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Originally Posted by Aurelius  New Zealand have certainly demonstrated the need for a fifth bowler. Mills bowled an expensive five overs, which went for 27 runs. Naturally, he wasn't bowled a great deal after that |
Either he's good enough to be selected... in which case he should be expected to turn around a bad start... or the selectors screwed up: on the evidence of this Test... O'Brien is the guy who should be opening the bowling with Martin.
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Originally Posted by Aurelius but luckily the Kiwis had the good sense to pick O'Brien as the third specialist seamer, who not only was more economical, but picked up two wickets as well. Are you saying that picking say Matthew Sinclair would really be a better move than having O'Brien as a fifth bowler?  |
With hindsight... the NZ side would presumably have picked Jeetan Patel ahead of one of the seamers... but the way the game went... can anyone really dispute that Sinclair would have been of more use than Mills?
A memorable Test in the end, with both sides clearly feeling the pressure each time they got their nose ahead and recognised that the game was within reach.