***Official*** New Zealand in India 2016

[hendrix]

Apparently Latham's retired on 55. Would have preferred him to keep batting.

Haha yeah, classic isn't it?

Good enough to get a start, pretty much always, and yet it's always mental/physical fatigue that gets him out between 40-60. You'd think they'd have figured this out...

 

[harsh.ag]

Thought it was because he wanted others to get a bat. Particularly the "all-rounder" crowd.

 

[NZTailender]

lol Guptill

Santner batting ahead of Ronchi too...

 

[harsh.ag]

Sodhi and Craig getting a bat in place of Neesham and Ronchi is plain weird

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Sodhi and Craig getting a bat in place of Neesham and Ronchi is plain weird

Well, it looks like they are going to play all 3 spinners so are giving them a bat. I'd rather pick 2 of them with Neesham at 6 as we've still got Guptill and Williamson (and Taylor.!) for part-time offspin. I remember Santner didn't get a bat in the Zimbabwe tests which would have been useful before batting against South Africa, so I don't have a problem with the policy. It would be wasteful to let Ronchi bat, but he is flying a long way to carry drinks for a few weeks.

 

[NZTailender]

Watling retired out on 21.

I'm sure the logic there was "I'll probably be on this score when the tail throw it away so no point in going on"

 

[NZTailender]

Boult and Wagner opening the bowling

 

[morgieb]

Boult and Wagner opening the bowling

Keen to see Howsie's thoughts.

 

[Kippax]

Black Caps pace bowler Tim Southee ruled out of India test series | Stuff.co.nz

 

[Shortodds]

Team wise that really convenient. Can play 3 spinners and the two top performing pacers without droping the supposed 'attack leader'
hope they bring in a deserving bat to replace him.

 

[Gnske]

Black Caps pace bowler Tim Southee ruled out of India test series | Stuff.co.nz

Now who will bowl with the same accuracy of the Dresden bombings?

 

[Athlai]

Hope we bring in Henry so we don't have to watch three spuddy spinners for three tests

 

[NZTailender]

Explains why he was bowling offies in that BLACKCAPS live facebook video the other day. So Boult-Wags-Neesh-Sodhi-Santner on the cards then eh?

 

[Kippax]

No, seen Hesson gushing about Craig's bowling form too often for any Neesham imo.

 

[BeeGee]

I think we need a third seamer. I don't want our spinners wasting the new ball.

I hope we're not falling into the old trap of playing **** spinners ahead of average seamers just because it's India.

 

[Flem274*]

we are

 

[hendrix]

Depends if India falls into the trap of producing complete dustbowls rather than just pitches that offer a bit of turn.

 

[Howsie]

Black Caps pace bowler Tim Southee ruled out of India test series | Stuff.co.nz

Sigh, series over then....

 

[Howe_zat]

Best possible outcome for Howsie, now we can decide that Southee would've made all the difference

 

[SteveNZ]

I'd love to see Henry come in and bowl Southee out of a Test spot. Unlikely to happen, unfortunate for Henry that he gets his chance in probable unconducive conditions.