Very good contribution. He did owe us a few runs after being so costly with the ball, and he's played bloody well.Neesham doing a decent job so far tbh.
Think it's the best I've seen him play against Australia. I know he hit one on to the roof at Eden Park, but still.This has been a seriously good innings from Guptill so far.
Interesting how players who have not been in the Black Caps team environment have done well of recent times. Debutantes in Raval and de Grandhomme and then Guptill and Neesham who've been out of the mix as well. Makes you wonder.Good stuff from the test discards. Neesham not bothering with things like strike rotation and foot movement, but playing a good hand thus far.
Don't think any of this team played in that series.Didn't he score many runs when Nzl chased those 340 scores in 2007?
Guptill has been NZ's leading ODI batsman for the last couple of years? Neesham was in India and in the squad for the first test against Pakistan. Is good to see though that guys like Raval & de Grandhomme who have done well in domestic cricket can come in and do well.Interesting how players who have not been in the Black Caps team environment have done well of recent times. Debutantes in Raval and de Grandhomme and then Guptill and Neesham who've been out of the mix as well. Makes you wonder.