New Zealand In Australia

[Jit]

new zealand need good players in form for batting and i think with bond coming back into the side that will make a difference

 

[aussie_ben91]

Dear god Michael Clarke's been named captain for the Twenty20 game. :

 

[irottev]

Not good for our batsmen to see Tait in the side. Not after the tour of SA.

Good to see it's not as strong as it could be though.

 

[aussie1st]

Cam White sure has fallen out of the picture. Good to see Voges and Noffke rewarded. Hoping we see both Tait and Lee playing, would be silly not to play Tait after picking him.

 

[SciD]

Dear god Michael Clarke's been named captain for the Twenty20 game. :

Finally Aussies have started to take 20-20 seriously or still dont consider it anything

 

[ivanvdm15]

is bond playing i hope he is.

 

[dikon]

Dear god Michael Clarke's been named captain for the Twenty20 game. :

What's wrong with that?Gives a potential future captain a chance to prove if he has what it takes.

 

[irottev]

Bond is not playing. He's recovering slowly

 

[aussie_ben91]

What's wrong with that?Gives a potential future captain a chance to prove if he has what it takes.

He shouldn't be in the Twenty20 side to begin with. His really the only player in the squad hasn't proven that he can successfully slog & his strike-rate in ODI's has been due to him being so good at rotating the strike.

 

[SciD]

It will intresting to see how he handles the pressure of being captain. My best wishes to him.

 

[aussie1st]

Tait in for Clark, Hopes and Haddin retain their spot in the ODI side. Happy enough with that team, can't wait to finally see both Lee and Tait both at top flight.

 

[Animator!]

I think he point about Clarke not being able to slog in 20/20 has a point but doesn't, if you get me.

You don't have to slog in 20/20 Cricket. The mot successful players tend to be those who can get at least a single off very ball, which is something Clarke is very good at.

 

[0601731]

aussies will hit the kiwis with pace and seeing how the kiwis handled styen,things dont look too good for them.

 

[irottev]

Just watching our bowlers get decimated in the warm-up

http://ls.cricket.com.au/HomeFullScorecard0_1149_1.html

400 or close to it seems to be the projection. 6's galore. Must be a pretty decent deck.

O'Brien has had his chance. He's absolutely useless I would hope he never gets selected again for anything.

 

[cricketmad09]

I am a happy man looking at that score.

I think he point about Clarke not being able to slog in 20/20 has a point but doesn't, if you get me.

You don't have to slog in 20/20 Cricket. The mot successful players tend to be those who can get at least a single off very ball, which is something Clarke is very good at.

You look at his record. He has played 17 matches and averages 19 in 20/20 matches. You'd be better having someone like David Hussey or Phil Jaques in the team.

Chairmans XI are now 6/243 off 34. They still have 16 overs left, so the smart thing to do would just be to play sensibly and not take many risks, because if they score at 4.5 an over for the rest of the match they'll still make 310-315 odd runs.