Mills is an excellent swing bowler. His record is something like 4.3 runs per over, 25 runs per wicket. Considering most of his international appearances have been in the sub continent, thats a very good record by NZ standards. Also, he has a couple of first class tons so can bat very handily as well, plus being an outstanding set of hands in the outfield. He's a bit like Damien Fleming, can genuinely knick out good players with big swing. The spell he bowled in Napier was outstanding. He's only just put his hand up to be a regular death bowler, and did it okay at Christchurch ableit one over. There's more optimism for mine with him firing down the last overs than Andre Adams, that is for sure. I can't believe the decline in Andres game, when he first came on there was so much potential as a genuine all-rounder of game turning ability. He can still turn a game, just for the worse now.
Thierry Henry, would it surprise you that Razzaq will probably retire when he's 27 (at least in his statistical age anyway). If he's 23, and Daniel Vettori was Pakistani, he'd be 12 again. Suppose they've all got to get into the Wisden record books for something. Might as well be their alibi ages. Either that or they've all extremely tough lives.
I reckon one way that you might experiment on Razzaq is going around the wicket and going right at his feet, hence minimising his room. He'd have to open up a lot further to go to his power zone down the ground and would slice a lot to extra cover.
