he's not ideal as a reserve batsman for a tour where spin bowling is likely to play a part.
Come to think of it, they might instead opt to go to Guptill, particularly as his last tour of the West Indies was one of his few successes with the bat in test cricket.
Edit: Ronchi another option and provides wicketkeeping cover as they probably won't want that on Latham's shoulders.
Come to think of it, they might instead opt to go to Guptill, particularly as his last tour of the West Indies was one of his few successes with the bat in test cricket.
Edit: Ronchi another option and provides wicketkeeping cover as they probably won't want that on Latham's shoulders.
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Blocky
Banned
He's driven his average up by about five runs in the past few seasons domestically, but he's not really the bullying style of player - plus no one in NZ Cricket can bully Wagner if he's bowling on form.
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
yeah, and the deck looks about the flattest I've seen.
Still, gotta actually make the runs.