So the New Zealand cricket team has won a series just as we thought things couldn't get worse for our summer sport. In fact, it was our first series win in South Africa so it is definitely something to scream and shout about.
Hopefully this will trigger a bit of a revival for the New Zealand cricket team which has let's face it, been through hell in the last couple of months.
So what now? How do we build on this success?
In my opinion, specialist coaches could be the future for New Zealand cricket - England have already started doing it with Andy Flower looking after the test team and Ashley Giles looking after the limited overs teams (Twenty20 and 50 overs).
I believe we will see more countries going for this as the three formats of cricket become far more distinguished from each other - after all, we already see players specializing in one form of the game, and different captains for different forms of the game, e.g. Michael Clarke captains Australia in tests, George Bailey for ODIs and Twenty20s; Stuart Broad for England in T20s, Alastair Cook in ODIs and now tests having taken over from Andrew Strauss.
Have either John Buchanan or John Wright specifically coach the test team - probably will be John Buchanan given New Zealand Cricket has burnt its bridges with Wright long ago.
Test lineup
BJ Watling
Martin Guptill
Ross Taylor
Kane Williamson (captain)
Dean Brownlie
Brendon McCullum (wk)
Daniel Vettori
Tim Southee
Doug Bracewell
Trent Boult
Neil Wagner
As for the limited overs forms of the game, Mike Hesson should continue to be coach as he has proven to be very adept at the shorter forms of the game as proven during his time coaching Otago and the relative success with the Blackcaps when they're playing within a day.
ODI lineup
Martin Guptill
Jesse Ryder
Brendon McCullum (wk/captain)
Ross Taylor
Kane Williamson
James Franklin
Jimmy Neesham
Nathan McCullum
Tim Southee
Doug Bracewell
Mitch McClenaghan
Twenty20 lineup
Jesse Ryder
Brendon McCullum (captain)
Ross Taylor
Martin Guptill
Rob Nicol
Derek de Boorder (wk)
Colin de Grandhomme
Jimmy Neesham
Nathan McCullum
Tim Southee
Mitch McClenaghan
Vettori is more a one day containing bowler if he isn't injured. BJ Watling will be test keeper and therefore shouldn't open. Interesting call to go for Williamson as test captain, hard to know what they will do there. You have left Kyle Mills out of the ODI team, he is still a good ODI bowler, checkout his stats. I am not a fan of Colin De Grandhomme at the next level. It seems that most other countries have totally different teams for different formats of the game, I think we are stuck because we don't have the depth to do that, but are starting to develop some good young talent.
ReplyDeleteYeah but I think Watling's probably got the best technique for an opener so really should be there. McCullum makes it tough for us given that he is our best wicketkeeper too in my opinion.
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