Athlai
Not Terrible
In ODI stuff it'll be close anyway. Bond or no.
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Mister Wright
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It's rumoured due to only 2 tests being played that a squad of 13 will go.
You'd think 7 batsmen, Brad Haddin & 5 bowlers
Bowlers will be:
Johnson, Bollinger, McKay, Hauritz & Harris
So, just leaves a question on the bastmen:
Obviously, Watson, Katich, Ponting, Hussey, Clarke will all go which leaves 2 spots.
Reckon both North and White will go, but Klinger could come in for North.
You'd think 7 batsmen, Brad Haddin & 5 bowlers
Bowlers will be:
Johnson, Bollinger, McKay, Hauritz & Harris
So, just leaves a question on the bastmen:
Obviously, Watson, Katich, Ponting, Hussey, Clarke will all go which leaves 2 spots.
Reckon both North and White will go, but Klinger could come in for North.
howardj
International Coach
My Aus Test squad of 13:
God (c)
Clarke (vc)
Katich
Watson
Hussey
Klinger
White
Haddin
Hauritz
Johnson
Bollinger
Harris
Cutting
North has got to get punted - aged over 30, modest Shield and Test record, and only piles on the runs when the team doesn't need them. He also no longer bowls. I think Klinger has, in the absence of anyone else putting up their hand, done enough to make the tour. His last couple of years have been stellar. It's great to see a relatively young fellow banging on the selection door with mountains of runs (ala Hayden, Blewett, Martyn etc in the 1990s). However, I'd bat White at six - he's a great slipper, can at least do as well as North with the bat, and importantly has shown great improvement in international company of late.
Finally, regarding the bowlers, again I would reward a young man with the stats on the board. Ben Cutting leads the Shield averages and he's only 22. Let's be bold and reward this outstanding performance. In a similar vein, I would reward Harris with a spot - in the absence of an injured Lee and Clark and an underdone Bracken and Tait. For mine, Harris looks a better bet than McKay who I thought was found wanting in his Perth debut.
God (c)
Clarke (vc)
Katich
Watson
Hussey
Klinger
White
Haddin
Hauritz
Johnson
Bollinger
Harris
Cutting
North has got to get punted - aged over 30, modest Shield and Test record, and only piles on the runs when the team doesn't need them. He also no longer bowls. I think Klinger has, in the absence of anyone else putting up their hand, done enough to make the tour. His last couple of years have been stellar. It's great to see a relatively young fellow banging on the selection door with mountains of runs (ala Hayden, Blewett, Martyn etc in the 1990s). However, I'd bat White at six - he's a great slipper, can at least do as well as North with the bat, and importantly has shown great improvement in international company of late.
Finally, regarding the bowlers, again I would reward a young man with the stats on the board. Ben Cutting leads the Shield averages and he's only 22. Let's be bold and reward this outstanding performance. In a similar vein, I would reward Harris with a spot - in the absence of an injured Lee and Clark and an underdone Bracken and Tait. For mine, Harris looks a better bet than McKay who I thought was found wanting in his Perth debut.
Zinzan
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Honestly don't think we're a good enough Test side to warrant 3 test matches against Aust atm
NUFAN
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Yeah you are, especially in NZ, the series should be pretty close.
morgieb
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Nah. Their bowling looks very weak. And with Ryder injured their batting isn't very good.
Zinzan
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Bingo....
If we had Bond & O'Brien as we did in the 1st test against Pakistan in Dec, I'd say we could be competitive, but this current bowling attack won't test the Aussie batsmen at all IMO.
Craig
World Traveller
So how do the West Indies justify three Tests against Australia but NZ don't?
age_master
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I would play White ahead of Klinger, simply because we need him at first slip.
cbuts
International Debutant
actually in recent years NZ have has some of the best TV test ratings ever - in both the England and India series text cricket out rated rugby
think youll find, the test already clash with the IPL, which prob had something to do with it
cbuts
International Debutant
well its only the rain that stopped us being the defending champions for the Chappell Hadlee series
Mister Wright
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I wasn't referring to first XI, I was talking about the squad. There will likely only be 7 spots for batsmen, 5 are pretty much guaranteed (unless injured). I think both White & North would go, but if they're not going to go with North I think Klinger will come in for him. If that were the case, unless Klinger blasts a century in a tour game (if they have one) White would play ahead of him.
howardj
International Coach
Actually, my panel has met and we've made a late change to my squad. I'm going to plonk my cards on the table - I want Steve Stevo Smith to tour NZ. Two Shield centuries at the age of 20 (both coming in his last few games) and a potential leg spinner.
God (c)
Clarke (vc)
Watson
Katich
Hussey
White
Smith
Haddin
Hauritz
Johnson
Bollinger
Cutting
Harris
God (c)
Clarke (vc)
Watson
Katich
Hussey
White
Smith
Haddin
Hauritz
Johnson
Bollinger
Cutting
Harris
