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[Prince EWS]

Top start from Guptill

Definitely not a good time to get a duck given Ronchi is opening with him this innings. A ton from Ronchi here and we could see Hesson bite the bullet.

 

[Mike5181]

Seems like Ronchi's had a pretty good start, too.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah if Bracewell was going to play he would've batted IMO.

Hmm, in at four this innings. Perhaps they just didn't know Southee would actually miss the first Test during the first innings.

 

[morgieb]

Definitely not a good time to get a duck given Ronchi is opening with him this innings. A ton from Ronchi here and we could see Hesson bite the bullet.

While Guptill deserves to go, dropping him for Ronchi is a terrible decision IMO.

 

[Howsie]

I'm actually dreading seeing what team Hesson and co come up with for the first test. I can just see us playing Craig, Bracewell and perhaps even Ronchi.

 

[Gnske]

While Guptill deserves to go, dropping him for Ronchi is a terrible decision IMO.

Agreed, if they pick Ronchi we'll miss the chance to see two final terrible test innings from Gup.

 

[Prince EWS]

I'm actually dreading seeing what team Hesson and co come up with for the first test. I can just see us playing Craig, Bracewell and perhaps even Ronchi.

I don't think Craig and Bracewell will play; it'll be one or the other IMO (probably Craig I'd say).

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I'm actually dreading seeing what team Hesson and co come up with for the first test. I can just see us playing Craig, Bracewell and perhaps even Ronchi.

Ronchi for Guptill, Craig instead of Sodhi, Neesham as 3rd seamer (or even new ball)

Ronchi
Latham
KW
RT
HN
Neesham
BJ
Santner
Craig
Wagner
Boult

Funky opening option and awesome tail* Just like the Fleming era

* Although Ashwin will love all those lefthanders

 

[SteveNZ]

While Guptill deserves to go, dropping him for Ronchi is a terrible decision IMO.

I'm not sure it is. I'm not against something out of the box like this - Ronchi isn't going to score tons but if he can knock up 60 or so (as he's doing now against spinners that his team mates are falling to) it's got to be a better option than Gup who is just next to zero chance of scoring any runs. I think we all know how Ashwin v Guptill ends.

Doesn't mean Gup doesn't play in the home series v Bangladesh (is that who's first to tour?) but it's just saying we want to win here in India right now, and Ronchi is a better run-scoring option than Gup.

 

[harsh.ag]

Ronchi for Guppy is a great idea

 

[NZTailender]

Ronchi out for 107. Decent effort lid.

 

[vcs]

This series should be fun. I expect nothing less than a convincing 2-0 for us though.

 

[straw man]

Trent Boult batting at 6 - now there's a permutation we hadn't considered.

 

[straw man]

Also, at this point with Guptill I could barely bring myself to disagree if Ronchi was used as a stunt opener in his place.

Notwithstanding that Ronchi hasn't scored international runs in any format since his one and only test 18 months ago. We seem to like recalling 35 year-olds to open after all chances of playing for NZ again seemed to be gone. Fulton, Bell, Redmond etc.

 

[Shri]

This series should be fun. I expect nothing less than a convincing 2-0 for us though.

Yeah, we only need to turn up at the venue really.

 

[Shri]

First test is at Kanpur and here's the scorecard of the last test played there:

2nd Test: India v Sri Lanka at Kanpur, Nov 24-27, 2009 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Would be a good idea not to let Gambhir, Sehwag and Dravid score tons.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I'll be disappointed with anything less than a whitewash tbh.

 

[Prince EWS]

Would be a good idea not to let Gambhir, Sehwag and Dravid score tons.

Important to make sure Sreesanth doesn't make inroads with the new ball too.

 

[Daemon]

first test is at kanpur and here's the scorecard of the last test played there:

2nd test: India v sri lanka at kanpur, nov 24-27, 2009 | cricket scorecard | espn cricinfo

TPC WAG. 5-fer amongst the carnage.