Black Caps v Australia
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Kuggelijn replaces Jamieson. Can't see him playing the first test.
Mitch Jr. comes back, which should solidify the batting.
Main calls should be Conway or Young and Wagner or Santner.
NEW ZEALAND SQUAD FOR TESTS AGAINST AUSTRALIA
Tim Southee (captain), Tom Blundell (wicketkeeper), Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Scott Kuggeleijn, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will O'Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Neil Wagner, Kane Williamson, Will Young.
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@Chris-B said in Black Caps v Australia:
Kuggelijn replaces Jamieson. Can't see him playing the first test.
Mitch Jr. comes back, which should solidify the batting.
Main calls should be Conway or Young and Wagner or Santner.
NEW ZEALAND SQUAD FOR TESTS AGAINST AUSTRALIA
Tim Southee (captain), Tom Blundell (wicketkeeper), Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Scott Kuggeleijn, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will O'Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Neil Wagner, Kane Williamson, Will Young.
I really hope not.
There’s already one green paceman in there and he’s not exactly young or even test standard. Plus he wouldn’t be a popular pick for other reasons I won’t go into.
Young has given the selectors some good food for thought. A good thing too as he must have been running out of chances. Opening vs that Aussie line up is a daunting prospect though.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v Australia:
I can’t believe I’m saying this but I’d pick Santner over Wagner. Even though he is far from Lyon class he offers more than an extremely non threatening looking Wags.
He will probably prove me wrong but I feel there is something different about Santner this season. I don't know if there has been a small tweak in his action (it looks a little different to me), but he has been looking more threatening lately. He seems to be bowling slower and he is getting some good drift.
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@MN5 Unless the pitch obviously favours seam over spin then I'm inclined to agree with you. I think Wags is probably done.
To be honest, about the only chance we have is to prepare a pitch that resembles something in Calcutta and hope that a spin quartet of Santner, Ajaz, Ravindra and Phillips can outbowl Lyon and the Aussie part-timers.
But, then, we haven't even picked Ajaz (which is interesting in itself). Seems like Santner is now the No. 1 spinner in all formats. I wonder whether his batting is the decisive point in tests?
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@Chris-B said in Black Caps v Australia:
@MN5 Unless the pitch obviously favours seam over spin then I'm inclined to agree with you. I think Wags is probably done.
To be honest, about the only chance we have is to prepare a pitch that resembles something in Calcutta and hope that a spin quartet of Santner, Ajaz, Ravindra and Phillips can outbowl Lyon and the Aussie part-timers.
But, then, we haven't even picked Ajaz (which is interesting in itself). Seems like Santner is now the No. 1 spinner in all formats. I wonder whether his batting is the decisive point in tests?
Surely, he doesn’t have ten wickets in an innings to fall back on after all.
If he plays that means Henry bats nine, every time I turned on the radio the commentators went on about Henry not being an eight which I think is harsh for a guy averaging in the early 20s with four half centuries.
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@MN5 https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-in-bangladesh-2023-24-1395688/bangladesh-vs-new-zealand-2nd-test-1395704/full-scorecard
Ajaz's last test, you'd say he outbowled Mitch.
On the other hand, in three home tests Ajaz has never taken a wicket.
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@Chris-B said in Black Caps v Australia:
@MN5 https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-in-bangladesh-2023-24-1395688/bangladesh-vs-new-zealand-2nd-test-1395704/full-scorecard
Ajaz's last test, you'd say he outbowled Mitch.
On the other hand, in three home tests Ajaz has never taken a wicket.
The times they are a changing with no Boult, Jamieson and Wags surely on the way out.
The spinners are really looking like feasible options when they couldn’t get a look in previously ( fair enough too, SBWJ were on fire a couple of years back )
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v Australia:
I can’t believe I’m saying this but I’d pick Santner over Wagner. Even though he is far from Lyon class he offers more than an extremely non threatening looking Wags.
The days of that terrific pace quartet are gone forever now sadly.
Yep I would to he might tie down an end,Wagner and Southee you can not pick two Medium pacers hitting around 130ks against Australia, a Bowling machine would be more threatening.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps v Australia:
He will probably prove me wrong but I feel there is something different about Santner this season
He's definitely bowling with more flight and guile
In 2 tests he has 12 wickets at an average of 17.4.
He was also Black Caps highest wicket taker at the World Cup in India with 16.
"I felt like I was getting too quick at the crease, and getting a bit long. It was through, I guess, a lot of white-ball bowling," he said. "But I've gone the other way now: tried to give it a rip again, and [go a] little bit slow at the crease, and get my momentum from the crease. That's what I tried to do at the World Cup... and it has flown into my red-ball bowling." -
Henry might also be in doubt for the test series as he has been replaced for the T20Is.
Matt Henry and Tim Seifert have been ruled out of the upcoming KFC T20I series against Australia and will be replaced by Ben Sears and Will Young.
Henry suffered some hip soreness following the 2nd Test against South Africa in Hamilton and will require a short period of rest and strengthening to ensure he is fit for the Tegel Test series against Australia later in the month.
Seifert has been withdrawn from the squad due to a torn abductor suffered while training for Northern Districts earlier in the week.
https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/henry-seifert-ruled-out-of-australia-t20is-sears-and-young-called-in/
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@1kiwi said in Black Caps v Australia:
I don't think any of the Aussie batman are shaking in their boots at the prospect of facing any of the bowlers NZ have selected to be honest.
I caught a bit of the discussion on the radio and they pointed out in the old “who would make a combined team” only KW would.
I’d add Daryl Mitchell but can’t think of anyone else to be honest.
The rest of our good players have an Aussie counterpart who is better. Even at their best it would be a stretch to pick Wags or Southee over the Australian pace bowlers.
Latham and Conways form speaks for itself, it would have been a discussion point 2 or 3 years ago though.
This really makes us underdogs which I am quite comfortable with
Also last time I made this comparison with England ( I think the Black Caps won about 8-3 ) we lost the series 3-0 over there so given things are so far the other way a Black Caps victory by 2-0 is all but assured.
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I think Patel is probably a better spinner than Santner but he is definitely a number 11 which gives Santner the edge in NZ conditions. In Asian conditions (or even the West Indies) maybe Patel would have the edge but then they are probably both going to be playing anyway in those conditions.
Sodhi is probably unlikely to play another given we now have two batsmen who can bowl spin and seem to take regular wickets (hopefully this is not just beginners lucK).
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@booboo said in Black Caps v Australia:
@Chris-B said in Black Caps v Australia:
Wags is probably done.
Unfortunately I think so too 😞
Yep.
however,
We Loves Wags -
With Wags nearing the end, Southee likely to follow and Jamieson forever injured, what does our seam bowling attack look like moving forward?
Henry and Will’O, who’s next?
Will we be stuck with a place holder (experienced consistent first class bowler like Kuggelijn/Tickner) until the next young fulla is ready?
Who are our next generation of bowlers?
