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

[Athlai]

Well, if Ronchi keeps scoring runs back in NZ and we still need an opener.......?

Not a big fan of that idea. Reckon Ronchi is taking Nicholls spot.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Not a big fan of that idea. Reckon Ronchi is taking Nicholls spot.

Neither am I, but Watling probably still has the goods to average mid 30s as a test opener

 

[Dan]

1. Latham
2. Raval
3. Williamson
4. Taylor
5. Watling
6. Ronchi +
7. Santner
8. Patel
9. Henry
10. Wagner
11. Boult

12. Southee

 

[NZTailender]

Well, if Ronchi keeps scoring runs back in NZ and we still need an opener.......?

 

[Mike5181]

Yeah, not sure you can risk Ronchi's runs by moving him up to open. It's one of the few things we have at the moment.

 

[Mike5181]

1. Latham
2. Raval
3. Williamson
4. Taylor
5. Watling
6. Ronchi +
7. Santner
8. Patel
9. Henry
10. Wagner
11. Boult

12. Southee

As much as I loved the Jeets story for days 1 & 2 here, I think you'd have to throw someone like Anderson in there instead. Don't really need two spinners in NZ.

 

[NZTailender]

Yeah, not sure you can risk Ronchi's runs by moving him up to open. It's one of the few things we have at the moment.

Things you didn't think you'd ever hear anyone say, ever

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Yeah, not sure you can risk Ronchi's runs by moving him up to open. It's one of the few things we have at the moment.

I meant Watling if Raval really struggles

 

[Bahnz]

I think that last over from Shami shows how much Ronchi may struggle once he's back in swing friendly conditions.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

As much as I loved the Jeets story for days 1 & 2 here, I think you'd have to throw someone like Anderson in there instead. Don't really need two spinners in NZ.

Yeah I'd rather have one of Anderson//Neesham/Munro instead of Jeets in NZ. KW can bowl a few overs

 

[NZTailender]

As much as I loved the Jeets story for days 1 & 2 here, I think you'd have to throw someone like Anderson in there instead. Don't really need two spinners in NZ.

Yeah I can see something more like

1. Latham
2. Raval
3. Williamson
4. Taylor
5. Ronchi
6. Anderson
7. Watling+
8. Santner
9. Henry/Southee
10. Wagner
11. Boult

Come the home series.

I personally wouldn't mind seeing:

1. Latham
2. Raval/Smith/A traffic cone with a bat sticking out the top
3. Williamson
4. Taylor
5. Ronchi/Young
6. Watling+
7. Anderson/Neesham
8. Santner
9. Henry
10. Wagner
11. Boult

 

[TheBrand]

Curveball, what if Ronchi comes into the side to keep and Watling replaces Guptill as opener? It would never happen but I wouldn't mind that at all.

 

[Gnske]

I'll also shill Will Young for no.5, Black caps desperately need someone who knows the art of scoring a 50.

 

[NZTailender]

Stage is set for a Patel century to bring us home.

 

[TheBrand]

104-1 to being all over tonight. Great stuff. Although if KW had played we definitely we would have had a shot.

 

[cnerd123]

Jadeja

 

[Fuller Pilch]

NZ has probably won almost as many sessions in these 2 tests as India. The trouble is that when NZ has lost a session they've been obliterated.

 

[straw man]

Impressive reverse swing it must be said.

 

[NZTailender]

NZ has probably won almost as many sessions in these 2 tests as India. The trouble is that when NZ has lost a session they've been obliterated.

We just fall apart so easily. A session where the bowling gets really ordinary, and then a flood of wickets after a decent hard fought partnership.

Tbf KW wouldn't have made much difference to our fortunes here.

 

[TheBrand]

We just fall apart so easily. A session where the bowling gets really ordinary, and then a flood of wickets after a decent hard fought partnership.

Tbf KW wouldn't have made much difference to our fortunes here.

the losing margin might have been less than 100 this time haha.