*Official* New Zealand in West Indies, AUG 10 to 21, 2022

[NZTailender]

I'm constantly bewildered by you lot constantly trying to retire Guptill. He isn't at the peak of his powers but he is comfortably better than any other options

Comfortably better than Conway? Nah. Allen, yeah, but he's young. Ditto Ravindra.

 

[Athlai]

Comfortably better than Conway? Nah. Allen, yeah, but he's young.

Conway at 3 ez

 

[NZTailender]

That was a good knock by guppy. I do think he has earned the right to hang his boots when he likes. I get a feeling it may not be far away. The t20 wc could be the last we may see of him.

I would say 2023 WC.

 

[NZTailender]

Conway at 3 ez

And Kane at 4?

 

[Athlai]

Yep, or vice versa. If Kane ever plays

 

[nzfan]

I would say 2023 WC.

Nah too far away, don't think he'll mentally last that long.

 

[TheBrand]

Nah too far away, don't think he'll mentally last that long.

14 months away and we have another 25ish ODI's between now and then. Think he'll push through tbh.

 

[straw man]

This is well set up, though NZ really need a good partnership here despite Latham's poor form. Don't really want Macewell and Neesham in for another ten overs.

Surprised no Phillips today, though in saying that I don't like seeing him bat below 5 and it's hard to argue too much with this top 5.

 

[Athlai]

I think Guptill has his heart set on 2023 WC and I reckon he will make it

 

[Prince EWS]

I think Guptill has his heart set on 2023 WC and I reckon he will make it

Yeah he probably will because the selectors won't do anything about it but he won't make any runs there.

 

[thundaboult]

This is why latham is important for the subc wc

and mitchell...well...is there anything he can't do lol

what a gun cricketer, our best find since conway and kj's honeymoon phase

 

[straw man]

Yeah Mitchell is such an asset in all formats now - can play the accumulative game and then effortlessly switch to hitting, finds the boundary very easily.

 

[thundaboult]

50 up in quick time for darryl m now...easily our best player in the last 10 or so months

 

[Flem274*]

mitchell hitting watling levels of 'where did this even come from?'

looking forward to doug bracewell's comeback as the destroyer of worlds.

 

[straw man]

With all of Williamson, Conway, Latham and Mitchell guaranteed starters in an India ODI world cup (imo), I would quite like to push one of those up to open rather than occupy their default positions 3-6. Probably Conway as opener with Latham at 4 and Mitchell at 5, which gives them all a chance to maximise their impact on the match.

Allen/Guptill can fight for the other opening spot, while Macewell, Phillips, Chapman and maybe others can compete for 6.

 

[thierry henry]

Needlessly losing wickets with the run rate well under control, Neesh responds with an assortment of DLF maximums and reverse sweeps. I hate cricket now #Bazball

 

[straw man]

I would really like to see Neesham take this home. Has been so-so with the bat this tour, we were all miffed that he lost his NZ contract though tbh his ODI batting record doesn't make for great reading.

In his favour, the last WC was where he really performed consistently for NZ for the first time in ODI cricket (moreso with the ball, though) and we haven't played many ODIs since then.

 

[straw man]

Good one Neesh

Didn't realise that was our first ever ODI series win in the WI.

Wish we could schedule a test series over there though.

 

[thundaboult]

Neesh unleashed yet again...our best finisher

 

[Flem274*]

good win