Comments: 13 

Posted by Sombrehombre on (February 13 2012, 20:49 PM GMT)

Ryder is being shown some tought love by his new daddy, John Wright. Rightly so I say, he needs to commit himself fully to the black caps and his cricketing career to fullfill his nature talent. Get in line, get in shape and get your head right son.

Posted by gimme-a-greentop on (February 13 2012, 10:06 AM GMT)

New Zealand are good at the short formats and are great fighters so even though SA look stronger don't write them off. They better watch out for AB though he is batting like the sporting genius he is...

Posted by   on (February 13 2012, 10:01 AM GMT)

ryder? where is ryder? jesse ryder the destroyer.

Posted by StuL on (February 13 2012, 09:54 AM GMT)

@six four out. Milne still lacks a bit of control for his pace and goes to the boundary very quickly as a result. He's 20 and as fast as Lee but is still working on swing (I believe Bond etc are helping him). Bates has a better length than Boult for T20 but doesn'tt swing the red ball as much. Hira is harder to get away than Vettor. Van Wyk is a good player but in T20 McCullum takes the gloves so there's no room for a second keeper.

Posted by Bigchops on (February 13 2012, 09:16 AM GMT)

SA won't smash anyone..they will win the T20 2-1 only because NZ's bowling was average under a little pressure from ZIM the other night and they will score 190++

Posted by nzcricket174 on (February 13 2012, 08:37 AM GMT)

@SixFourOut those guys aren't for T20. Bates has been great for a few years now and Hira was oustanding this year.

Posted by richard17nz on (February 13 2012, 08:23 AM GMT)

On PAPER?>? On paper can say so much... I think you can look at any team on any given day and throw their mortgage at the bookmakers (sorry should I say bookmakers around some teams?) Any team can upset the odds or it would become a boring spectacle. The only reason I would wish poorly on my kiwi boys is so England can rightfully get demoted down the test ranking order. We shock Australia for once and still languish on the table but England lose 3-0 to Pakistan and still are disputed #1. I am hopeful NZ can believe in themselves and compete hard on our turf and if that means beating SA in T20 and ODI before a weather affected 1 all Test series. I'm a realist and appreciate it won't be a white wash but compared to many of the biased opinions on here I can only wish the KIWIS the best. Kia Kaha boys!

Posted by drboron on (February 13 2012, 07:46 AM GMT)

Bates and Hira were the two top wicket takers in the HRV Cup. Bates has a superior average, economy rate and strike rate than both Milne and Boult. Not sure we need two keeper-batsmen in the on team, epecially given de Boorder's ordinary domestic reccord.

Posted by anver777 on (February 13 2012, 07:41 AM GMT)

A relatively young, but talented NZ squad may surprise viewers in T20 matches against SA !!!!

Posted by SixFourOut on (February 13 2012, 07:21 AM GMT)

I don't know why Hira and bates are in the team. I've always wondered how sub par players get picked when there are statistically much better players available. Generally these average performers fail to impress....///....What about Boult or Milne or De Boorder?