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*Official* India Tour of New Zealand 2019
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NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
In some ways we were lucky to get to the final, given the close semi-final. It could be argued we peaked around the quarters/group match vs Australia.
Once we hit the final, the shortcomings of not having a Baz platform come off, and Luke ****ing Ronchi down the order, showed what was being papered over in full light. Better that these are happening now and not in the finals - but it doesn't seem like they'll attempt to rectify it.
Blain
U19 Captain
Munro loses a lot of appeal to me if he's not bowling. Kane needs to mix things up, insane he didn't try himself or Munners yesterday. Bracewell could have gone for 100 if he had bowled out..
Munro also loses appeal for not scoring runs, however. I wouldn't be against opening with Nicholls and Munro @ 5 or 6. Don't think you would lose much, although I don't think Nicholls could see off the opening ball too well with his lack of foot movement. Same as Munro though?
Munro also loses appeal for not scoring runs, however. I wouldn't be against opening with Nicholls and Munro @ 5 or 6. Don't think you would lose much, although I don't think Nicholls could see off the opening ball too well with his lack of foot movement. Same as Munro though?
Grasshopper
State Vice-Captain
Fair enough. Unfortunately, I don't think we've got a sh*tshow of getting anywhere near this year's final.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Teams better than us:
India
England
Teams fractionally better but could go either way:
South Africa
Teams about equal:
Pakistan
Australia
Teams we're better than:
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
West Indies
the rest
We should make the quarters. Even with all of Australia's trials and tribulations, they generally lift at World Cups anyway. South Africa will need to get over their usual Cup mentality, otherwise we still have the edge on them there, even if they have a better team on paper. Pakistan is anyones guess.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
South Africa aren't better IMO. Very similar to NZ and Aus in that they have some guns but also some pretty concerning balance issues and doubts over their best eleven.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Fair. In my mind they just seem better.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
No quarters -10 team round robin and top 4 to semis
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
OverratedSanity
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The good thing is the best bowler didnt even play.the series
h_hurricane
International Vice-Captain
For the world cup, I would give Bhuvi a go initially as he has been successful in the past. He also provides better batting at #8. Shami is of course the better wicket taker and will come into picture if the pitches are really flat.
Hope both stay injury free. IPL may have other ideas though.
h_hurricane
International Vice-Captain
Replace Munro with Latham at the top and bring in Neesham and NZ should look much better, possibly better than SA.
h_hurricane
International Vice-Captain
AB's retirement has been a killer for them.
TheBrand
First Class Debutant
Can we stop with this Latham opening rhetoric? Leave him where he is!
h_hurricane
International Vice-Captain
Ideally he should continue in the middle order as he is doing good there. But Munro has not been performing for a while now.
NZ is a better team than what was in display in the recent matches. It is better to experiment in dead rubbers than being caught on the wrong foot in world cup.
Borges
International Regular
I think they should rotate the quicks; no reason not to let a bowler get jaded if there is another one who can step up.
Since the World Cup appears to be important to most fans, the BCCI should also do something to limit their workloads during the IPL.
Pull them out altogether at the slightest hint of any injury.
