Oram out - the Kiwis are just unable to field a fully fit team.
I'm sick of it. It always afflicts the Kiwi's just when there's a sniff (albeit a very small one) of providing some competitiveness against the Aussies. Oram, New Zealand's main all round striking force, is injured again, and obviously has a body that just can't take the strain. Also, Chris Martin has just passed a fitness test....
For those who doubted whether the final would be a barnstorming event, I give you the New Zealand starting XI.
1 Brendon McCullum (wk, capt), 2 Aaron Redmond, 3 Martin Guptill, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Neil Broom, 6 Grant Elliot, 7 James Franklin, 8 J Patel, 9 Kyle Mills, 10 Shane Bond, 11 Ian Butler. [...]...
I know you are all marveling at the wonders of Dale Styen at present but those of us in Black Cap Land are quietly excited(?) about this Andy McKay.
A left armer who can swing the ball at pace, and with accuracy, does not happen along every day in NZ.
Yes the Aussies will be a sterner test, but with James Franklin the next best left arm pace man, you can’t blame us for jumping on the bandw...
How crap is New Zealand’s team management? Are there really so few talented players in the country that the likes of Neil Broom and James Franklin are bring persisted with despite so many failures. Here are Neil Brooms’ ODI stats:
Format
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
21
21
3
309
71
17.16
435
71.03
0
1
24
3
2
0
Ok, some would argue 21 innings is too few...
No comments so far...