T20 selection a poser at head and tail of team

Tim Southee. Photo / AP

New Zealand will name the T20 squad for next month's World Cup tomorrow and in large part it should be a straightforward exercise.

The selection issues are likely to have come at the top, and bottom, of the group.

Jesse Ryder would certainly have been going to Bangladesh until his blow-up before last week's first test and subsequent banishment.

So the first question for selectors Bruce Edgar and Mike Hesson is who goes in at the start with Martin Guptill. Kane Williamson hasn't been a strong T20 fancy for the selectors for a time. However he should go, partly for his handy offspin, and might be considered as Ryder's opening replacement.

Williamson isn't a clear-the-ropes type of hitter but he's a resourceful batsman, fine fielder and, in conditions likely to favour spin, useful with the ball.

The other batsmen and middle order group pick themselves, and there's plenty of hitting firepower there.

Once fast-medium trio Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan and Kyle Mills are in there are effectively four places to fill.

Anton Devcich was tried late last year in the subcontinent with mixed results but is a contender, and would offer a lefthanded option at the top and is a good fielder.

Tom Latham can be a backup wicketkeeper, opener or middle order man.

There's room for another seamer, and Canterbury's newest Indian Premier League player, Matt Henry, if fit, is the obvious candidate.

Adam Milne, recovering from a side strain suffered during the Indian ODI series, should also warrant a thought.

And if you want a real long shot, the words of Northern Districts' coach James Pamment will do.

In his opinion, if Edgar and Hesson aren't thinking hard about including Ish Sodhi, they should be.

When batsmen are pressing hard from ball one, a legspinner is not the worst selection.