Immenso
International Vice-Captain
This is the NZ A team I come up with:
Filler material in Cooper, Bruce, Solia.
Probably filler in McConchie and Fletcher, with how things have aligned, but potentially better than that.
So, that is 5 of the 11 for whom the world is not their oyster.
Leaving 6: Of which 5 seem to me god bets for an 'A' team'; Ravindra, Abbas, Ashok, Clarke, O'Rourke.
Leaving 1 other: Randell. Who I rate as worth a look, based on that flicky wrist, but not many, if any, others seem overly excited about.
I haven't considered:
- Nathan Smith, as injured.
- Foulkes injured (and batting needs way more time anyway ....)
- Sears or Fisher
Of the fringe blackcaps; D Bracewell, Kuggeleijn, Rippon, Cleaver aren't in any of my squads. For variety of form, age or other reasons.
Only one single unlucky available player in the entire country, just one, consider that again .... just one. Out of 110 contracted players in this country, only 1 player has played well enough but has enough competition to be excluded froman my NZ A team. That is Max Chu.
(or Foxcroft as well, if you consider his situation unlucky). Or Schmulian on career and seasons performance, and is peak age for Steady, but I assume will never recover from having a too late-aged FC start.
And on Max Chu being unlucky, he is pipped in the team by a guy who has only payed 2 games this season so far, so hasn't done enough to ruin his previous years' good work ....)
Filler material in Cooper, Bruce, Solia.
Probably filler in McConchie and Fletcher, with how things have aligned, but potentially better than that.
So, that is 5 of the 11 for whom the world is not their oyster.
Leaving 6: Of which 5 seem to me god bets for an 'A' team'; Ravindra, Abbas, Ashok, Clarke, O'Rourke.
Leaving 1 other: Randell. Who I rate as worth a look, based on that flicky wrist, but not many, if any, others seem overly excited about.
I haven't considered:
- Nathan Smith, as injured.
- Foulkes injured (and batting needs way more time anyway ....)
- Sears or Fisher
Of the fringe blackcaps; D Bracewell, Kuggeleijn, Rippon, Cleaver aren't in any of my squads. For variety of form, age or other reasons.
Only one single unlucky available player in the entire country, just one, consider that again .... just one. Out of 110 contracted players in this country, only 1 player has played well enough but has enough competition to be excluded from
(or Foxcroft as well, if you consider his situation unlucky). Or Schmulian on career and seasons performance, and is peak age for Steady, but I assume will never recover from having a too late-aged FC start.
And on Max Chu being unlucky, he is pipped in the team by a guy who has only payed 2 games this season so far, so hasn't done enough to ruin his previous years' good work ....)
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