vettori as captain and sinclair in . . .

[Mr Kiwi]

what do youse think?

vettori's should go ok - i would've gone for someone like oram though he's going home for the odi's for some reason. while oram has more captaining experience vettori has more international play so it's a bit of a curly one.

sinclair i think is a good pick and should have been in the squad for the england tour (in place of macca - but thats easy to say with hindsight) but that could just be me showing my CD bias . . .

[Mr Kiwi]

oh yeah - forgot to say:

i'd've liked to've seen butler in the squad for bangladesh as i think we'll need some decent firepower in aus later . . .

and is anyone from nz having issues with cricinfo at the moment?

[Zainub]

Should be interesting seeing what type of a leader Vettori is, I have never known if he as the cliche goes 'captaincy material' - has he led any teams previously in his pre New Zealand career?

[Mr Kiwi]

in short, no

he actually has very little domestic experience. he was selected to the test team on the weight of a handful of first class performances and has been playing internationally ever since.

this is where the pro-oram argument comes from, he's been captain of his provincial team for several seasons before he was promoted to international level, where he's only played for a couple of years. of course with oram flying home at the end of the test series it all becomes academic really . . .

'people in the know' have been saying that vettori was the 'next captain' for a while, saying he has a 'good cricket head' and 'plenty of respect' from the players, admin and of course the fans. there's no real reason to doubt them until he's had a go

[Shaka]

Where's Stephen Fleming? Is he resting this one out?

[Zainub]

I think Oram's being rested as well, but your argument is interesting to say the least. What type of skipper was Oram for his provincial side - was he the "lets play the waiting game" type or "lets see what I can do differently" type?

[Big Merv]

I just heard on the news that Scott Styris is gonna be stand in skipper in a tour match in Australia. LOL!!