y not both?Rachin over Foxcroft is so bad.
Yes you are.Im not a Foxcroft believer
And still no Foxcroft.Chapman and Neesh out due to becoming dad's whilst Sodhi wants to have some time with family ahead of a busy schedule, according to nzc Instagram post.
PEWS gets it. There isn't a single metric that indicates Rachin should be in this squad over Foxcroft, apart from being handed a few ODIs.Rachin over Foxcroft is so bad.
That's OK, it's just whether you're a believer in another all-round guy who averages 56 with the ball in List A cricket and 31 with the bat, bowls with the same arm and bats with the same hand as the other spinning all-rounder and is significantly less skilled, and is being batted in a position where he just doesn't have the firepower to do a job.Im not a Foxcroft believer
Rachin to get injured, you to get excited and then Kuggs to be called instead.Let's just hope for an injury to someone so that Foxcroft gets the call up - he should be the replacement for M Bracewell imo.
Don't do me like that.Rachin to get injured, you to get excited and then Kuggs to be called instead.
But Macewell was in the World Cup team as a bowling all-rounder, expected to bowl 6-8 overs, his lower order hitting as a bonus. And Foxcroft / McConchie to me are batting all-rounders, so not direct replacements.Let's just hope for an injury to someone so that Foxcroft gets the call up - he should be the replacement for M Bracewell imo.
Mostly AWTA. The squad pretty much points to what the selectors are thinking with regard to the world cup. No Foxcroft or McConchie means they aren't in the frame as Macewell's replacement. Either Ravindra fills that role like he did in Pakistan (miscast I know), or Sodhi is a certain starter as the mandatory-second-spinner-in-the-subcontinent. Neesham and Chapman will most likely be back. No Blundell means they are probably looking at Conway or Allen as backup keeper (not my preferred solution).But Macewell was in the World Cup team as a bowling all-rounder, expected to bowl 6-8 overs, his lower order hitting as a bonus. And Foxcroft / McConchie to me are batting all-rounders, so not direct replacements.
Foxcroft perhaps unlucky they didn't give him the England tour as a chance to test his bowling ability at ODI level, but I think tour selection was very focused on the World Cup, and the selectors put a high value on experience leading into the big tournaments.
I assume Ravindra gets the tour as he will be the World Cup non-travelling reserve who covers Santner injury, so just giving him some more time with the squad. Will be surprised if he starts a game. Unless selectors are ultra-keen on a long batting lineup and looking at Ravindra + Phillips + Mitchell to share the 5th bowler slot instead of Sodhi in the XI ...
It will be extremely shocking if Nicholls gets an Ipl gig.Heard from someone today that the main stumbling block behind picking Boult and the like was DWhite.
Be interesting to see how it goes with picking those who want to play in T20 leagues, and those in NZ who may play more T20 leagues if they can do a little coming and going.
I still favour an Australian rugby type rule.
Maybe something like if you’ve played 50 tests, then you can request sabbaticals to go overseas for x amount of time.
That way, Henry Nicholls may get to go make his IPL millions.
Nicholls would make for an excellent water boy in the IPL. Its the only thing he can probably do quickly.Heard from someone today that the main stumbling block behind picking Boult and the like was DWhite.
Be interesting to see how it goes with picking those who want to play in T20 leagues, and those in NZ who may play more T20 leagues if they can do a little coming and going.
I still favour an Australian rugby type rule.
Maybe something like if you’ve played 50 tests, then you can request sabbaticals to go overseas for x amount of time.
That way, Henry Nicholls may get to go make his IPL millions.