thierry henry
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This has been exceptionally bad but I guess it could hardly matter less. I guess people paid to come watch and so forth.
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*Official* Pakistan in New Zealand
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straw man
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I guess we're trying out Seifert again with the idea that we want to take a real keeper to the T20 world cup, rather than getting Conway to do it again. Aside from being unconvincing, also don't see a spot for Seifert in the top 4 as those spots are taken - he might be more close to passable at 6 or 7. Or try Fletcher or even Hay.
The Hutt Rec
International Vice-Captain
Blundell? Got 71 off 39 in his only Super Smash game this season.
straw man
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maybe, he's pretty inventive. Though at 33 1/2 he'd be there for probs only one tournament.
straw man
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he's had far too little strike the last few overs
Flem274*
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Yeah I want us to pick a keeper who can catch and run quick singles or bosh at 7. I hate Conway keeping and Seifert isn't the greatest Groveland or top order bat.
Also annoyed at Young. I think he's a poor man's KW but hits a longer ball, which is perfect for #3 in a format I don't want to waste KW in. He needs to score some runs against proper sides.
Nintendo
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Wtf happened to chapman? Had that insane series in the UAE vs Pakistan and has fallen off a cliff since. Also suprised more people haven't been discussing the change in batting order, honestly. Phillips has been batting 4 for ages and doing very well there. Even if it worked, moving him back down the order and mitchell to 4 seems an odd call.
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If we're in the market for a real keeper, why are we looking at Seifert?
Blundell is the guy.
Moss
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Does matter if the surfaces in the T20 World Cup are anything similar. Conway and KW will be needed.
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Mitchell may have made a difference today too.
I rate Chapman but he's going to have a very hard road in this side. He bats 6 with Mitchell and Phillips in the side - really hard to get any level of form or to feel like you belong when you bat there and don't bowl. Then he's a fringe player in the ODI side who don't play that much, and similarly he bats 6-7 and doesn't bowl. That's so tough
On Seifert, I don't think I've rated any player less - given a decent run of selection - in the 35 years I've followed NZ cricket. Below average keeper, and just really a blacksmith with the bat - all muscle, no finesse. Needs to be right on and have the right conditions to score runs, and often doesn't
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I have him on a similar sort of level to Chris Nevin, who was on the receiving end of a bit of my teenage grumpiness - dropping what I perceived to be a disproportionate number of straightforward chances, and also frequently getting himself out with the bat. But I'm not sure how fair that is.