Yeah Santner will definitely play in the Melbourne and Sydney Tests, will be interesting to see if the Kiwi selectors pick him for Perth with its extra pace and bounce. He is a very capable batsman coming in at 8 as well.
Sad news out of England overnight with the passing of Bob Willis.
Probably in the best 3 Pommy bowlers I have seen over the years I still have nightmares from that Headingly Test in 1981 when after Bothams heroics with the bat Big Bob demolished our batting line up to take 8/43.
He then skippered the Poms out here in the 1982/83 Ashes and was a cricket commentator from England for many years after his retirement.
very forthright commentator too - he and Boycott easily the most pointed at that particularly in ashes series
RIP Bob