how do you rate this line up's chances of winning the 2011 ICC CRICKET WORLDCUP?

[Sartaj]

1.ryder
2.mccullum
3.guptill
4.taylor
5.vincent/h.marshall
6.styris
7.oram
8.vettori
9.mills
10.bond
11.southee/butler/o'brien/franklin/patel/tuffey

 

[formula1man]

It looks strong.
Thats if the ICL players are allowed to play that is. Unless Guptil Improves or if Vincent/Marshall cant be used or are out of form i would like to include Elliot in there.

 

[Howsie]

1.ryder
2.mccullum
3.guptill
4.taylor
5.vincent/h.marshall
6.styris
7.oram
8.vettori
9.mills
10.bond
11.southee/butler/o'brien/franklin/patel/tuffey

The top four will be really strong, and they are all pretty young too. McCullum's the oldest at 27. This is the team I think we would most likely see.

1.Jesse Ryder
2.Brendon McCullum
3.Martin Guptill
4.Ross Taylor

Really how good is that top four, Taylor is 25, Ryder is 24, and Guptill is 23. And all four of them have strike-rates in the mid 80's.

5.Grant Elliot
6.Jacob Oram
7.James Franklin/Nathan McCullum

Elliot has done a real good job since coming into the ODI team. He is averaging 50 and has a strike-rate of 80, or round abouts. We know how good Oram is, and Franklin has improved his batting alot. He just needs abit of confindence. If he isn't playing I would say Nathan McCullum would come into the team, he is a very good spinner and a good hitter of the cricket ball.

8.Daniel Vettori
9.Ian Butler
10.Kyle Mills
11.Trent Boult

Butler has really come back well after his long injury break, and is capable of getting up to the 140's. Plus he can bat pretty well too. And Trent Boult is a young left-arm fast bowler who swings it alot. He was in the Chappel-Hadlee team but didn't get a game. I think he is high 140's, he was in the same Under 19 team as Tim Southee, and some people think he has past him all ready in terms of his bowling.

And I would guess these players would be around the squad:

Kane Williamson
Neil Broom
Tim Southee
Peter McGlashan
Scott Styris

And if the ICL players can come back to international cricket:

Shane Bond:Maybe, he is pretty old
Darryl Tuffey:Yep, this year he had a bowling average of 13 in first-class cricket. NZ needs him back
Lou Vincent:Maybe, probaly not though.

 

[irottev]

I think we have as good a chance as anyone. You named a bunch of players not in the squad/banned.

 

[usy]

I think New Zealand can win World Cup 2011.

 

[age of the fall]

I was just thinking about something a member said on the forum not to long ago about McCullum opening in ODIs, and how he was just a temp of sorts. He's come into the role well as of late, but what would be your thoughts on opening with Ryder and Guptil and batting McCullum down. Maybe 3/5?

 

[Howsie]

I was just thinking about something a member said on the forum not to long ago about McCullum opening in ODIs, and how he was just a temp of sorts. He's come into the role well as of late, but what would be your thoughts on opening with Ryder and Guptil and batting McCullum down. Maybe 3/5?

I feel the team would benefit more if McCullum moved back down the order, but who is going to bat at three, Ross Taylor has stated before that he likes batting at four. I've got a feeling that if McCullum does got back down the order, Taylor will bat three and Styris, Broom, or Williamson will bat at four. With the batting team able to take a powerplay when they want to having McCullum and Oram together could be very dangerous for opposing teams.

 

[age of the fall]

I feel the team would benefit more if McCullum moved back down the order, but who is going to bat at three, Ross Taylor has stated before that he likes batting at four. I've got a feeling that if McCullum does got back down the order, Taylor will bat three and Styris, Broom, or Williamson will bat at four. With the batting team able to take a powerplay when they want to having McCullum and Oram together could be very dangerous for opposing teams.

Brooms not really a No3 is he? We could give Flynn another shot, despite his bad ODI innings, I'm 70% sure he has a good list-A record.

 

[Howsie]

Brooms not really a No3 is he? We could give Flynn another shot, despite his bad ODI innings, I'm 70% sure he has a good list-A record.

Flynn got into the New Zealand team based on his One Day preformances for ND, he scored a few big hundreds that season. But I'm not really a fan of Flynn playing in the ODI team. His record isn't that great, but it has gone down because of his failures at international level. I think Broom generally bats at four for Otago, but I feel Taylor would be the best option batting at three because he has done it for NZ before. He did make his first century playing at three.

 

[Sartaj]

yeah! mccullum needs to bat down the order along with oram i guess.
this order i feel is ideal for the kiwis-
1.jesse ryder
2.lou vincent/hamish marshall
3.martin guptill
4.ross taylor
5.scott styris/grant elliott
6.jacob oram
7.brendon mccullum
8.daniel vettori
9.kyle mills
10.daryl tuffey
11.shane bond

this is the ODI line up