Brownlie is a fraud too.
Guptill is great at the shorter forms but he is looking like one of those players that will struggle to transfer that over into the longer form. Better than anyone else we have though I guess.
Guptill's test record against the top 6 sides must be abysmal.
Didn't mention Brownlie because the guy hasn't had a sustained period in the team, but yes, not overly impressive.
Guptill's issues are mental imo. The guy has a strike rate of 80 in ODI games and a strike rate of 43 in tests. I think he tries too hard to occupy the crease and as a result just doesn't play in a positive manner at all. Even when he reaches 60-70 he still looks like he's scratching for his first few runs.
My biggest beef remains with the selectors though. Franklin averages 21 with the bat and almost 34 with the ball in tests. He's got no place in international cricket, and just to make it worse, the selectors continue to use T20 and ODI games for development of our next crop of no hope all rounders.
The last thing we need are more players who aren't able to get into the team based on their merit with bat or ball, but get picked because they can do a little of both. How many are we experimenting with at the moment? Franklin, McCullum, Neesham (averages 23 with bat and 35 with ball in first class), Anderson (averages 31 with bat and 43 with ball in FC), Hira (averages 27 with bat and 205 with ball in FC).
No wonder nobody takes responsibility for performance, nobody has to actually earn their place in the team first.
