1. SM Morgan 2. MW Scoble (WK) 3. MSM Monkeywrench (vc) (7) 4. J Torres 5. DRP Taylor (c) 6. DA Astele (6) 7. G Weaver (2) 8. MD Dorn (5) 9. CW Jennings (4) 10. HJ Bots (3) 11. AJ Izett (1) With the injury to Olsen, the NZ selectors have placed faith in untried, but in form DA Astele. The move up to 5 for Damo made way for the All-Rounder to make his debut for NZ. Only change from the side that lost to Victoria yesterday. Stay tuned for Astele's jersey unveiling shortly
I must say, I didn't see this coming at all. He's an allrounder and he's only played three games. That said, your only other real alternative was Harding... Astele - 415 runs in 3 ALC games @ 51.00 (0 fifties, 1 hundred) Harding - 369 runs in 6 ALC games @ 30.75 (1 fifty, 0 hundreds) Astele more than deserves his spot on batting alone. Good to see you actually pick on performance rather just focusing too much in on "player role". I know Corbin will disagree with this selection, but I think he's wrong TBH.