You have to look away from the numbers alone, sure the bowling on the scorecard looks good but you can't read into dismissals where the game was dead and the batsmen were trying to hit the ball back to Australia. All, including Milne getting Faulkner, were freebies. They are largely still spraying it everywhere.
You praised Henry and Boult. I didn't. I just thought you were particularly rough on Anderson (4 overs, 14 runs, 1 wicket) and Santner (2 balls and 2 wickets). Have a look at Anderson's economy against Pakistan. Include the horrific first T20 into the mix as well. He has control and when not bowling in the death, is economical.
I am harsh on Anderson because his career numbers are very flattering.
They sure are brilliant numbers aren't they? But here is the thing, at some point, after so many games, you will have to say well, flattering maybe, but he has continued to keep them at a flattering level, perhaps he is that good.
Lots of soft wickets mostly down to batsmen error (similar to McClenaghan),
Those are how most ODI wickets happen. Scoreboard pressure gets more wickets than swing, spin or seam.
lots of wides, couple of brutal knocks against rubbish attacks, completely out of sorts against genuine pace and movement.
And yet smashed Pakistan for a NZ victory. Instrumental in NZ's world cup final appearance, including a vital knock in the semi final against a pretty good bowling attack. I don't think he should be in the test team, but he is one of the first names I'd write down in a limited overs team. He provides the ODI teams with great balance. He can bowl in any match role in limited overs. His batting is very good for limited overs. He is a vital cog in the NZ ODI machine.
Dropped a sitter, let another through his legs for four. Mistakes happen of course, but he's particularly sloppy. He's bits and pieces.
Yeah he is not selected for his fiedling and is defintely behind Williamson, Southee, Milne, Boult, Guptill, McCullum, Santner and Latham who are truly brilliant and exceptional fieldsmen. NZ are the best fiedling side in the world at present. Anderson and McClenaghan are passengers both on that bus.