^^^I can understand several things you say. Firstly, I wanna talk about the game last nite! I walked out the door after seeing Johnson out and only posting 181 to get. I thought "this is over, for sure" but throughout the night, I was sitting in my seat watching a great match! NZ struggled with the bat, in the same fashion that Aus did, but the Aussie's up'ed their game in the field, tremendously! A great caught and bowled from Johnson, they hit the stumps three times (once from Hopes, on the rope I believe) and kept them on their feet. they had some nice catches (clarkes, im thinking of) and were had some of the best bowling ive seen from them in the ODI's this summer!
I think they should try n mix up something with the openers, I'm still quite fond of Warner opening for the team - if he can get into some minor form and score even a quick 50, rid the ball of the shine and even drop the momentum of the NZ's, then I think he's done his job.
Hope should be brought up to the openers position - i hear so much about him as an opener for QLD and wondered why he wasn't opening for Aus. This could be a nicer idea, something to try, maybe (im not sure about Marsh's hamstring injury) if Marsh is out for the next game.
As much as I don't like D Hussey's bowling, I can understand his importance last nite - get through lots of overs real quick, make the NZ lose track of the chase and the balls left. He was a little too costly last nite, though. I think keep employing the same idea with the bowling as of late, split the 10 overs between Hussey and Clarke, and bowl out Johnson, Bracken, Hopes and Tait.
Hopefully this bought a little bit of momentum back onto the Aussies side, as well as to the NZ side, and this Friday we get a killer of a match!
