Can we make him a non-playing captain please?Make Munro captain for namesake
Did suggest this before, but tbf he looked all at sea against Chris Morris at Edgbaston, unusually so for a test opener.What about Latham to open and Nicholls at 5? Latham seems to be struggling with the pressure of coming in and having to boost the run rate. Maybe a more defensive role to see off the likes of Amir or Starc would suit him better atm.
Lack of variations, and tends to go into deer-in-headlights mode against big hitters towards the end of the innings. Excellent with the new ball for the most part.What's wrong with Henry?
Not disagreeing with your overall summation on Henry and of his weaknesses, but seriously, why are we pretending Southee's been anything except for awful ever since his 7-fer vs. England in the 2015 world cup? Check his record since then, and I'm certain both his average and ER are much worse than Henry's.Lack of variations, and tends to go into deer-in-headlights mode against big hitters towards the end of the innings. Excellent with the new ball for the most part.
Would have him over Southee in the first XI 9 times out of 10. Watching the game at Lords yesterday something tells me Southee would really enjoy bowling there vs the Aussies, so I'm advocating his inclusion from a horses for courses perspective, and also against Pakistan to give him some game time.
Purely my gut feel after watching yesterday's ENG-AUS game, and his regular habit of coming back with a strong performance after a kick in the backside. On post-2015 performances, will concede he has no business being in the squad let alone the first XI.Not disagreeing with your overall summation on Henry and of his weaknesses, but seriously, why are we pretending Southee's been anything except for awful ever since his 7-fer vs. England in the 2015 world cup? Check his record since then, and I'm certain both his average and ER are much worse than Henry's.
It's more a matter of when it happens. Southee will generally give you 1/50's which isn't good but at least he won't really have a 0/80 which Henry is more than capable of.Not disagreeing with your overall summation on Henry and of his weaknesses, but seriously, why are we pretending Southee's been anything except for awful ever since his 7-fer vs. England in the 2015 world cup? Check his record since then, and I'm certain both his average and ER are much worse than Henry's.
I think almost all of us here would have preferred Bennett or Kuggs (well not everyone wanting Kuggs) in the squad at the expense of Southee.Purely my gut feel after watching yesterday's ENG-AUS game, and his regular habit of coming back with a strong performance after a kick in the backside. On post-2015 performances, will concede he has no business being in the squad let alone the first XI.
"Let's go for the guy we expect to be mediocre" - is not a good selection policy.It's more a matter of when it happens. Southee will generally give you 1/50's which isn't good but at least he won't really have a 0/80 which Henry is more than capable of.
Haha disagree tbh."Let's go for the guy we expect to be mediocre" - is not a good selection policy.
He has actually gone at over 8s in 2 out of his last 8 ODIs (25%).It's more a matter of when it happens. Southee will generally give you 1/50's which isn't good but at least he won't really have a 0/80 which Henry is more than capable of.
Pleased you're not selecting my team.Haha disagree tbh.
Absolutely, or even a fit Milne I suppose. I'm probably reading too much into one game, but at Lord's (where NZ will take on Australia this Saturday) yesterday, the conditions were perfect for the sort of stuff Southee usually dishes out (it was mentioned at least a few times in the match thread that Jimmy Anderson would have enjoyed himself). And he has done very well at the venue before. So I wouldn't mind if NZ were to take a calculated gamble in playing him for that game, maybe even for today's game. Of course it's entirely possibly he'll waste favourable conditions like Archer did yesterday, and Henry himself could be a threat if it plays that way.I think almost all of us here would have preferred Bennett or Kuggs (well not everyone wanting Kuggs) in the squad at the expense of Southee.