NZ could peak at the right time in WC

[zen]

The team atm is inconsistent but if it gets the playing 11 right, it can be a force in the WC .... I would start with a line up like the one below:

 

Seifert 

Guptill 

Williamson 

Taylor 

Latham 

Munro

X 

4 bowlers (Boult, Southee, Henry, Ferguson, ....) 

 

 

 

[sandeep]

16 minutes ago, zen said:

The team atm is inconsistent but if it gets the playing 11 right, it can be a force in the WC .... I would start with a line up like the one below:

 

Seifert 

Guptill 

Williamson 

Taylor 

Latham 

Munro

X 

4 bowlers (Boult, Southee, Henry, Ferguson, ....) 

 

 

 

Kneejerk.

 

Seifert scored 40 runs in 7 innings before this one.  He's more unreliable than Munro.  

 

Your general point is valid though - NZ is not as bad a team as a 4-1 scoreline in the ODIs indicate.  

 

1. Munro
2. Guptill
3. Williamson
4. Roscoe
5. Latham
6. Nicholls/Seifert
7. Neesham
8. Santner
9. Sodhi  (Astle is a better batsman but a defensive spinner, Sodhi is a better chance to take wickets)
10. Boult
11. Henry
12.  

 

If a couple of things break in NZ's favor - openers getting a decent start, etc - NZ is a very good ODI side.  I still think they are the 3rd most likely team to make the semi-finals, behind England and India.  With South Africa right on their heels.  

 

[zen]

9 minutes ago, sandeep said:

If a couple of things break in NZ's favor - openers getting a decent start, etc - NZ is a very good ODI side.  I still think they are the 3rd most likely team to make the semi-finals, behind England and India.  With South Africa right on their heels.  

In big tourneys, NZ seems to do well vs Aus, Eng and Ind in SENA

 

Since 1992 in SENA

 

1992 (Aus-NZ)  - SF

1999 (Eng) - SF 

2003 (SA) - S6

2015 (Aus-NZ) - F 

 

Edited February 6, 2019 by zen

[Clarke]

Nope, pretty inconsistent bunch. 

 

Eng > Ind > NZ

 

 

[maniac]

Just now, Clarke said:

Nope, pretty inconsistent bunch. 

 

Eng > Ind > NZ

 

 

England is not that ahead either. They have weakness against spin and on flat tracks their batting can be lethal but their bowling is equally vulnerable.

 

But yes these are the top 3 teams however most open wc ever. Even Bangladesh,Afghanistan and WI can beat any team on their day.

[Ankit_sharma03]

These guys always has a hard time clearing semi or final, feel they lack x-factor . If they meet pakistan in semi my money wud be on Pakistan every day

[Adi BB]

All these 4-1 victories will go "dhare ka dhara " if nzl beat us in the WC match just like India did in 2003 .

Sau sunar ki ek lohar ki 

[zen]

3 hours ago, Adi BB said:

All these 4-1 victories will go "dhare ka dhara " if nzl beat us in the WC match just like India did in 2003 .

Sau sunar ki ek lohar ki 

If they beat us like they did in the recent ODI and T20,  it will even mess up our NRR

[flamy]

What is this peaking thing? Aus 2003 just stayed at peak throughout then?

[zen]

7 minutes ago, flamy said:

What is this peaking thing? Aus 2003 just stayed at peak throughout then?

Strong teams with highly consistent players can maintain their peak .... Teams with inconsistent and/or struggling players have to hope to touch their peak at the right time (hope because if they could plan, they would prefer to always remain at the  peak) 

[Nikhil_cric]

They should play

 

 Nichols

Guptill

Kane

Ross

Latham

Seifert

Neesham

Santner

Henry

Boult

Lockie/Southee

 

in that order. Not a bad team at all. Need to get rid of the likes of CDG and that hack Munro.