Was pointless bringing Young in considering moving everyone up one would still have meant a strong enough middle /lower order with Phillips at 5, Blundell 6 & Santa@ 7Strong "hagley second test and we forgot to play a full time spinner" vibes.
Nah happy to bring in batsman for a batsman. Cannot take SA C lightly given a random C team put us in the WTC final.Was pointless bringing Young in considering moving everyone up one would still have meant a strong enough middle /lower order with Phillips at 5, Blundell 6 & Santa@ 7
This analysis implies Rachin is our best bowlerNew Zealand bowlers series to date wickets & SRs leading in to the much tougher Australian series....
Such a shame Stead & the selectors won't have the kahunas to name Latham skipper & drop Southee.
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Yeah not sure why phillips doesnt get to bowl ahead of Ravindra seeing as he was chosen over him in Bangladesh bowled well comes back to nz and suddenly is playing as more of a batsman than an all rounderYou really could have given phillips some overs at the back end to de swardt, given he's a left hander.
De Swart is the only player so far that has really shown something this tour. And that is good for SA who have been looking for an allrounder. And importantly he is also a good age. So that's something.De Swardt was good, big opportunity for him tomorrow.