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Nz Ipl players won't play in pak odi and t20 series as well? That is 4 series in total that Ipl pulls out good players...bad for international cricket.
Not sure that's a realistic expectation if you look beyond the recent golden era.Yeah but it’s two very very tight test wins, where we carry passengers in the team, worry about our bowling stocks, and what the future looks like when we don’t get to see you get new/younger talent tried.
And you would REALLY expect NZ to beat SL in NZ nine times out of ten (if not more).
2005 Ashes?Might be as it is late and this is so recent but are there any other instances of a side having back-to-back test matches this dramatic?
Yes, 05 Ashes. Birmingham and Manchester were back-to-back.2005 Ashes?
61 WI in Oz?
Yep, that would rival it - plus the quality of cricket in that series/those two Test matches was insane. I have the Ashes 05 DVD and honestly, I will always have a DVD player for that exact reason.Yes, 05 Ashes. Birmingham and Manchester were back-to-back.
yea as captain Kane should be playing them instead of rotting on the bench for an ipl team. sends very bad signal if he doesn’t play themNz Ipl players won't play in pak odi and t20 series as well? That is 4 series in total that Ipl pulls out good players...bad for international cricket.
true but i've been beaten into stockholm syndrome by our style of play and selections so f**k the future and hooray boredomYeah but it’s two very very tight test wins, where we carry passengers in the team, worry about our bowling stocks, and what the future looks like when we don’t get to see you get new/younger talent tried.
And you would REALLY expect NZ to beat SL in NZ nine times out of ten (if not more).
Macewell will also leave the squad for Ipl as he is joining rcb now as injury replacement.Nicholls still being in the ODI squad is supremely frustrating.
ODI Squad to face Sri Lanka Tom Latham (capt), Finn Allen*, Tom Blundell, Chad Bowes, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman#, Lockie Ferguson*, Matt Henry, Ben Lister#, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls#, Glenn Phillips*, Henry Shipley, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner, Will Young
* Leaving for IPl after first ODI
# Joining for ODIs 2 and 3
Without Conway and Williamson it will be interesting to see who they play at 2/3. Young replaced Williamson at 3 previously but IIRC has also opened at A level and domestically. Nicholls batted at 3 in India, and there's potential for Tom Blundell to open in place of Conway and Bowes instead of Allen. Or they'll ask Nicholls to go back to opening. Mitchell has been at number 4 most recently but has done fairly poorly compared to when he's batted at 6/7. Who the **** knows really. From the squad I'd go:
1. F Allen/C Bowes
2. T Blundell
3. W Young
4. G Phillips/M Chapman
5. T Latham+
6. D Mitchell
7. M Bracewell
8. H Shipley
9. M Henry
10. I Sodhi
11. L Ferguson/B Lister
I assume so, as he's the incumbent keeper. IIRC when Blundell had his 2 match stint he didn't keep wicket.Will Latham keep instead of Blundell?