Aus v NZ -Chappell Hadlee series II
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@Donsteppa said in Aus v NZ -Chappell Hadlee series II:
Now if only we hadn't bowled lashings of mince n cheese for 35 overs...
If they had scored a reasonable 330 odd we'd be in with a good shout here.
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Kane goes for a classy 81. Damn. Night guys.
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Hell of a sunset at Manuka Oval.
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We are really missing a Vettori like bowler aren't we. Someone to take some pace off any momentum that is building. Instead we just keep dishing up overs that can be attacked.
In the light of the chase required this isn't a bad batting effort. Take away some of the need to slog and it would probably be a pretty good score. -
We'll need to make some changes for our next series. Safe are Guptill, Williamson, Boult and Southee. To that you can probably add Henry and Santner. Obviously Taylor is an in, which solves the top order depth issue. Anderson may also return. Neesham has shown me enough with the bat to suggest he might be the guy at five, but in my top team I have a specialist batsman there. We should be able to jettison Munro and the outclassed CDG. For mine, Watling isn't a ODI keeper and it's time we either gave the gloves to Latham and then played an extra batsman lower down, or we need to unearth a keeper who can belt it at around 7 or 8. Sodhi has to come back into the squad and I think Nicholls should be persevered with.
Based on what I've seen in the series and what I already knew, my top ODI XI if all fit, would be:
Guptill
Latham wk
Williamson
Taylor
Nicholls
Neesham
Anderson
Santner
Henry
Southee
Boult -
I wouldn't have batted second at Manuka Oval...