Look like its good side but away from home they are not good enough I am going with Australia they have some good players and all are in good touch this could be very big advantage still we can hope this is going to be very interesting series.
The series between Australia and New Zealand are always competitive and earlier Australia used to dominate every team but for a while they lost to India in their home soil and now they have bounced back and started performing well after the return of Steven Smith and Warner after suspension and the series depends upon which team is able to pick 20 wickets, both New Zealand and Australia have in form batsman and hence the bowlers are crucial to determine the fate of the series. 
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Oh... my bad. It's an away series for NZ and the matches will be played at Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. I heard that Boult has recovered completely from his injury. So the bowling lineup for NZ will be Boult/Southee/Henry with Santner as the spin bowler (I am assuming that Colin de Grandhomme will be the 5th bowler who doubles up as an all rounder). I would like to see Lockie Ferguson instead of Matt Henry. Both are bowlers with good pace, but Lockie is faster by a mile or two. Or they should play them both for the first test(D/N), since the WACA pitch is one of the most pace-friendly surfaces in the world
If Boult and Grandhomme are available for the game then Ferguson's place looks dicey for the first game. I am sure they would like to go with extra batsman for the middle order.
-Openers : Tom Latham and Jeet Raval
-Ist/2nd Down : Williamson, Ross Taylor
-Middle order : Henry Nicholls and one extra batsman
-All rounders (lower Middle order) : Santner {Spin-Bat} and Grandhomme {Seam+Bat}
-Seam bowlers (Tail): Southee, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult
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Oh... my bad. It's an away series for NZ and the matches will be played at Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. I heard that Boult has recovered completely from his injury. So the bowling lineup for NZ will be Boult/Southee/Henry with Santner as the spin bowler (I am assuming that Colin de Grandhomme will be the 5th bowler who doubles up as an all rounder). I would like to see Lockie Ferguson instead of Matt Henry. Both are bowlers with good pace, but Lockie is faster by a mile or two. Or they should play them both for the first test(D/N), since the WACA pitch is one of the most pace-friendly surfaces in the world
If Boult and Grandhomme are available for the game then Ferguson's place looks dicey for the first game. I am sure they would like to go with extra batsman for the middle order.
-Openers : Tom Latham and Jeet Raval
-Ist/2nd Down : Williamson, Ross Taylor
-Middle order : Henry Nicholls and one extra batsman
-All rounders (lower Middle order) : Santner {Spin-Bat} and Grandhomme {Seam+Bat}
-Seam bowlers (Tail): Southee, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult
If the series was in NewZealand i would have given 50- 50 chance to NZ team because they always play well at home. But since the series is at Australia and seeing the current performance of their team against Pakistan, i will bet on Aussies to dominate the series. Anyhow the matches will surely be worth watching.
It will be a great series as several of the New Zealand players who had injures are recovering well and it will be a great contest but with Australia in great form i am expecting them to win the series but it will be a closely contested series as both teams are in great form with the bat and the ball and the Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme are recovering from injury and we will see whether they can perform well and Kane Williamson is also recovering from injury and on the other hand Australia does not have any injury scare.
Australian players are in top form and I’m expecting them to unleash everything they have on Newzeland players which will make life more difficult for the visitors hence I too am expecting Australia to win this series. Who else here is excited to see the duels between NewZeland batman’s and Australian bowlers in the day and night test match, because I have a hunch that Australia’s bowlers will pick 20 wickets and wrap the match quickly.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/black-caps/118027330/mitchell-starc-and-australia-a-scary-prospect-under-lights-for-new-zealand
If the series was in NewZealand i would have given 50- 50 chance to NZ team because they always play well at home. But since the series is at Australia and seeing the current performance of their team against Pakistan, i will bet on Aussies to dominate the series. Anyhow the matches will surely be worth watching.
It will be a great series as several of the New Zealand players who had injures are recovering well and it will be a great contest but with Australia in great form i am expecting them to win the series but it will be a closely contested series as both teams are in great form with the bat and the ball and the Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme are recovering from injury and we will see whether they can perform well and Kane Williamson is also recovering from injury and on the other hand Australia does not have any injury scare. 
This New Zealand team has a big chance to win a test series in Australia as they have the right mix in their team for Australian conditions so we should see a close fought series between the two teams.
New Zealand always perform well at home. They will give a tough fight to the Australians, if all of their bowlers are fit (including Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme and Lockie Ferguson). They will be full of confidence after their recent series victory against England and I would even say that they have a slight advantage against the Australians. BTW, I would like to see Ferguson in the starting XI (probably in place of Henry).
