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***Official*** England in New Zealand 2018

Shri

Shri

Mr. Glass
On that note, its going to be a fun few years in test cricket coming up. Clouderson will probably retire soon and Broad's been **** for some time now. Might be easy for SA to snag a dominant series win in england when they play each other there next time.
 
FBU

FBU

International Debutant
I would like to see Josh Tongue (20) 6'4, 90mph given a go in the summer.

'Tongue, who has featured for England's U19s, has been tipped for a bright future in the game and was described as "something really special" by his Worcestershire team-mate and Australia all-rounder John Hastings'.
 
_Ed_

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FBU said:
I would like to see Josh Tongue (20) 6'4, 90mph given a go in the summer.

'Tongue, who has featured for England's U19s, has been tipped for a bright future in the game and was described as "something really special" by his Worcestershire team-mate and Australia all-rounder John Hastings'.
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Oh God, the puns.
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
Fuller Pilch said:
Could we go Watling 6, (new improved ODI series batting form) Santner 7, Astle 7 in the UAE?
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I think Santner will be dog tucker against the Pakistani quicks reversing it back into him. Realistically in the UAE we'll only be bowling 2 quicks (Wagner and Boult hopefully) so you can afford your 2nd spinner to be a specialist - which probably means Sodhi coming back in. I think ideally NZ would like to pair him with an off-spinner, but there aren't really any around the scene atm - Mark Craig hasn't really done enough yet to suggest he deserves a recall. So it'll most likely mean that it's Santner and Sodhi.
 
straw man

straw man

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FBU said:
I would like to see Josh Tongue (20) 6'4, 90mph given a go in the summer.

'Tongue, who has featured for England's U19s, has been tipped for a bright future in the game and was described as "something really special" by his Worcestershire team-mate and Australia all-rounder John Hastings'.
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_Ed_ said:
Oh God, the puns.
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This would be amazing.
 
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I know you can take long-range forecasts with a grain of salt, but I'm pretty happy with how it's looking for Christchurch atm. Hope it holds.
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

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CdG has done nothing drop worthy guys. settle down.

He's also got the raw ability to be a test allrounder. Jury is out on the brain. We have Watling, so it's less important the allrounder averages 40+ with the bat.
 
Moss

Moss

International Captain
Flem274* said:
CdG has done nothing drop worthy guys. settle down.

He's also got the raw ability to be a test allrounder. Jury is out on the brain. We have Watling, so it's less important the allrounder averages 40+ with the bat.
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CdG in the UAE would be like Moeen Ali in Australia IMO. I expect him to play because as you say he hasn't done anything drop-worthy, but much like Neesham on the previous visit I don't think it'll work. Big question marks on that spot for sure.
 
Starfighter

Starfighter

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Cricinfo article saying that Root wants to have some 'rational thinking'. Considering the weird cricketing definition of rational you can guarantee some turnover in the bowling attack while no change in the batting.
 
straw man

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
Flem274* said:
CdG has done nothing drop worthy guys. settle down.

He's also got the raw ability to be a test allrounder. Jury is out on the brain. We have Watling, so it's less important the allrounder averages 40+ with the bat.
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Noone is 'not settled', CDG just needs to do certain things in order to make the spot his own. His bowling is what it is, so it's going to have to be with the bat that he finds a way to make contributions, especially away from home.
 
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SteveNZ

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Moss said:
CdG in the UAE would be like Moeen Ali in Australia IMO. I expect him to play because as you say he hasn't done anything drop-worthy, but much like Neesham on the previous visit I don't think it'll work. Big question marks on that spot for sure.
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Yeah, they should play Santner/Sodhi in the UAE (or is Santner not going to be right by then?). Astle was only selected for this Test because he bats better, I have no doubt Ish would've played if we had a longer batting list. And he's been on a wicket tear this season. 28 wickets at 13 in this Plunket Shield season and done a great job in the NZ LO sides. I know Astle took 3-for in the 4th innings but Sodhi is a much, much better bowler to international batsmen, His dismissals in the latest game are flat out ***y.
 
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