The joint hosts New Zealand are the latest team to announce their 30 men squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup. There are no major surprises in their team except that the hugely talented but perennialy troubled kid Jesse Ryder was left out.
The 30 man Kiwi squad is given as under:
Batsmen
Martin Guptill, Anton Devcich, Tom Latham, Hamish Rutherford, Rob Nicol, Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson Neil Broom, Dean Brownlie, Colin Munro
Allrounders
Corey Anderson, James Neesham, Daniel Vettori, Colin de Grandhomme, Andrew Ellis, James Franklin, Grant Elliot
Spinners
Roneel Hira, Nathan McCullum
Fast Bowlers
Hamish Bennett, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Matt Henry, Mitchell McClenaghan, Kyle Mills, Adam Milne, Tim Southee
Wicketkeepers
Luke Ronchi, BJ Watling
This is a pretty settled New Zealand side and they look set to make it deep into the World Cup yet again. They seem a little light in the spin bowling department (the old war horse Daniel Vettori is there but he has not played too much in the recent past) but the sheer variety and fire power in their fast bowling cannot be ignored. Not too many sides will fancy their sides against that quality of fast bowling. The batting also seems in safe hands with Brendon Mc Cullum, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson and Corey Anderson there to blast the opposition.
Here is my predicted New Zealand 15 that may make the cut:
Batsmen
Martin Guptill, Anton Devcich, Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson
Allrounders
Corey Anderson, James Neesham, Daniel Vettori
Spinners
Nathan McCullum
Fast Bowlers
Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Mitchell McClenaghan/ Adam Milne, Tim Southee
Wicketkeepers
Luke Ronchi, BJ Watling
Who do you think should make the final 15 of the New Zealand side?
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