Your statement sounds likes New Zealand is hosting Australia? but its away series for Kiwis.
Both Boult and Grandhomme are looking fit for this series and part of the test squad. if they both are fit to play then Henry might sit out because he is basically replacement of Boult, unless you are talking about Henry Nicholls? Ferguson still waiting for test debut so his chances are dim,lets see.
Oh... my bad. It's an away series for NZ and the matches will be played at Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. I heard that Boult has recovered completely from his injury. So the bowling lineup for NZ will be Boult/Southee/Henry with Santner as the spin bowler (I am assuming that Colin de Grandhomme will be the 5th bowler who doubles up as an all rounder). I would like to see Lockie Ferguson instead of Matt Henry. Both are bowlers with good pace, but Lockie is faster by a mile or two. Or they should play them both for the first test(D/N), since the WACA pitch is one of the most pace-friendly surfaces in the world.
If the series was in NewZealand i would have given 50- 50 chance to NZ team because they always play well at home. But since the series is at Australia and seeing the current performance of their team against Pakistan, i will bet on Aussies to dominate the series. Anyhow the matches will surely be worth watching.
The way in which the Australian batsman is playing right now with Warner in prime form and Smith continuing his form it will be a hard battle for New Zealand and they are having some injury scare and it will be a close series but i am going with Australia to win the series, the first Test is a day night match and it will be interesting to see the bowlers dominating with the pink ball and how batsman will cope with the swing. It should be a real test of characters and the players as both team are the best in their own way and with return of form of Warner the OZ team will also put up the best fight against the good NZ pacers attack. It should be a real fun and exciting cricketing days ahead.
New Zealand is one of the teams that has improved their quality of the game over the past few years. Perhaps they are the only team outside the Big 3 to have managed that. Although a part of the credit should be given to South African-born players who now plays for New Zealand (Neil Wagner, Colin de Grandhomme, BJ Watling.etc). I give 50/50 chance to NZ to win this series against Australia.
If the series was in NewZealand i would have given 50- 50 chance to NZ team because they always play well at home. But since the series is at Australia and seeing the current performance of their team against Pakistan, i will bet on Aussies to dominate the series. Anyhow the matches will surely be worth watching.
This New Zealand team has a big chance to win a test series in Australia as they have the right mix in their team for Australian conditions so we should see a close fought series between the two teams.
New Zealand always perform well at home. They will give a tough fight to the Australians, if all of their bowlers are fit (including Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme and Lockie Ferguson). They will be full of confidence after their recent series victory against England and I would even say that they have a slight advantage against the Australians. BTW, I would like to see Ferguson in the starting XI (probably in place of Henry).
Your statement sounds likes New Zealand is hosting Australia? but its away series for Kiwis.
Both Boult and Grandhomme are looking fit for this series and part of the test squad. if they both are fit to play then Henry might sit out because he is basically replacement of Boult, unless you are talking about Henry Nicholls? Ferguson still waiting for test debut so his chances are dim,lets see.
It should be a real test of characters and the players as both team are the best in their own way and with return of form of Warner the OZ team will also put up the best fight against the good NZ pacers attack. It should be a real fun and exciting cricketing days ahead.
New Zealand is one of the teams that has improved their quality of the game over the past few years. Perhaps they are the only team outside the Big 3 to have managed that. Although a part of the credit should be given to South African-born players who now plays for New Zealand (Neil Wagner, Colin de Grandhomme, BJ Watling.etc). I give 50/50 chance to NZ to win this series against Australia.
The Australia v New Zealand test series is going to be much better then the Pakistan series as we should see a lot more competition between the two teams. This New Zealand team has a big chance to win a test series in Australia as they have the right mix in their team for Australian conditions so we should see a close fought series between the two teams. Warner has always been good against New Zealand so it will be interesting to see if that continues and if Smith can get back into the form he was in when playing in the Ashes. I can't wait for this series to start.
It should be a real test of characters and the players as both team are the best in their own way and with return of form of Warner the OZ team will also put up the best fight against the good NZ pacers attack. It should be a real fun and exciting cricketing days ahead.
Umer , Who is fawad Alam? Commentator (Wasim & Co) were talking about him that he's consistent player in domestic cricket but don't get chance in the Pakistan Test squad..
Fawad Alam is a pakistani cricketer who was born in October 8, 1985 and is of 34 years of age. He played his last ODI in 2015 against Bangladesh. He haven't been given much chance in the team. He played only three test matches with an average of around 40 runs. I don't know how Wasim $ co. can judge a player who has a limited international test exposure.
