I'm not sure Ish hasn't made the most of his chances. He was absolutely outstanding at the first Mount ODI while the rest of the side was travelling distances. Against a quality batting line-up who play spin well on a flat one. He was also very good in that T20 series (save the last game). He does his job, which is to contain during the middle overs. Kane seems to have faith in him. He's not a wicket taker, so if we're judging him on that then that's unfair - we don't have anyone else who is an ODI wicket-taking spin option either.
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*Official* Bangladesh Tour of New Zealand 2019
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Blain
U19 Captain
How good would a possibles vs probables series be? There are several holes in the ODI team, and having Nicholl's and CDG filling them makes me pretty bleak about our WC chances.
Guptill, Nicholls, KW, RT, Latham, Neesham, CDG, Santner, Ferguson, Henry, Boult.
Munro, Young, Conway, Bruce, Mitchell, Seifert, Bracewell, Kuggs, Sodhi, Milne, Southee
Conway because probables would need him..
Guptill, Nicholls, KW, RT, Latham, Neesham, CDG, Santner, Ferguson, Henry, Boult.
Munro, Young, Conway, Bruce, Mitchell, Seifert, Bracewell, Kuggs, Sodhi, Milne, Southee
Conway because probables would need him..
The Hutt Rec
International Vice-Captain
FML Bennett still can't get a run!
Flem274*
123/5
i think they picked astle to maximise wicket taking for nz conditions.
ajaz is on par with tastle in domestix and santa is pretty meh in all levels of red ball cricket and all of astles rivals barring sodhi are finger spinners that are pretty worthless in modern nz conditions except to block up an end. sodhi himself isn't half the red ball bowler astle is, he's just younger and has a lot of unwarranted hype because he's good at t20s.
our team doesn't really need a containing spinner because cdg can do that plus be handy in the right conditions, all of our bowlers can bowl long spells too, and none are very expensive.
a wrist spinner is more likely to bowl a gem on a basin motorway to get rid of some annoying rearguard than santa or ajaz. no question he's less consistent than those guys, but i can see what they're going for and his last test was a perfectly fine performance despite kane vomiting at the thought of any leg spinner.
i really don't mind it as long as we rotate in the accurate finger spinners for the sri lankan tour to counter the obvious bunsen tactic.
edit - in say, 2 years i can envisage a certain opening batsman being the main spinner in nz conditions to block up an end and nz going with a specialist batsman ahead of cdg and four quicks.
ajaz is on par with tastle in domestix and santa is pretty meh in all levels of red ball cricket and all of astles rivals barring sodhi are finger spinners that are pretty worthless in modern nz conditions except to block up an end. sodhi himself isn't half the red ball bowler astle is, he's just younger and has a lot of unwarranted hype because he's good at t20s.
our team doesn't really need a containing spinner because cdg can do that plus be handy in the right conditions, all of our bowlers can bowl long spells too, and none are very expensive.
a wrist spinner is more likely to bowl a gem on a basin motorway to get rid of some annoying rearguard than santa or ajaz. no question he's less consistent than those guys, but i can see what they're going for and his last test was a perfectly fine performance despite kane vomiting at the thought of any leg spinner.
i really don't mind it as long as we rotate in the accurate finger spinners for the sri lankan tour to counter the obvious bunsen tactic.
edit - in say, 2 years i can envisage a certain opening batsman being the main spinner in nz conditions to block up an end and nz going with a specialist batsman ahead of cdg and four quicks.
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SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
What's the level of players that BD are playing against? I see Milne in there.
BD have amassed 411 runs in 96 overs
BD have amassed 411 runs in 96 overs
Athlai
Not Terrible
Besides Milne they're true second XIers at FC level
lockton2skipper
U19 Debutant
Milne 4 overs ???
The Hutt Rec
International Vice-Captain
The way results around the world are going, Bangladesh will probably take this out 3-0.
Neil Young
State Vice-Captain
It was considered unfair on Bangladesh, so he was stood down.
GoodAreasShane
Cricketer Of The Year
Somers and Ajaz are both miles better than Tastle IMO
thierry henry
International Coach
I don't get why there is so much anti-Tastle sentiment. He's the test incumbent, a position he pretty clearly earned. Patel and Somerville only got a couple of games because he was injured. Sodhi has had more of a go than anyone at test level and hasn't been up to scratch, hence Astle being in this position. We are complaining about someone who has earned his incumbency being selected when he hasn't even begun to have his turn yet.
I can accept he would be a bit of a bolter in the WC squad, but once again, Sodhi just hasn't been that good in the ODI format.
I can accept he would be a bit of a bolter in the WC squad, but once again, Sodhi just hasn't been that good in the ODI format.
The Hutt Rec
International Vice-Captain
This is a bit of a myth that seems to have arisen, I think ... I reckon Sodhi has been very good in ODIs.
2017 season: 4 wickets at 26.25, 4.11 rpo
2017/18 season: 10 wickets at 25.20, 6.69 rpo
2018/19 season: 10 wickets at 37.00, 5.31 rpo (including the Indian series where nobody took any wickets, but he was the one that kept a lid on scoring)
I’ve got nothing against Astle getting another shot in the test team, as you say he’s the incumbent before his big injury run, but I’ll be shocked if he’s in the World Cup squad ahead of Sodhi.
