*Official* Pakistan v New Zealand in the UAE 2018

[weldone]

Neesham is my dark horse for that number six position. Worker v Munro to open with Guptill, Nicholls the back up batsman. Bowling who knows, Southee shouldn’t be anywhere near the team. Boult, Henry, Ferguson and Milne. Wouldn’t mind see Jamieson and Kuggs with a few games under their belts this summer.

Agree with you about the bowling - but I think the batting top 6 (Munro-Guptill-Kane-Boss-Latham-Nicholls) is settled for the WC.

 

[TheBrand]

I think Latham at 5 and keeping is best scenario for WC tbh. Agree with WC is gonna be 350 vs 350, and Anderson/Neesham more likely to hit 80 off 40 than Nicholls. I'd like to see this:

Guptill
Munro
KW (c)
Taylor
Latham (wk)
Anderson
CdG
Santner
Ferguson
Henry
Boult

Extra 4 for squad: Southee, Phillips, Neesham, Sodhi.

But you just know that Southee is gonna start most likely, probably gonna get a bit of movement in English conditions.

 

[straw man]

I was slightly over-negative a couple of pages back - driven by disappointment in how Philips, Chapman & Seifert are going when I have high hopes for all three. There's not much option but to keep giving them chances, but the returns have been very poor so far.

Additionally, if any of those were performing, or the various allrounders we have available were performing, it would make a huuuuuuuge difference to the ODI side. If 2 of Philips*, Chapman, Seifert, Anderson, Neesham, De Grandhomme, or anyone else, become good ODI number 6 and 7 finishers then we would go from likely World Cup also-rans to contenders. As it stands I don't see how we beat teams like India or England who will consistently crack 330, whereas we struggle to make 300 on a good day. Our bowling is pretty good but it doesn't seem like it'll be a tournament decided by bowlers.

* yeah Philips opens, but ignore that for a moment. If he was going really well it could open up Munro for another audition at 6 anyway.

Why is Nicholls not in team

I'd forgotten he was selected in the ODI squad tbh. Doesn't seem like the answer at ODI number 6 though.

 

[straw man]

Injuries hampering Black caps plans

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/crick...anderson-tour-over-as-black-caps-injuries-hit

Corey Anderson is out of the tour again, this time due to heal injury.

Todd Astle is 50:50 chance and has been ruled out of the first game already. If he doesn't come all right shortly he's going to be ruled out for the rest of the tour including the test series.

George Worker, Ajaz and Lockie get a look in for the one dayers. I would have thought William Young would have been given a go with the kind of form he's in but Worker has been quite consistent over the years so not a bad pick.

That's pretty disappointing, especially after Anderson made runs in the second T20.

 

[Bahnz]

Smart thinking getting Wagner into the NZA team ahead of the test series. Hopefully that means they're planning to play him in the tests.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Smart thinking getting Wagner into the NZA team ahead of the test series. Hopefully that means they're planning to play him in the tests.

It would be total madness to omit him ... he’s the best at getting something from a dead pitch. This is the type of tour he’s taylor made for, imo.

 

[SteveNZ]

Smart thinking getting Wagner into the NZA team ahead of the test series. Hopefully that means they're planning to play him in the tests.

Fairly sure Wagner is one of the first on the sheet these days, the days of 'will he play on X-type pitch' are gone - he's too valuable in all conditions.

 

[Gomez656]

Wagner was superb yesterday took 3 important wickets in 4 day un- official tests

 

[Gomez656]

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Pak vs NZ, Abu Dhabi

Starts at 04:30 PM IST (11:00 GMT), Nov 07

When: Tuesday, November 7 at 3 PM local time, (4:30 PM IST)

Where: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi


Did you know?

New Zealand have won their last four ODI series against Pakistan. Pakistan haven't beaten New Zealand at home in a series since 2003/04.

New Zealand have now had 11 consecutive ODIs against Pakistan. They have lost more in a row only against South Africa (14).

Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor both average 60-plus against Pakistan - Williamson 62.14 with three 100s and Taylor 60.13 with as many 100s.

Teams:

Pakistan (From): Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Haris Sohail, Sarfraz Ahmed(w/c), Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Usman Khan, Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan, Shaheen Afridi

New Zealand (From): Colin Munro, George Worker, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, Tom Latham(w), Colin de Grandhomme, BJ Watling, Tim Southee, Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Ajaz Patel

 

[Flem274*]

there's no way anderson plays in the world cup unless he can bowl a full 10

 

[straw man]

finally going to watch a little of this live

could already do with less Danny Morrison though

Looking forward to seeing how Worker goes. And whether Munro can finally perform in an ODI.

 

[straw man]

The forgotten man misses out on a place in the XI, of course.

 

[Flem274*]

worker is bloody lucky nobody is watching this game. that was terrible

 

[straw man]

Worker tied down and has been trying to manufacture something with a few dabs and walking around the crease. Didn't work and that dab went to the keeper.

 

[Howsie]

That was an embarrassing innings.

 

[straw man]

guess you can't blame the guy for dropping catches with hands like those

 

[Mike5181]

They kind of asked for it picking Worker after he did nothing in the A series.

 

[straw man]

So Young then? He was the only one who did more than nothing.

Interesting to see he's opened for the A side here.

I don't mind Worker getting the chance as reward for a good List A record. Hard to see the WC openers being anyone other than Guptill and Munro anyway.

 

[Flem274*]

speaking of the A series I see they have raval and young opening, rachin at #4 and phillips at #6. we're also doing our favourite specialist batsman at #7 trick (tom bruce).

i've got an idea - two of the 3 openers in the team open instead of the middle order guy

 

[Flem274*]

not a great review