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***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2015/16
- Thread starter Kippax
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wellAlbidarned
International Coach
all this talk makes me want to see raval picked. If he does well I taste it but NZ has another decent test opener. If he spuds it then the deniers get to gloat. Win-win.
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Athlai
Not Terrible
I'd be pretty much in for one of the biggest tastings in CW history.
Blain
U19 Captain
What would your test batting line up be? Hard to see many better options ATM to be fair.
Athlai
Not Terrible
I'd keep it as it is. Guptill recently tonned up against SL and conditions were ridiculously tough against the Australian new ball attack at times.
If he fails in the next series (or 2) I'd then look at the likes of Will Young/ Ben Smith/ Michael Bracewell/ Dean Brownlie/ Daniel Flynn to fight it out for the next spot. I would have Raval behind them all.
Athlai
Not Terrible
The 5 question is a fairly new one and before I had to think about it too much Santa became a viable lower order option. I think a 5-7 of Anderson/Neesham Watling Santner is a good long term option if Nicholls doesn't work out. In scenarios where we want to play the extra batsman I'd draw on the 5 bats I named earlier.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Will Young is a name I'd like to see brought into the NZ opener debate a lot more tbh, especially if Hesson's seemingly going to opt for biff more than priss at No. 5.
The Stags will never come to the party on it, but the NZA selectors probably should.
Zinzan
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2 further series of failures seems overly generous imho.
FTR I'm not arguing exclusively for Raval either, I've only seen the guy bat a couple of times and what I've seen from Kippax's videos. I just want us to move on from Guptill at the top of the order, even if it means taking a risk that his replacement may also turn out to be as below test standard as he is.
It's not like Guptill's mediocre as a test opener either, he's actually really really bad. Arguably the worst non-minnow opener to get an extended run at the top since Dwayne Smith.
As for the hundred against SL we keep hearing about.... saying that was a below test-standard pace attack is putting it mildly, with only the promising youngest to get excited about. Even Rutherford's scored a hundred against a much better pace attack than what Guptill's ever got close to,
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Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
Gorgeous batting and bowling in the Henry vs Young challenge there. Havn't seen leaving like that in quite some time. I like a good leaver.
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
yeah it needs to be paired with very strong play off the legs
Zinzan
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No doubt, but an important fundamental for a Test opener.
Zinzan
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Think you might've visited the video store a few times too many in your younger days Cane.
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Hurricane
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