blain said:
TEAM IN!!! WOW
Tim Southee and Grant Elliott will make test debuts against England in Napier, Mills and Oram out injured; Jeetan Patel also in team
Black Caps skipper Daniel Vettori has confirmed Northern Districts seamer Tim Southee will play against England in the third and deciding cricket test in Napier starting tomorrow.
Southee will replace the injured Kyle Mills while spinner Jeetan Patel will play as well.
In a big blow to the Black Caps, all-rounder Jacob Oram has also been ruled out through injury. Wellington all-rounder Grant Elliot replaces Oram in the side.
i like it, but f*ck orams out. cant wait to see how these 2 perform. off radiosport btw.
I am trying to make sense of all this
Bell
How
Fleming
Sinclair
Taylor
Elliott
McCullum
Vettori
Southee
Patel
Martin
12th Gillespie
tbh, i would have Gillespie in the side over Patel, i see him more likely to produce wickets on that road in Napier than Patel. I know he cops it on here, and fair enough on his ODIs recently, but he has 11 wickets @ 24, that is a handy start to his test career. Some may say "it has only been tailenders" or something, well, removing tailenders has been a problem for us over the years at times.
At cricket training last week, i have jokingly said to the lads that Orams 20 overs on day 1 would see him out for a year injured, well the beginnings of that are underway
Will be sad watching Fleming for the final time, he is pretty much the final link to my years growing up watching the game. Must be getting old. Only really have Menzies and Wiki left in the footy too from that era
