NZ tour of India
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Here's our squad for our World Test Championship series vs India - first of a new cycle.
Black Caps Test squad: Kane Williamson (c), Tom Blundell, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Will Somerville, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, Will Young.
Notably, despite being World Test Champions, we still only warrant a two test series vs the runners-up.
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@chris-b said in Other Cricket:
Here's our squad for our World Test Championship series vs India - first of a new cycle.
Black Caps Test squad: Kane Williamson (c), Tom Blundell, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Will Somerville, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, Will Young.
Notably, despite being World Test Champions, we still only warrant a two test series vs the runners-up.
Indeed. Is this just a warm up for a “bigger” team coming later on ? ( I don’t know the schedules at all )
International cricket is run by cocks.
In saying that I do hope KW gets some runs there, the bobs and vagene crew on Facebook gleefully point out he averages only 35 in the subcontinent ( conveniently forgetting he has a higher test average overall than any of them )
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@mn5 I'm hoping like fuck we manage to burgle one of those tests.
Win the right toss, bat well first up - and we have a good enough team to do it.
Big question-mark really is who bats at 7 (to simplify things, lets assume Blundell bats at 6).
Ravindra, Phillips, Santner, Jamieson?
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@chris-b said in Other Cricket:
@mn5 I'm hoping like fuck we manage to burgle one of those tests.
Win the right toss, bat well first up - and we have a good enough team to do it.
Big question-mark really is who bats at 7 (to simplify things, lets assume Blundell bats at 6).
Ravindra, Phillips, Santner, Jamieson?
None of them fill me with confidence, sorry wrong way of describing it, Jamieson walks into the team but is he good enough for seven ? ( as we’ve all asked for ages ).
CDGH retiring probably opens up a spot for perennial whipping boy Santner given it’s India and we need a spinner even though he can’t spin it.
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@mn5 I don't have much to offer, because I can't recall having seen Phillips or Ravindra bowl.
But, they're not using Phillips in this T20 WC and Ravindra hasn't made the squad, so that sort of answers the question as far as being test ready allrounders go.
I think we can pretty much pencil in Jamieson, Wagner, Ajaz and Somerville - so, it's really Timmy (and Big Kyle at 7) - or one of the supposed all-rounders.
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@chris-b said in Other Cricket:
@mn5 I don't have much to offer, because I can't recall having seen Phillips or Ravindra bowl.
But, they're not using Phillips in this T20 WC and Ravindra hasn't made the squad, so that sort of answers the question as far as being test ready allrounders go.
I think we can pretty much pencil in Jamieson, Wagner, Ajaz and Somerville - so, it's really Timmy (and Big Kyle at 7) - or one of the supposed all-rounders.
The fern would meltdown if Southee batted seven.
I wonder if Lance Cairns ( who averaged less ) would have got the same sort of grief if the fern was around in the 80s ?
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@chris-b said in Other Cricket:
@mn5 If Timmy plays, I'm pretty sure we'll have Kyle at 7 - probably Tim at 8. Both a slot too high.
Lance - hell yes!!! He would have had a target the size of Ben Tamiefuna on his back.
Yep, we’re coming into cricket season on the fern which means the usual moaners will go on about Southee and how he needs to “bat responsibly” and seemingly ignoring the fact he’s one of the best seamers this country has produced.
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@chris-b said in Other Cricket:
Here's our squad for our World Test Championship series vs India - first of a new cycle.
Black Caps Test squad: Kane Williamson (c), Tom Blundell, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Will Somerville, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, Will Young.
Notably, despite being World Test Champions, we still only warrant a two test series vs the runners-up.
I was irked when I first heard that Trent Boult won't be touring but in India he is likely to be less affective so I am happy he will be wrapped in cotton wool for this one.
Still desperately want to win the series. India are going to be pretty filthy about going out in the group stage of T20 WC
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@hooroo In a strange sort of way, Trent not going could end up helping us.
It would be very hard to see the selectors leaving out one of Trent, Jamieson or Wags - even if conditions warranted it. And if they did leave one out, it would likely be Wags.
I think they'll be less inclined to play Timmy if conditions favour three spinners (and it is hard for me to believe the Indians will take us anywhere except pitches that are turning square*).
*Which possibly makes this WTC a bit counterproductive - if everyone plays their games on surfaces designed to most disadvantage their opposition.
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I don't think that they will, but I'd be very tempted to play Ravindra at 7 as the third spinner. He looked very promising in Bangladesh with bat and ball, I think the pitches that we'll get will mean we have to bat very deep...
- Latham
- Conway
- Williamson
- Taylor
- Nicholls
- Blundell
- Ravindra
- Jamieson
- Wagner
- Somerville
- Patel
Very mixed feelings about leaving Southee out of that mix, but I think there will be very little pace bowling - and with Jamieson having the edge on Kohli, and with Wags being a bowling machine and offering a completely different approach, that might be it.
If Santner could generate the pressure in Tests that he does in ODI's/T20's he'd also be an option. I suspect that would be instead of Ravindra, though for 'my' team it'd be a choice between Somerville, Southee, and Santner for the last spot.
Don't think they'll go that way, but armchair selections are always fun
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With none of the batters able to roll their arms over to provide back up seam, I would be surprised if they went with two seamers and three spinners.
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@crazy-horse said in Other Cricket:
With none of the batters able to roll their arms over to provide back up seam, I would be surprised if they went with two seamers and three spinners.
