Grasshopper
State Vice-Captain
Munro to open with Nicholls shuffled down to first drop.
When Henry is finally getting some game time, it’s juet bizarre that they’d rest him yet again, as well. He’s hardly in danger of being overworked.broken record, but what exactly has southee done to earn game time? If he's going to be dropped he's needs to actually show better performances than his competitors in domestix before coming back otherwise it doesn't really show us anything.
I think you’d have to be on LSD to make any sense of what Larsen has been up to the past four years with the ODI side.So Tastle was included in the squad for this series ahead of Sodhi but then only played on match. I'm confused. I thought it was a trial to see if he was worth having ahead of Sodhi.
I'm assuming they rate Tastle ahead of Sodhi now in ODIs, which seems bizarre to me - Sodhi bowled fairly well against India and as Styris pointed out in commentary, Tastle has only bowled 35 ODI overs in his career (now 45).
Hmm, I thought Dylan Cleaver summed it up pretty well in the Herald the other day:They've got a fairly strong first XI settled and that's fine. I've given up trying to figure out the logic behind the rest of the squad, though.
So, having had about four years to come up with something, New Zealand will head to England with an unproven opening batting combination; with little clue as to what they'll get from their lower middle order hitters; with serious question marks over a second spinner (including whether they actually need one); and only slightly less serious question marks over their death bowling.
IIRC they changed the rule about 2 seasons ago, is now OK as long as you don't have contact with the ball and part of your body touching the boundary or touching over the boundary at the same time.My understanding of the catch rule is that if you've stepped out of play, you have to step back into play before catching it. The fielder was still in thr air (last step was out of play).
If this is the rule, you could technically stand on the fence and jump in to catch the ball!
You're correct. The fielder's last contact with the ground before taking the catch has to be inside the boundary.My understanding of the catch rule is that if you've stepped out of play, you have to step back into play before catching it. The fielder was still in thr air (last step was out of play).
If this is the rule, you could technically stand on the fence and jump in to catch the ball!