They did nothing special this series to secure their place.
Though they were in squad.
Does anyone know why?
Other question is what was Van Beek doing on field yesterday?|||A mystery to me. I don't think either of them should have even been playing in the series. Watling should have been in the side ahead of Franklin, and they should also have selected Nathan McCullum in the XI instead of Butler. Franklin has done nothing special in international cricket since he came back from that long injury layoff. All he's done is one matchwinning knock in a T20 world cup warmup match. And the same could be said for Butler, he's done nothing for NZ over the last few years.
Logan van Beek was the 13th man. Obviously a susbstitute fielder was required to take the place of Frankin with that heel injury he had. And Nathan McCullum, who was the designated 12th man, had some sort of twinge from warmups as well so he couldn't sub-field.
Often in both tests and ODIs, when a sub fielder is required and the 12th man is unavailable, in home matches, a local player who plays for the province hosting the match (in this case Canterbury) gets the chance to do some substitute fielding. And they normally opt for the younger ones where possible.|||NZ cricket isn't exactly awash with talent. I would say they're playing it safe with 2 experienced bowlers who've been in decent form in the domestic competition, they're probably in the squad as a backup and to pass on their experience of the pressure of international tests to the debutants.|||experimenting
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