Yeah especially with Franklin essentially taking his spot. JF can speed it up at the end of the innings and put the icing on the cake which isn't something GE is overly good at. JF's bowling is better than GEs as well even though we haven't seen that this series.It could be a make or break game for Grant Eliott this one, regarding his world cup aspirations anyway. Since his 100 at Sydney early 2009 he's only averaged 22 with the bat and in the SC he's only averaged 18. You'd have to think that if he doesn't score here his chances of making the trip could be pretty slim.
Yeah agree...Time for How to step up or let Williamson back in the team.Farce that Kumar isn't off to South Africa. He makes the ball talk and would be a handful in South Africa. Guy seams it both ways.
Must be a tactic NZ are trying to employ..Don't think How did that much last time he was on the international stageLOL, How walking down the pitch even before the bowler's into his delivery stride.
And then pats it back to the bowler.LOL, How walking down the pitch even before the bowler's into his delivery stride.
Yeah two batsmen on zero and the opening bowlers still fresh.Haha, this one's heading the predictable way. McCullum's goner.
How true, gone ****.Yeah two batsmen on zero and the opening bowlers still fresh.
It's funny how Taylor can play these real classy looking shots but prefers to play mud slogs to the leg side.
He probably is our most consistent batsmen. Not much difference between 4 and 5 in the NZ team anyway tbh.Interesting that Styris has said that he wants to bat at 4. Given that he's probably been our form batsman of 2010, and that he's been one of the few players over the last 3 months to actually look capable on the sub-contintent, there's certainly a case for it.