***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2008/09

[Polo23]

Nope, i'm pretty certain they can. They can play domestic cricket in England, so why not in their own country?

 

[Athlai]

Shot of the day from Flynn.

Wrong thread.

 

[JimmyGS]

Wrong thread.

If you'd given me more than 10 seconds you would have seen me delete it almost immediately after I posted it.

 

[Athlai]

I will make it forever known you posted in the wrong thread.

 

[Polo23]

Anyone going to the Auckland vs Wellington game tomorrow at Eden Park? Since i'm currently doing nothing else at the moment I thought I better go and watch some cricket :P

 

[TT Boy]

Good start from Wagner.

 

[Athlai]

NZ Openers this season

JM How 170, 0, 14, 0 @ 46
AJ Redmond 5, 13, 3, 10 @ 7.75
TG McIntosh 140, 9, 1, 8 @ 39.5
RA Jones 28, 22, 5, 25 @ 20
TD Astle 0, 23, 1, 26 @ 12.5
MHW Papps 14, 26, 16, 40 @ 24
BJ Watling 21, 40 @ 30.5
CJ Merchant 0, 25 @ 12.5
GH Worker 24, 27 @ 25.5
PJ Ingram 37, 1 @ 19
MD Bell 146 @ 146
JM Brodie 40 @ 40
CD Cumming 85 @ 85
HD Rutherford 0 @ 0

 

[_Ed_]

Anyone going to the Auckland vs Wellington game tomorrow at Eden Park? Since i'm currently doing nothing else at the moment I thought I better go and watch some cricket :P

Wouldn't be confident of seeing any play, looking at the forecast! Was thinking about going myself but probably won't after seeing how much it's predicted to rain tomorrow.

 

[Craig]

Good start from Wagner.

So has Wagner given up the ghost in South Africa and is now content to play in New Zealand for the rest of his career or does he still harbour ambitions in SA?

 

[_Ed_]

I think he's playing as an international player for Otago this year, not sure though.

 

[Bahnz]

So has Wagner given up the ghost in South Africa and is now content to play in New Zealand for the rest of his career or does he still harbour ambitions in SA?

Thought I read somewhere that he has pledged himself to NZ cricket. He might be lucky with Franklin and now Boult already available.

 

[Flem274*]

He's a bowler so I don't rate his chances. His fellow yarpie Myburgh has the right discipline of cricket to get into the NZ side.

 

[TT Boy]

So has Wagner given up the ghost in South Africa and is now content to play in New Zealand for the rest of his career or does he still harbour ambitions in SA?

Wagner never played professional cricket in South Africa, played amateur cricket for Northerns, so it wasn’t like he had much hope of playing for South Africa. He did however go on an academy tour to Bangladesh earlier this year and did nothing other than get fined for dishing out some verbal.

Believe he has a long term contract with Otago and will look to qualify for New Zealand…

 

[S.P. Fleming]

NZ Openers this season

JM How 170, 0, 14, 0 @ 46
AJ Redmond 5, 13, 3, 10 @ 7.75
TG McIntosh 140, 9, 1, 8 @ 39.5
RA Jones 28, 22, 5, 25 @ 20
TD Astle 0, 23, 1, 26 @ 12.5
MHW Papps 14, 26, 16, 40 @ 24
BJ Watling 21, 40 @ 30.5
CJ Merchant 0, 25 @ 12.5
GH Worker 24, 27 @ 25.5
PJ Ingram 37, 1 @ 19
MD Bell 146 @ 146
JM Brodie 40 @ 40
CD Cumming 85 @ 85
HD Rutherford 0 @ 0

thats depressing reading given most of them are tried and tested guys like Bell and Cumming.

 

[Polo23]

Wouldn't be confident of seeing any play, looking at the forecast! Was thinking about going myself but probably won't after seeing how much it's predicted to rain tomorrow.

Yeah, the weather has been crap this arvo and is supposed to continue like this tomorrow. Still, going on Auckland's weather it will probably be fine. Will see how it is in the morning, then make a decision.

 

[Polo23]

Wagner never played professional cricket in South Africa, played amateur cricket for Northerns, so it wasn’t like he had much hope of playing for South Africa. He did however go on an academy tour to Bangladesh earlier this year and did nothing other than get fined for dishing out some verbal.

Believe he has a long term contract with Otago and will look to qualify for New Zealand…

Yep, he's pledged his allegiance to NZ and hopes to one day become a BlackCap.

"I ended up picking Otago because cricket-wise I want to play international cricket. Firstly I want to become a regular in the Otago side and then hopefully, once I qualify, play for the Black Caps. I want to play international cricket, that's my dream."

http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/29551/cricket-wagner-composed-and-ready-deliver

 

[Bahnz]

thats depressing reading given most of them are tried and tested guys like Bell and Cumming.

Don't think you can see either Bell or Cumming were afforded the same kind of support in the test team that Redmond has received. Wouldn't mind seeing one of them, particularly Cumming, back in the test side if they continue to perform. The only other mildly serious candidate is Guptill who did relatively well in his solitary "A" test in India, but of course he's injured.

 

[NZTailender]

It's debateable whether or not Cumming should've been dropped in the first place. At the current time, out of all fit and available players, I'd back him.

 

[Flem274*]

I'd back nobody tbh. Need a draft system.

 

[Bahnz]

It's debateable whether or not Cumming should've been dropped in the first place. At the current time, out of all fit and available players, I'd back him.

Yeah, he really shouldn't have been. He was one of only two batsmen to emerge from the SA tour with any credit, and then he gets dropped on the basis of one poor series against Bangladesh. Really poor stuff from the selectors.