NZ tour of India

Chris B.

Williamson confirmed out. Latham to captain. No other team news. I imagine Mitchell will be in to bat at six, and perhaps Wags for Somerville.

Edit: Glen Phillips being an obvious option who I'd forgotten...

I'd pick Mitch Jr. and by quite a wide margin over Phillips.

I doubt either of their bowling will be much used or much use.

I watched Phillips score a 50 in his only test to date and it was about as chancy as they come.

Chris B.

Big question of course is who will bat in the top 3?

I'd imagine they'll promote Blundell to open and move Young to first drop - which might perhaps lean them towards Philips as someone who could take a stint with the wicketkeeping gloves to give Blundell a chance to freshen up near the end of an innings?

I'd still pick Mitch Jr. and make Blundell tough it out.

Donsteppa

Yep, I'd go with Mitchell but I think they'll go with Philips.

Saw something on the Cricinfo feed to the effect that Philips's back is no longer up to keeping other than as an emergency option

Donsteppa

They could bat Ravindra at 3.

Damo

I would keep openers the same. Put Ravinder at 3. Bring in Daryl Mitchell to bat 6.

Swap Wagner for Ajaz (or maybe Somerville)

Damo

@chris-b said in NZ tour of India:

Big question of course is who will bat in the top 3?

I'd imagine they'll promote Blundell to open and move Young to first drop - which might perhaps lean them towards Philips as someone who could take a stint with the wicketkeeping gloves to give Blundell a chance to freshen up near the end of an innings?

I'd still pick Mitch Jr. and make Blundell tough it out.

Latham could keep for a while if necessary.

Bovidae

Someone needs to check the coins used for the toss in India.

Chris B.

@damo said in NZ tour of India:

@chris-b said in NZ tour of India:

Big question of course is who will bat in the top 3?

I'd imagine they'll promote Blundell to open and move Young to first drop - which might perhaps lean them towards Philips as someone who could take a stint with the wicketkeeping gloves to give Blundell a chance to freshen up near the end of an innings?

I'd still pick Mitch Jr. and make Blundell tough it out.

Latham could keep for a while if necessary.

Yeah - one of them would have to run into the sheds and change one set of pads for another, though.

Someone needs to punch Little Kane on the nose.

If they make it hurt worse than his elbow, then he won't notice his sore elbow. In my experience you only notice the thing that hurts worst!

Damo

Still no Wagner. I can't believe that.

Donsteppa

Mitchell in, but no Wags??

Damo

@damo said in NZ tour of India:

Still no Wagner. I can't believe that.

Actually Cricinfo has Wagner in the team list, so not sure what is going on.

Damo

@damo said in NZ tour of India:

@damo said in NZ tour of India:

Still no Wagner. I can't believe that.

Actually Cricinfo has Wagner in the team list, so not sure what is going on.

Looks like Wagner in for Somerville.

Donsteppa

No Wags

Damo

@donsteppa said in NZ tour of India:

No Wags

Hmmmm. Cricinfo has the team as:

**New Zealand:** 1 Will Young, 2 Tom Latham (capt), 3 Daryl Mitchell, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Henry Nicholls, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Rachin Ravindra, 8 Kyle Jamieson, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Neil Wagner, 11 Ajaz Patel

canefan

@donsteppa said in NZ tour of India:

No Wags

Booooooo!

Chris B.

We are useless tossers.

Having lost the toss, Cricinfo better have the correct story and Wags playing!

Damo

@chris-b said in NZ tour of India:

We are useless tossers.

Having lost the toss, Cricinfo better have the correct story and Wags playing!

Cricinfo have 2 different teams listed. I guess we'll have to wait to see who runs out to know for sure.

nzzp

@chris-b said in NZ tour of India:

We are useless tossers.

Came here for this. Not disappointed. Always funny.

Chris B.

@nzzp An oldie but a goodie!

But seriously, what proportion of tosses have we won in the past five years? We seem to be at the whim of the opposition captain far more often than dictating terms!

Damo

Commentators saying India won all 5 tosses on the tour. That's a 1 in 32 chance if the coins are fair.

The Silver Fern

NZ tour of India