Sixteen questions for Glenn and the boys
How did Gareth Hopkins get a central contract and then not get selected as the backup wicketkeeper for Test cricket - especially when Reece Young had been playing as a specialist batsman for Auckland because Hopkins kept wickets
Judhajit
25-Feb-2013
How did Gareth Hopkins get a central contract and then not get selected as the backup wicketkeeper for Test cricket - especially when Reece Young had been playing as a specialist batsman for Auckland because Hopkins kept wickets? Also, if Indian-born legspinner Tarun Nethula made the team as the top wicket-taker in the State Championship, shouldn't the top run-scorer also make the cut? These are among the 16 questions Paul Holden asks the New Zealand selectors on his blog, Sideline Slogger.
Does anyone believe the line that Franklin is better off playing English county cricket rather than turning out for New Zealand A? Better off in terms of pounds earned for Gloucestershire, certainly (and good on him), but it looks as if Franklin has been axed and told he wouldn't be close to being on the next flight into Sri Lanka even if he was in India with the A team.
Hamish McDouall provides his assessment of how the players have done over the domestic summer. Read the 'Weather Report' on his blog Googlies and Grass Stains.