*Official* Opening Match- England v New Zealand- October 5th, Ahmedabad

[Prince EWS]

Some will doubtless hang around until their mid 30s, but the only ones you could rely on still being in the XI in four years are probably:

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Rachin
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Phillips
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Santner
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I'm pretty sure Conway will play on because or his late start. Reckon Mitchell could be in the same boat too.

 

[SteveNZ]

Yeah Macewell is a huge loss. But Ravindra definitely won't even have made the squad if Macewell was fit.

Not necessarily true, Stead might have picked him as wicket keeper

 

[Prince EWS]

Not necessarily true, Stead might have picked him as wicket keeper

Macewell picked as backup keeper and Rachin as bowling allrounder at 7 IMO.

 

[honestbharani]

Young can keep no? or am I confusing him with someone else?

And wait, don't you already have Latham AND Conway?

 

[Prince EWS]

Young can keep no? or am I confusing him with someone else?

And wait, don't you already have Latham AND Conway?

Young can't keep. Maybe confused with Finn Allen?

We're just taking the piss out of Stead being crap. Not a serious suggestion. Rachin doesn't keep either.

Macewell genuinely was a keeper early in his FC career though.

 

[Shri]

bUt HoW dId He Go In ThE sUbCoNtInEnT

Very poorly. No better than avishkar salvi

 

[NZTailender]

Jacques Rudolph of all people bowled a gun one.

I remember trying to work out a reliable knuckleball when I was about 11 or 12. Involved gripping the ball with thumb, index finger and pinky with middle and ring finger folded behind the ball. Was difficult to control tstl but remember bowling my neighbour in a game of driveway cricket. Was a lot harder to achieve with a proper 6 stitcher tho.

 

[thundaboult]

Conway
Rachin
Williamson
Mitchell
Latham
Phillips
Macewell
Santner
Sodhi (in Asia) Ferg/Southee (everywhere else)
Henry
Boult

I think it's the last hurrah for a very long time for NZ cricket as potentially #1s, by the next world cup we will probably see the likes of Boult/ferguson/Williamson/Conway go and its unlikely we will be able to replace them.

there we go

southee never a neccesity in odis, easily replacable

 

[Flem274*]

Wouldn't be surprised if Rachin doesn't pass 30 for the rest of the tournament because his white ball career for Wellington has always been starts mixed with knocks where he shows his stuff, but that's still one he'll of a statement from him last night. Our selectors have been put on notice.

 

[ataraxia]

Conway's the best since Bradman. It'd be a tragedy if he missed the 2035 World Cup.

 

[Athlai]

Wouldn't be surprised if Rachin doesn't pass 30 for the rest of the tournament because his white ball career for Wellington has always been starts mixed with knocks where he shows his stuff, but that's still one he'll of a statement from him last night. Our selectors have been put on notice.

Hes 23, imo just needs to find his groove

 

[CricAddict]

Young can't keep. Maybe confused with Finn Allen?

We're just taking the piss out of Stead being crap. Not a serious suggestion. Rachin doesn't keep either.

Macewell genuinely was a keeper early in his FC career though.

All the prior Youngs who played for NZ like Bryan young and Reece Young were keepers. So hb assumed Will Young to be a keeper too.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Macewell would've lost us the game, glad he's not there.

 

[CricAddict]

If Kane comes in for Young, that will be part timers galore. Kane can chip in few overs too.

 

[honestbharani]

Macewell would've lost us the game, glad he's not there.

Say his name

 

[straw man]

Macewell would've lost us the game, glad he's not there.

England would have observed His Face and simply won the match

 

[Jarquis]

If Kane comes in for Young, that will be part timers galore. Kane can chuck in a few overs too.

Ftfy

 

[Owzat]

will throw in the "last laugh" for England, kiwis may have won 'this one' at a canter, but bet they would swap record scores, margin, all the records you can break in one game to have managed an extra run from somewhere to have won the last World Cup - even the kiwi that overthrew off a kiwi Englishman's bat wishing he hadn't thrown the World Cup away ie hung onto it, should only shy if you have a good or even an even chance of a run out

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Wouldn't that be the first laugh

 

[Athlai]

will throw in the "last laugh" for England, kiwis may have won 'this one' at a canter, but bet they would swap record scores, margin, all the records you can break in one game to have managed an extra run from somewhere to have won the last World Cup - even the kiwi that overthrew off a kiwi Englishman's bat wishing he hadn't thrown the World Cup away ie hung onto it, should only shy if you have a good or even an even chance of a run out

Stop living in the past old man