Squad:
Ross Taylor (c) ? Central Stags
Doug Bracewell ? Central Stags
James Franklin ? Wellington Firebirds
Martin Guptill ? Auckland Aces
Roneel Hira ? Canterbury Wizards
Rob Nicol ? Canterbury Wizards
Brendon McCullum ? Otago Volts
Nathan McCullum ? Otago Volts
Kyle Mills ? Auckland Aces
Adam Milne ? Central Stags
Jacob Oram ? Central Stags
Tim Southee ? Northern Knights
Daniel Vettori ? Northern Knights
BJ Watling ? Northern Knights
Kane Williamson ? Northern Knights
We've still got a couple of warm-ups to go, but you'd have to think that Bracewell, Hira, Milne, and Watling will be the ones missing out. Therefore our line-up will probably look like:
1. Nicol
2. Guptill
3. B McCullum (wk)
4. Taylor (c)
5. Williamson
6. Franklin
7. Oram
8. N McCullum
9. Vettori
10. Mills
11. Southee
We'll have plenty of bowling options and a deep batting line-up, but the big test will be whether one of our top four can go on and make that crucial big score that you normally need to build a good T20 innings, like McCullum did in India.
Ross Taylor (c) ? Central Stags
Doug Bracewell ? Central Stags
James Franklin ? Wellington Firebirds
Martin Guptill ? Auckland Aces
Roneel Hira ? Canterbury Wizards
Rob Nicol ? Canterbury Wizards
Brendon McCullum ? Otago Volts
Nathan McCullum ? Otago Volts
Kyle Mills ? Auckland Aces
Adam Milne ? Central Stags
Jacob Oram ? Central Stags
Tim Southee ? Northern Knights
Daniel Vettori ? Northern Knights
BJ Watling ? Northern Knights
Kane Williamson ? Northern Knights
We've still got a couple of warm-ups to go, but you'd have to think that Bracewell, Hira, Milne, and Watling will be the ones missing out. Therefore our line-up will probably look like:
1. Nicol
2. Guptill
3. B McCullum (wk)
4. Taylor (c)
5. Williamson
6. Franklin
7. Oram
8. N McCullum
9. Vettori
10. Mills
11. Southee
We'll have plenty of bowling options and a deep batting line-up, but the big test will be whether one of our top four can go on and make that crucial big score that you normally need to build a good T20 innings, like McCullum did in India.