Re: Question to Dunford regarding the Marshalls

"Srinivasan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi Andrew,
>
> I just checked the Marshall twins' stats on Cricinfo.. and it seems
> that James' average is superior to that of Hamish and also that James
> has a 200 in his name.. Why is that Hamish has been preferred over his
> twin bro' in the NZ Team setup?

Dunno.  When Hamish was called up as injury cover for the Test side in South
Africa, the joke doing the rounds was that the selectors had called up the
wrong brother by mistake (they being identical twins).  He made his Test
debut in the final match of the series, and scored a gritty 40* after being
hit on the head early.

> Are these two good enough to play together for NZ someday?

They've both been in the 'promising' basket for several years without ever
scoring enough runs to be considered serious contenders.  Hamish had played
42 first-class and 61 'List A' one-day matches before today without ever
scoring a century, which isn't a great record for a bloke who normally opens
the batting.

Andrew