I think it will depend on whether there's a blade of grass on the pitch, or whether it's like the last three tests in India v. England...
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@crazy-horse They did last time we were in Kanpur.
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They've slightly stuffed up the squad again IMO, but only slightly.
Just the wrong Mitchell. Should be Darryl Mitchell and no Mitchell Santner.
I'm not entirely sure of my desired first 11. But I know it definitely includes the two specialist spinners Patel and Sommerville. Therefore only 2 seamers out of the 3 of Southee, Jamieson, Wagner.
The last place to balance that out should be either Daryl Mitchell or Rachin Ravindra - it's the batting this place should be primarily selected on. Therefore definitely not Santner.
But from the cattle they've given us, It's either Ravindra or Phillips. But they'll probably go Santner and play the 3rd seamer, not Sommerville, and we will score no runs and Patel can be seen off with not enough pressure at other end - and we will lose badly.
TBH. The zero cricket that Patel, Sommerville, Taylor have gotten due to lockdowns means we will be even more under-prepped than usual. So, bit moot.
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@rapido said in Other Cricket:
They've slightly stuffed up the squad again IMO, but only slightly.
Just the wrong Mitchell. Should be Darryl Mitchell and no Mitchell Santner.
I'm not entirely sure of my desired first 11. But I know it definitely includes the two specialist spinners Patel and Sommerville. Therefore only 2 seamers out of the 3 of Southee, Jamieson, Wagner.
The last place to balance that out should be either Daryl Mitchell or Rachin Ravindra - it's the batting this place should be primarily selected on. Therefore definitely not Santner.
But from the cattle they've given us, It's either Ravindra or Phillips. But they'll probably go Santner and play the 3rd seamer, not Sommerville, and we will score no runs and Patel can be seen off with not enough pressure at other end - and we will lose badly.
TBH. The zero cricket that Patel, Sommerville, Taylor have gotten due to lockdowns means we will be even more under-prepped than usual. So, bit moot.
This is absolutely crazy talk. The absence of Boult means these three have to step up, not fight for two places !!!!
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@mn5 said in Other Cricket:
@rapido said in Other Cricket:
They've slightly stuffed up the squad again IMO, but only slightly.
Just the wrong Mitchell. Should be Darryl Mitchell and no Mitchell Santner.
I'm not entirely sure of my desired first 11. But I know it definitely includes the two specialist spinners Patel and Sommerville. Therefore only 2 seamers out of the 3 of Southee, Jamieson, Wagner.
The last place to balance that out should be either Daryl Mitchell or Rachin Ravindra - it's the batting this place should be primarily selected on. Therefore definitely not Santner.
But from the cattle they've given us, It's either Ravindra or Phillips. But they'll probably go Santner and play the 3rd seamer, not Sommerville, and we will score no runs and Patel can be seen off with not enough pressure at other end - and we will lose badly.
TBH. The zero cricket that Patel, Sommerville, Taylor have gotten due to lockdowns means we will be even more under-prepped than usual. So, bit moot.
This is absolutely crazy talk. The absence of Boult means these three have to step up, not fight for two places !!!!
Nope.
Writing on the wall that 4 of them were fighting for 2 places. So why bother going through all the MIQ and other malarkey for a guy with young family. All 3 will get a test on the short tour, but hopefully not in same match.
NZ have good results in UAE and Sri Lanka the last 2 years when they pick a proper team for the conditions. 2 seamer, 2 spinners and an allrounder (which was CdG).
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@rapido said in Other Cricket:
@mn5 said in Other Cricket:
@rapido said in Other Cricket:
They've slightly stuffed up the squad again IMO, but only slightly.
Just the wrong Mitchell. Should be Darryl Mitchell and no Mitchell Santner.
I'm not entirely sure of my desired first 11. But I know it definitely includes the two specialist spinners Patel and Sommerville. Therefore only 2 seamers out of the 3 of Southee, Jamieson, Wagner.
The last place to balance that out should be either Daryl Mitchell or Rachin Ravindra - it's the batting this place should be primarily selected on. Therefore definitely not Santner.
But from the cattle they've given us, It's either Ravindra or Phillips. But they'll probably go Santner and play the 3rd seamer, not Sommerville, and we will score no runs and Patel can be seen off with not enough pressure at other end - and we will lose badly.
TBH. The zero cricket that Patel, Sommerville, Taylor have gotten due to lockdowns means we will be even more under-prepped than usual. So, bit moot.
This is absolutely crazy talk. The absence of Boult means these three have to step up, not fight for two places !!!!
Nope.
Writing on the wall that 4 of them were fighting for 2 places. So why bother going through all the MIQ and other malarkey for a guy with young family. All 3 will get a test on the short tour, but hopefully not in same match.
NZ have good results in UAE and Sri Lanka the last 2 years when they pick a proper team for the conditions. 2 seamer, 2 spinners and an allrounder (which was CdG).
I do kind of see your reasoning but our pace trio has an amazing ( for NZ ) mix of talent and experience. I can’t see ANY of them being dropped but then again I see the need for spin so it has the potential to be a headache.
If they promoted Jamieson to seven then there’s room for both spinners making it, flipside of that of course is a potentially very long tail.
I don’t want Santner ( average of 45 and never more than three wickets in an innings ) anywhere near the team.
