All-Time Test XV - NEW ZEALAND (Manager: Mugatiya)

[Bada]

Maybe Reid isn't required as you already have Hadlee and Vettori to cover AR. I'd definitely play both Crowe and Williamson.

[mugatiya]

NCZ pumping some money into building the new ATG Oval. It will seam and swing for 50 days and 50 nights when it is built.

[Bada]

You will have to pick one out of Southee and Boult. My pick is Boult

[Randy]

Nathan Astle

[mugatiya]

NZ announce mystery co-manager

NZ is happy to announce that the ATG NZ side will be co-managed by a mystery 3rd party. Both of them will be working hard these days travelling all over NZ looking and at old footage to figure out who to pick for their side.

A preliminary squad of 20 is expected to be announced soon. Both are currently binge watching Flight of the Concords to get a feel for NZ culture.

[mugatiya]

Black caps name preliminary 20-man squad.

The final 15 will be selected after an intense camp in the remote regions of Milford Sound to test the hardness of these cricketers. Things like how players handle isolation, lack of sheep around them, how difficult their accents are to understands will be key attributes the management team will look at.

XI
Glenn Turner
Stewie Dempster
Bert Sutcliffe
Martin Crowe
Martin Donnelly
John R Reid
Richard Hadlee
Daniel Vettori
Ken Wadsworth
Shane Bond
Trent Boult


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Kane Williamson
Stephen Fleming
Ross Taylor
Chris Cairns
Brendon McCullum
Jack Cowie
John Bracewell
Bruce Taylor
Tim Southee

[mugatiya]

Reid in punch up with Managers

John Reid has been involved in a scuffle with the blackcaps managers and has been duly sent home. NZ were entering their final phase of selections and it appears Reid may have got wind that he will be dropped. Having confronted both Managers, Reid had thrown a chair at manager Mugatiya. With no choice but to let Reid go to firmly establish a culture of discipline within the squad, Reid has been dropped from the NZ squad in what is sure to be headline news across the entire ATG league.

NZ Probable 15.

XI
Glenn Turner
Stewie Dempster
Kane Williamson
Bert Sutcliffe
Martin Crowe
Martin Donnelly
Brendon McCullum ©+
Richard Hadlee 2
Daniel Vettori 4
Shane Bond 1
Trent Boult 3


+4
Ross Taylor
Chris Cairns
Jack Cowie
John Bracewell

[The One]

Make up your mind managers still this is probable squad? You know you're going to lose this right?

[mugatiya]

(12-13-2016, 04:04 PM)The One Wrote:  Make up your mind managers still this is probable squad? You know you're going to lose this right?

We will decide before the deadline

[The One]

What's the point, you could just as well pick XI sheep and result won't be much different.