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**Official** New Zealand in Australia 2015

straw man

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Flem274* said:
In all seriousness brownlie should have toured over rudds
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Yeah this has always been a given - what is Rutherford's role in the squad again? Brownlie has Ronchi covered as someone well suited to scoring runs on these pitches, but with a little more batsmanship, and could have easily slotted into batting at 6 as a one-off. Don't forget his awesome previous work as NZ's fifth bowler either :happy:.
 
dermo

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Have to say I'm impressed SteveNZ took the time to travel to every major cricketing nation and determine the collective cricketing knowledge of the causal fans. Please impart more of your higher knowledge on us foolish Australians
 
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hendrix said:
With all that said, I have a feeling Southee is going to tear through the Aussies tomorrow. He definitely enjoys the extra bounce - takes him from sometimes pedestrian to always dangerous.
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Has all the ingredients to use the Dr very well. Question is whether he has the wherewithal to throw it up there and McCullum has the right fields for it. Could do worse than tap The Bowlologist, he should be floating around the WACA.
 
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Moss

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Can't help feeling the four seamers plus Craig decision has been taken more because of the worries around Southee. I do feel it represents NZ's best chance of a win, but if the primary concern is around Southee there could be a case of playing just the four bowlers and saving him for Adelaide.

Having said that, I just did a quick memory jog and it seems Perth is probably even more of a result venue than Brisbane, so the odds of a draw (thus keeping the series alive) are low. From recollection, the only two teams to have managed it in the last 15 years are South Africa in 2005 and - wait for it - NZ in 2001.
 
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so because brownlie is opening he can't transition to middle order? How come baz flitted up and down the order and there were no qualms around that?
After rosco's windy waft at the first short pitched ball that was bowled to him on the 2nd innings at the gabba, and his leaden-footed performance in both innings, i think i'd rather have ronchi in the line-up in his place.
Cricket teams are so political, the players are such sacred cows. I really think selections are far too timid, as if the current group are the anointed who must be retained. I'd have no problem with brownlie replacing guptill, who has gained selection on one-day rather than four and five day performances. I'd have no problem with ronchi replacing taylor. "ohhhh, you can't do that - we might get bowled out for 60". At least try something ffs, ronchi grew up on these kind of pitches, he had a fantastic debut test.
Btw, saying i wouldn't mind seeing brownlie in for guptill doesn't make me a guptill hater, i just can't see why a bloke who is consistently mediocre has the right to a spot over another guy.
And i still don't know what the hell rutherford is doing on this tour when he's done absolutely nothing of any merit for about 2 years.
Doug bracewell did nothing in the last test to warrant another go in this one. Oh, but he's the incumbent, so he must get another chance. What a bull**** rule. It should be southee / boult / henry / wagner....wagner couldn't be any worse than bracewell was, and might be better.
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Players aren't robotic statistical creatures like in ICC. Dropping and recalling has effects on them. Whether to stick with someone through a bad patch or turf them is not a simple decision; you have to weigh up costs and benefits in both the short- and long-terms.
 
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Flametree

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I know after a couple of years of Fulton/Rutherford there isn't much in the way of alternatives, but Guptill's non-minnow average is currently 24.99. In fact if you class the Windies as minnows his average against non-minnows is under 22. Brownlie should definitely be in the team.
 
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Hopefully, regardless of whether he plays in Perth, the idea isn't to rest Hazlewood at Adelaide. Be filthy to miss the first ever D/N Test.
 
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