The Australia v New Zealand test series is going to be much better then the Pakistan series as we should see a lot more competition between the two teams. This New Zealand team has a big chance to win a test series in Australia as they have the right mix in their team for Australian conditions so we should see a close fought series between the two teams. Warner has always been good against New Zealand so it will be interesting to see if that continues and if Smith can get back into the form he was in when playing in the Ashes. I can't wait for this series to start.
New Zealand always perform well at home. They will give a tough fight to the Australians, if all of their bowlers are fit (including Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme and Lockie Ferguson). They will be full of confidence after their recent series victory against England and I would even say that they have a slight advantage against the Australians. BTW, I would like to see Ferguson in the starting XI (probably in place of Henry).
Warner has always performed against the weak bowlers. But it needs to be seen how he'll fare against the quality pace bowling of New Zealand, which consists of players such as Neil Wagner, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult and Tim Southee. And one thing I need to point out here is that NZ do have a weakness against raw pace. So Mitchell Starc/Pat Cummins may come in handy for the Australians.
The Australia v New Zealand test series is going to be much better then the Pakistan series as we should see a lot more competition between the two teams. This New Zealand team has a big chance to win a test series in Australia as they have the right mix in their team for Australian conditions so we should see a close fought series between the two teams. Warner has always been good against New Zealand so it will be interesting to see if that continues and if Smith can get back into the form he was in when playing in the Ashes. I can't wait for this series to start.
Mitchell Starc and Dale Steyn are better than Pat Cummins, but they haven't played a lot many matches in the recent months. And for the all rounders, I would rate Jadeja ahead of Holder.
Pat cummins performance is far better in comparison of Starc in recent times against top teams India and England (read ; The Ashes -Starc took only 4 wickets and less games )
Dale Steyn is retired from Test cricket and ICC take out retired player's name from ICC list whenever they retire.
Holder has double century under his belt this year against England so points margin was already big.
But I am surprised to see that Vernon Philander has moved up. He was a complete failure during the recent Indian tour of South Africa.
He benefited with ranking in absence of James Anderson.
Neil Wagner moves to the 4th place, displacing Jasprit Bumrah. He made the right decision by moving to New Zealand. If he had remained in South Africa, then most probably he could have never got a slot in the playing XI, due to the stupid quota policy. But I am surprised to see that Vernon Philander has moved up. He was a complete failure during the recent Indian tour of South Africa.
^^^ The ranking for the batsmen looks OK to me. Virat Kohli and Steve Smith are miles ahead of the rest of the pack, and I guess ICC got it right there. But I don't agree with the ranking for the bowlers. IMO, Mitchell Starc and Dale Steyn are better than Pat Cummins, but they haven't played a lot many matches in the recent months. And for the all rounders, I would rate Jadeja ahead of Holder.
Mitchell Starc and Dale Steyn might be better bowlers than Pat Cummins but both of those players were plagued with injury and were not playing and the ranking depends upon the way in which you are active and how you play the game and Pat Cummins was taking wickets consistently and that is how you improve your rankings.
^^^ The ranking for the batsmen looks OK to me. Virat Kohli and Steve Smith are miles ahead of the rest of the pack, and I guess ICC got it right there. But I don't agree with the ranking for the bowlers. IMO, Mitchell Starc and Dale Steyn are better than Pat Cummins, but they haven't played a lot many matches in the recent months. And for the all rounders, I would rate Jadeja ahead of Holder.
Okay folks.. ICC updated their Men's Test Ranking.
Batsmen
Bowlers
All- Rounders
** All Rounders list looks bit off though
Batsmen
- 1. Kohli vs Smith fight getting interesting, good times for cricket lovers.
- 2. Kane Williamson looking strong as well, Joe Root is behind but only for some time, considering the fact that English playing highest number of tests. he might move up atleast 5th spot.
- 3. Marnus Labuschagne is interesting name. big jump for him, he was at 108 ranking earlier this year start now rank 8. Just Wow!
Bowlers
- 1. Patt cummins is leading for obvious reasons, Rabada could reduce the gap in next Eng vs SA series.
- 2. Bumrah is loser due to his injury, missed 2 home series. James Anderson going to kicked out from the list soon unless he play any games.
All- Rounders
- 1. Jason Holder, IMO very underrated player. you can't hate or ignore this guy.
- 2. Sir Jadeja lol always in limelight.
- 3. Shakib removed because of ban, call it badluck
** All Rounders list looks bit off though
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