Chappell-Hadlee
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I think Neesh's batting is being a bit underrated by some. Was very good in Aus and rebuilt our innings at Eden Park. He's untroubled by the extra pace and has sound technique. He just needs to bat ahead of bloody Munro, I like him at 6 after Broom.
Edit - I like the look of @Chris-B's team, plenty of batting and Kane, Neesh and Anderson to cover the 5th bowler.
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@westcoastie Sodhi's in my list of alternates - beside Craig.
Right now, I'd probably lock Broom and Santner in, as well. Latham is very handy as an opener who can keep, but if/when he loses the gloves I think his place is a bit more iffy. I don't think he's a naturally fast scorer, though hopefully he'll grow into the role.
I think Neesham and Anderson are both much better bowlers than Munro, who can really only give you an over or two here and there - Anderson has a bit of a golden arm and actually has a better ODI strike rate that Boult. He's also got a significantly better batting strike rate than anyone in yesterday's team - so as someone who can come in and really smack it around from a strong platform he's got plenty of value.
de Grandhomme could potentially do this as well and is missing from my list. If Munro has a role then this is also it - but, he's had too many failures and too few successes.
I like Neesham as a batsman, but he and Broom are probably pretty similar and better suited to five than seven - OK at six.
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@mimic said in Chappell-Hadlee:
Just saw a stat that Taylor is tied for 1st equal with 14 tons with ABDV for an odi batsman batting at 4..
Next best is 10 tons..
You know we are only 2 innings away from "Taylors slump in form is worrying" posts on here tho' right?
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@gollum said in Chappell-Hadlee:
@mimic said in Chappell-Hadlee:
Just saw a stat that Taylor is tied for 1st equal with 14 tons with ABDV for an odi batsman batting at 4..
Next best is 10 tons..
You know we are only 2 innings away from "Taylors slump in form is worrying" posts on here tho' right?
I quite like the way Howstat displays careers in graphs. It can give you a good view of a batsman's ups and downs.
This is Roscoe's one.
Those blue bars are all 100s and appear quite regularly over the last 5 years -
Yep, that blue bar in 2011 sparks a ridiculously consistent & impressive 6 years. I never get why he gets so much shit. People see him grinning ruefully to himself when he is out & think he isn't trying or something. The guys a fricking legend.
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@gollum said in Chappell-Hadlee:
Yep, that blue bar in 2011 sparks a ridiculously consistent & impressive 6 years. I never get why he gets so much shit. People see him grinning ruefully to himself when he is out & think he isn't trying or something. The guys a fricking legend.
At a quick count from 72 innings since then there are 13 tons, 13 50's, 17 over 25
So when he bats he scores over 25 60% of the time, a half ton 36% of the time and a ton 18%.
A 50% conversion rate of 50s to 100s, which is pretty impressive in ODIs
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On conversion rates, Taylor's overall is 33% which is 16th on the all-time list. That 50% rate since 2011 would have him 2nd behind De Kock and just ahead of Davey Dumbdumb
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Neesham, like Anderson, needs to bowl to be certain of a place in the ODI team (Hesson's words). And at the moment he isn't reliable enough to be even a 5th bowler. At least Anderson gets big wickets despite leaking runs, and can be a death bowling option.
Munro is a flat-track bully but we knew that. Broom has shown the maturity to take that batting spot.
