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5 test wins against non-minnows including 3 away, would have to be.
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***Official**** Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2014/2015
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Blocky
Banned
1999-2003 I'd guess when we had Fleming, Astle, Cairns, Nash, Doull, Bond (starting), Vettori, Richardson.
Athlai
Not Terrible
And in all likelihood we'll go into that series with 3rd in the ICC Test rankings at stake.
Blocky
Banned
Trigger move - gets himself "focused" for the ball. Probably stole it from Bruce Lee in his martial art films. No different to the slight squat Pietersen used to have at the crease during the bowlers run up.
kiwiviktor81
International Debutant
Is 3rd a fair reflection of the Black Cap's world ranking? Obviously we have to beat England (and Sri Lanka) first. But the question is how much of this golden summer is a good run of form and how much of it is permanent, positive structural change that will lead to several years of such performances.
Blocky
Banned
I think we got to two at one point.
Blocky
Banned
I think we can compete against any team on our own soil except South Africa and I think Australia would blow us away in Australia too. Fourth is about right for us.
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
His elbow is dead straight through delivery tbh. Puts a lot of wristwork on the ball but seems clean to me.So how long before this Kaushal lad gets called?
Athlai
Not Terrible
We definitely aren't outright 3rd at this point. But we certainly deserve to be talked about. We have a fantastic new ball pair, a quality middle order, one of the better keepers in the world. We also have a promising opener and couple of allrounders, with decent depth for our 3rd pacer.
The big holes in our team are the 2nd opener and spinner. If we build on this Summer we could be pushing for #1 come early 2016.
The stars have sort of aligned for us in terms of how long McCullum/Taylor will be around. If Big Daddy Kane steps up to be one of the top 5 bats in the world like we all hope he will be, I think we'll have a good time of it against Sri Lanka and England.
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Athlai
Not Terrible
A better chance than India.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
Who were we missing when they beat us in England last time...
Blocky
Banned
I'd say our batting line up is about the same as theirs without Clarke and theirs is marginally better with Clarke - they've got Johnson and Harris capable of scoring runs, Lyon is a much better spin bowler than we can muster up and their pure pace from Johnson would **** all over us (in my view) as Williamson hasn't shown me he's capable against high octane pace. That's the issue against Australia, can we deal with Mitchell Johnson bowling throat high bouncers at us at 155kph. If we can, we'll do OK. If we can't, we'll get shot out.
A likely composite line up with Clarke would be
1. Warner
2. Latham
3. Williamson
4. Clarke
5. Smith
6. McCullum
7. Haddin
8. Johnson
9. Southee
10. Harris
11. Lyon
Harsh on Watling and Taylor, but I think Haddin's experience and longevity has to count, I think ultimately Taylor doesn't beat Williamson, Clarke, Smith or McCullum at the moment. You could argue Rogers ahead of Latham too.
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