NZ vs Australia

Anything would be more interesting than IPL 3 mate -

Aussies have Lee, Nannes, Johson, Tait for raw pace then the likes of Harris, McKay, Siddle, Clark the more line and length bowlers and the swing of Hilfenhaus.  Put in Hauritz, Smith and Krejza and you have 3 bowling line ups right there.  Hodge, Ferguson, White, Paine, Jacques, Rogers and you've got quite a competent 2nd xi.  I'm sure there are more batsmen blazing runs out in Aussies.  Surely, they'll beat the likes of West Indies, Pakistan, NZ.

What do you think of the Khawaja fellow? I reckon he has a good future. 

I rate Ferguson milky, looked pretty good in the few ODI's I saw of him before he got injured I think.  For a small (thin) guy, he can whack the ball.

Wow, Aus 231 all out ..., but  NZ will be 131 all out and conceed 100 runs lead , Auss will pile 300+ in second stint and win the series 2-0 . I hope my words does not come true , but Bollinger, Harris , Jhonson and Hauritz are too good for impatient Taylor,Guptill and Brendon.

NZ only get 30 odd ahead , with Taylor making a Sehwag-esque ton and scoring half of NZs runs. Australia have now levelled the scores with no wickets lost, so basically the match is dead even. I expect a big one here from Shane Watson and I think NZ will be chasing at least 300. Luckily for them Taylor scored so fast so there's so  much time left in the game. Albeit, Harris, Bollinger and Johnson really do look like a world class pace attack, with assistance from Watson and Hauritz. NZ will have to be at the top of their game here because they actually have a very genuine chance at test victory.

Two whole days left with North and Clarke at the crease and Haddin, Johnson, Hauritz and Harris the all rounders to come in. Should be a tough one for the Kiwis to win from here, their spin duo has failed. Katich has had a super match, while Ponting has had one which he'd like to forget.
NZ are certainly missing Bond, and also Jesse Ryder with the bat.

I was impressed with North when they toured SA zuhair. Nothing flash about him , very tidy and knows his scoring areas.

In first class cricket there would probably be around 20 bowlers under 30 who can bowl 140kph plus. An abundance of fast bowling talent, look at Harris, came out of no where at 30 years of age and doing a wonderful job. The selectors could have easily picked from the batch of 20 year olds, but chose to hold back on them.
     It's tough for NZ because clearly with such a small pool of players to choose from you have little choice in picking guys like Arnel and sticking with your 35 year olds and squeezing the last big of effort out of them. NZ do very well with what they have, but I don't know what direction they're heading with their bowling. Southee is the only young talent in the bowling unit and he has been iffy at times. Signs aren't so promising for NZ with their fast bowling at the moment. Bit like Australia and spin bowling stocks.