Simon Doull

And when you look through, I was watching the warm-ups yesterday.

the other morning, yesterday morning actually, and you've got Blair Tickner sitting on the sides as well.

So there was Tickner, Sears warming up outside, and then you had O'Rourke, Jamison, Henry, and Nathan Smith, who's I think in time going to become a pretty good all-rounder and a very good sort of third, fourth seamer who can bat number eight, and he will get some test match 50s over his career, I think.

So

It's a nice combination of what you've got.

O'Rourke just looks awful.

Everyone in the con box, all the ex-players are just like, oh, he looks nasty.

It's just one of those blokes that just looks awful to face.

So he gets it right.

Sears looked like he was right back to full sort of pace in the nets.

Tickner's done a great job with the old ball.

It's something you have to do well in Australia.

If an Australian side gets away on you, you know, that older ball becomes crucial, so he could play a role there at some stage.

Four test matches, so I think that's a really fair...

test tour and yeah i'm looking forward to it it's certainly just going to be about the run so you need you know if you're getting 320s 280s 320s in australia you're not going to win many test matches so how do we get 400s 450s who gets them for us it's probably going to have to be a change i think at the top of the order

um by that stage and and who that is i don't know i haven't been back to new zealand in five years so you know i haven't had a close enough eye on the domestic scene to say who the best opener is to come in if they were to leave a conway out do they go back to a will young is that a backward step or do they find a a young player um and maybe have him open the batting with with latham at the top and then you've got your nickels and

I think all those guys from Ravindra, Mitchell, Phillips and Blundell will all be there again.

Folks is a victim of Baz Ball.

They just thought he couldn't score fast enough.

Unfortunately, I'm sure you boys might know this, but he tried to bowl in a game, Surrey v Yorkshire, I think it was.