Braces and Co have named a virtual test strength lineup for our final warm up match v England A (oh sorry I mean the Lions....grrr baby very grrr) at the Rose Bowl.I love the way the ECB feel the need to masculinise their A team, its just a shame Daniel can't be leading our boys into the Lion's den, wouldn't that just be the best religious pun?
Anyway, with Kyle Mills rested due to the Black Caps management only having a limited amount of sticking plasters to last the entire tour, and Dan the Man suffering from Murphy's law following him around with a chainsaw we can assume that this side hints at the selectors thoughts for the first test line up.
Despite the warm weather its good to see this fascination with including b-grade indoor cricketers in the Black Caps has not raised its ugly head again. By this I mean the continuous selection of everyone's favourite backyard cricketer Jeetan Patel. Aaron Redmond by all accounts is a handy legspin bowler, and his batting brings so many more options to the table. I would go as far to say right here and now that the closest Jeets should get to game time this tour will be from behind the wheel of the drinks cart, or if the connecting flight to London somehow gets diverted to Bangalore.
It's sad to see Peter Fulton not given a final chance to prove himself, the only way he'll get himself into a semblance of form is by using that piece of wood he hits red things with in a game. The inclusion of my hometown hero seems to hint that he will get a test debut at Lords, or at least Cricinfo think so. I don't think so. Too little experience. Unless he lathers himself up and has a nice run bath in the Rose Bowl I don't think he should be seriously considered as a middle order option.
Worrying to hear that my brother's mate Tim Southee is suffering from Bond problems, I mean back problems. I hope it's just a case of shitty-English-weather-itis and he's allowed plenty of time to rest.
As a final thought, I think I speak for every BC fan out there when I dream of the NZ top order coating themselves in runs and wrapping up an innings victory in this final warm game. Please?
Haha, what did I put in my coffee this morning.
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'Ridiculous' would be Flynn getting all these games and then being dropped for the test in order to fit TMP in. I see the cricinfo report also says Taylor "is the one class-act in the top five likely to have a sustained Test career". At least the guy isn't a sycophant.
Your brother's mate is Tim Southee and How goes out with your girlfriend's cousin - I'm starting to think you need a full disclosure statement somewhere...
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