Axe hovers over New Zealand batsmen
Depending on which batsmen have most raised the selectors' hackles, three players are in line for the axe from the New Zealand third test team to face Pakistan in Napier this week, writes David Leggat in the New Zealand Herald .
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
Depending on which batsmen have most raised the selectors' hackles, three players are in line for the axe from the New Zealand third test team to face Pakistan in Napier this week, writes David Leggat in the New Zealand Herald.
Among the top six, Ross Taylor is the exception; opener Martin Guptill will stay, although he's only managed 75 runs at 18.7 in four innings. So too Daniel Flynn, who at least grafted 5h 8min over 29 and 20 at the Basin Reserve - solid stuff in this context. However lefthander Tim McIntosh (37 runs at 9.5), and middle-order pair Peter Fulton (42 at 10.5).and Grant Elliott (59 at 14.7) all in four innings are on a knife edge. At least one must go.
In the same paper, Leggat also says New Zealand are operating as two distinct halves, and their bowlers are being badly let down.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo