My man Daryl Mitchell is playing a Shane Warne 2005 Ashes-level series in a side getting beaten. Should definitely have bowled.
I didn't want to say it and get labelled I'm a child labour promoter
You read between the lines correctly.
Lockie is quality he will play another 2-4 years of international cricket no doubt about that but not in red ball. Have heard he's almost nearly settled for white ball cricket.
A major question mark yet to be answered by the management. It's also hilarious considering England has been crying out about all their genuine pacers being unavailable.
Was thinking this too. Mitchell is a death bowler in domestic T20's. He might've gotten mauled, but it would've been worth a go for an over or two after England turned on the automatic 6 cheat.
There is SENZ radio (ironically where McCullum was working before he got the England gig). No doubt Ian Smith would've been an angry man on the airwaves this morning.
Yeah, I think it'll be really hard to lure Lockie into tests. He's got 2, maybe 3 years to set himself up for life in T20's. If the Indian franchise owners had woken up to his value 4 years ago things might be different, but as things are, and given how many injury problems he's had over the past 2 years, I think he'll have chucked tests in the too risky basket.
Agree 100%
Make Young or Devon captain, neither have much affiliation to any of the current players and will be able to think clear.
Amen to all of this. Our selectors are just brain dead. How M Bracewell is even near a test squad let alone making the starting XI is actually unbelievable, especially ahead of Ravindra/Phillips but probably more Phillips.I didn't want to say it and get labelled I'm a child labour promoter
For a starter look to make good use of Allen, Sears, Ravindra, Phillips, Nathan Smith, Rippon etc. Not all of them in every format but get them in now in their rightful positions. It could be white ball, red ball or mix of both. Like we did in the 2010s when Southee, Boult, Kane, Latham all started to come in. Maybe mostly use them in white ball and slide them into red ball whenever there is a requirement.
I can't see that happening unless they fire Stead, Larsen to start with and then change captain. Larsen and Stead won't be looking at anyone if they are under 30 it feels. Age has almost become a qualification with this management. Latham and Kane could also be the ones from not letting the management change squads. It's that trust they have in the players that have played with for a long time. It may be coming from the right place but it is not working. Last thing we want to see us go down in very format possible. I think we are approaching white ball cricket with the same mindset with borderline retirement players hoping they will do magic like they did in the past.