nice side, though i disagree with a few. latham is behind turner, sutcliffe, richardson, wright and maybe dempster imo. great shield standard attack basher, averages 28 against the good ones because he throws away 40-70* scores.
i adore wags, but imo he's 4th with a clear gap between hadlee, cowie, bond and the rest in quality. im usually suspect on so few tests and what old writers say but everything said about cowie, and the results of his performances in fc matches against australian and english sides including one with bradman, convinces me he was on that hadlee/bond level. maybe tom pritchard was too, but i don't know enough.
it's a shame nz never produced a really good attacking spinner because mccullum the batsman or fleming would be fun at #6, but i can't justify three quicks and the current spinner choices.
turner
sutcliffe
williamson
crowe (c)
taylor
watling
cairns
vettori
hadlee
bond
cowie
a seconds eleven where there's probably more debate over more spots
wright
richardson
jones
fleming (c)
mccullum
oram
vivian
taylor
smith (wk)
southee
wagner
giff vivian balances this side so well since i want to avoid ian smith batting higher up but still include someone who bowls spin. bruce taylor beats out the bowlers of similar quality because he can bat and had a rep as a flat deck bowler.
