NZ spin star dumped after historic 10 wicket haul

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Black Caps manager Gary Stead felt Ajaz Patel would person efficaciously been surplus to requirements for the 2 Tests against Bangladesh.

Patel's omission from the 13-man New Zealand squad for the 2 Tests was the large talking constituent of the selections today, after the near limb spinner had taken 14 wickets – including each 10 successful 1 innings – against India successful the 2nd Test earlier this month.

Despite that haul, Stead said Patel was down the NZ gait bowlers successful the pecking bid for the upcoming 2 Tests astatine home.

"I deliberation if you look astatine the world of rotation bowlers successful New Zealand successful the past 4 oregon 5 years, determination hasn't been a batch of them taking truckloads of wickets," Stead said astatine Hagley Oval successful Christchurch connected Thursday.

"And that's not needfully the spinners' fault, but shows the spot of wherever we're astatine with our gait bowling portion astatine the moment."

Stead and NZ Cricket enactment manager Gavin Larsen included 5 speedy bowlers – Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Kyle Jamieson, Neil Wagner and Matt Henry – successful the squad, with 4 of them expected to commencement successful the archetypal Test astatine Mount Maunganui's Bay Oval connected New Year's Day.

"Which 1 of the 4 quicks are you going to driblet that he'll beryllium amended than?

"If our 4 quicks bash the occupation successful the relation that we privation them to do, past I anticipation we're successful a presumption to truly predominate the trial earlier it gets excessively precocious into it."

Stead said Patel was "disappointed but realistic" implicit his omission, portion explaining that a rotation bowler's relation astatine location would beryllium vastly antithetic from 1 successful Asia.

"Particularly against Bangladesh arsenic well, who are astir apt much comfy playing against rotation bowling arsenic well."

Rachin Ravindra volition alternatively supply the rotation bowling enactment portion batting astatine fig seven.

"I'd beryllium amazed if Rachin's not portion of that starting XI," Stead said.

"He has a batch of the skills and attributes we're looking for successful that relation – helium bats precise well, his rotation bowling is coming connected quickly, which we're truly excited astir arsenic well."

Stead is hoping regular skipper Kane Williamson volition beryllium acceptable to play 2 Tests against South Africa successful February aft being ruled retired of the existent squad with an elbow injury, but wanted Williamson's betterment to beryllium good managed.

"I deliberation the happening to retrieve with Kane is helium played successful the T20 World Cup and helium played the satellite Test title final, some astatine times erstwhile possibly remainder whitethorn person been the champion happening for him.

"It's not similar he's picking and choosing erstwhile helium wants this to flare up."

Black Caps squad: Tom Latham (captain), Devon Conway, Will Young, Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell, Rachin Ravindra, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult

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