Raghav
International Vice-Captain
On the Spot!! Gun SelectionNa toss out Patel and Oram
McCullum
Ryder
Guptill
Taylor
Elliott
Broom
McCullum2
Vettori
Mills
Tuffey
Bond
On the Spot!! Gun SelectionNa toss out Patel and Oram
McCullum
Ryder
Guptill
Taylor
Elliott
Broom
McCullum2
Vettori
Mills
Tuffey
Bond
What I meant was in this thread regarding the first ODI of this weird computer-in-a-sculpture cup series, cause nobody had yet posted a squad or explictly stated they wanted Nathan over Patel for the first gameI think Dirky you will find that almost every NZ poster on this forum agreed in the Champions Trophy thread that Patel was lucky to be selected ahead of McCullum. Forgotten already?
Along with Diamanti over Franklin and Hopkins over McGlashan.
There seems to be conflicting info, I was given the impression Tuffey was staying with the ODI sqaud so they could fly directly to South Africa after.Cricinfo said:Daryl Tuffey's performance, a five-for in his only playing opportunity before he flies out to remind all of his abilities, and a chance to give other limited-overs recruits playing time were the bright spots McCullum pointed to in a warm-up defeat against a side featuring eight internationals.
okErrr, tests and ODIs and Twenty20s are three vastly different forms of the games so I'm not sure how Patel's bowling in the 2nd test is relevant to the Champions Trophy. Could you PLEASE stop trying to stifle debate. This is a forum - we are here to express opinions.
New Zealand Cricket - WelcomeWhere did you get those figures from?
I could never get scorecards from the A series in India, which irritated me because I wanted to see Bond's figures.
Here you go dawgI still can't find it on the NZC website.
Oram as a fifth bowler as part of a good attack in ODIs is perfectly fine IMO. He bowls good areas and gets bounce; as long as the other bowlers do their jobs up front and all he has to do is a bowl a disciplined spell in the middle overs he's actually quite good. Problems start appearing when he needs to take a wicket or bowl at the death but with the attack you have I don't think it's a big issue.Well we went suddenly from an okay middle of the road ODI bowling lineup to perhaps the best in the world.
Bond, Mills and Vettori are top ten material.
Butler and Tuffey are solid options.
The Oram position is the weakest
Yeah Oram is probably one of the better 5th bowling options in international cricket.Oram as a fifth bowler as part of a good attack in ODIs is perfectly fine IMO. He bowls good areas and gets bounce; as long as the other bowlers do their jobs up front and all he has to do is a bowl a disciplined spell in the middle overs he's actually quite good. Problems start appearing when he needs to take a wicket or bowl at the death but with the attack you have I don't think it's a big issue.
Australia: Lee, Johnson, Bracken, Hauritz, Watson
England: Can't keep up with them Anderson blank blank blank Collingwood
India: Sharma, Khan, Harbhajan, blankety blank, blankety blank
Pakistan: Asif, Aamer, Gul, Afridi, blank
Sri Lanka: Malinga, Kulasekara, Murali, Mendis, Jayasuriya/Dilshan/Mathews
South Africa: Steyn, Parnell, Kallis, A Morkel, Harris
West Indies: Edwards, Taylor, Bravo, Benn, blank
Bangladesh: Mortaza, Rasel, Shakib, Razzak, Bangladeshi spinners x 1000
Cheers for that, mate.