***Official India in New Zealand***

[Raghav]

NZ cricket needs players who can play spin very well in the test matches... comon selectors go on hunt for them

 

[Howsie]

My test team:

1.McIntosh
2.Redmond
3.Guptill
4.Taylor
5.Ryder
6.Elliot
7.McCullum
8.Vettori
9.Southee
10.McClenaghan
11.O'Brien

 

[Evermind]

My test team:

1.McIntosh
2.Redmond
3.Guptill
4.Taylor
5.Ryder
6.Elliot
7.McCullum
8.Vettori
9.Southee
10.McClenaghan
11.O'Brien

No Mills??

 

[99*]

My test team:

1.McIntosh
2.Redmond
3.Guptill
4.Taylor
5.Ryder
6.Elliot
7.McCullum
8.Vettori
9.Southee
10.McClenaghan
11.O'Brien

No Flynn? And why Elliott?

 

[Zinzan]

Next Team

1.Ryder
2.McCullum
3.Guptill
4.Taylor
5.Broom
6.Elliot
7.McGlashan
8.Franklin
9.Mills
10.Vettori
11.McClenaghan

Never thought I'd say this, But I wouldn't really care if they dropped Oram at the moment either. Sick of his petty injuries, his negative body language & more than anything his lack of confidence when he starts his innings with the bat. He always looks so scared he's going to get out & plays so tentatively that he ends up getting out. As an all-rounder he should back himself more given he has two strings to his bow. He's one of the worst starters to his innings that I can remember tbh.

 

[Howsie]

No Flynn? And why Elliott?

Flynn has been in horrible form, and Elliot has been going very well.

 

[Howsie]

No Mills??

Mills is a useless Test player.

 

[straw man]

Next Team

1.Ryder
2.McCullum
3.Guptill
4.Taylor
5.Broom
6.Elliot
7.McGlashan
8.Franklin
9.Mills
10.Vettori
11.McClenaghan

Franklin in your ODI team but not in your test team? Suspect his ODI bowling would be smacked around even worse than Southee's.

 

[duffer]

Awesome, we back.

EDIT: That BCCI banner is pretty cool.

 

[_Ed_]

Mills is a useless Test player.

Have a look at his Test record.

 

[straw man]

Flynn has been in horrible form, and Elliot has been going very well.

LOL, actually in NZ A games Flynn has scored a couple of 'grinding 30s' from a fair few balls - ie. the exact thing that NZ pick him for! Sure he'll probably average 20 but I'd keep him in the team purely as an ugly buffer between our unreliable openers and Taylor (aka our best batsman) at 4.

 

[Howsie]

Have a look at his Test record.

No

 

[straw man]

He's usually a bit better than this. That's not to say he's world class, but this is an unusually poor effort from him. Great batting, though.

Out of interest, who would NZ fans have picked instead of Thompson? I guess there is Southee, N McCullum, Patel, Franklin, Howsie's favourite and maybe whatever quick is next in line domestically (Brent Arnel maybe?).

Edit: Oh yeah, and Scotty Styris if he can bowl a bit.

 

[_Ed_]

I would have had Patel today.

 

[Zinzan]

I would have had Patel today.

In all fairness Ed, do you really think it would have made an ounce of difference?

 

[_Ed_]

Probably not, but the 3 Indian spinners did well today.

 

[duffer]

I reckon Sehwag would've been brutal against Jeets but he still a far better chance of getting him out than Thompson does.

 

[sirdj]

and Scotty Styris if he can bowl a bit.

I'm a bit out of touch with NZ cricket. Why exactly is Styris not in the playing 11?

 

[Zinzan]

I'm a bit out of touch with NZ cricket. Why exactly is Styris not in the playing 11?

That's a damn good question, which sadly I can't explain.

 

[sirdj]

That's a damn good question, which sadly I can't explain.

What is it? Selectors don't like him? Too ugly for the team? BCCI have a beef with him too??