New Zealand call on 'odd' squad
New Zealand’s team to face West Indies from Thursday is not a bad one, but “an odd one”, according to Jonathan Millmow in the Dominion Post .
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
New Zealand’s team to face West Indies from Thursday is not a bad one, but “an odd one”, according to Jonathan Millmow in the Dominion Post.
Chris Martin dropped when he is running into form, Aaron Redmond passed over after getting within touching distance of a century against Australia at Adelaide.
Filling out forms became an issue at the end of John Bracewell’s reign and Chris Rattue looks at the situation in the New Zealand Herald.
Tim McIntosh would have been within his rights to be disappointed and disillusioned with being continually overlooked, especially when you consider the procession of openers through the Test selectors’ turnstile since he debuted for Auckland in 1999. Paul Holden in his blog Sideline Slogger digs deeper.
Hamish Macdougall in his blog Googlies and Grass Stains congratulates the new selectors for showing chutzpah, confidence and courage and hopes the batsmen play with similar virtues after the 'spring cleaning'.
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo