where is all this he is new to cricket - he was in the under 19s and has been playing with ND since the age of 19 in 2004/2005.Teams Anton Devcich played for
Main FC Northern Districts (2004/05-2012/13)
Main ListA Northern Districts (2005/06-2012/13)
Main Twenty20 Northern Districts (2005/06-2012/13)
Other FC New Zealand A (2013/14)
Other ListA New Zealand A (2013/14)
Other Twenty20 New Zealand XI (2012/13)
Under-19 ODI New Zealand Under-19s (2003/04)
Under-19 limited overs New Zealand Under-19s (2003/04)
Plunket Shield Northern Districts (2004/05-2012/13)
Miscellaneous Northern Districts Under-17s (2001/02-2002/03)
Northern Districts Under-19s (2003/04-2004/05)
New Zealand Under-19s (2003/04)
New Zealand Academy (2004/05)
Northern Districts A (2004/05-2012/13)
Hamilton (New Zealand) (2005/06-2012/13)
Northern Districts (2006/07-2012/13)
Leinster (2007)
Scotland Youth New Zealand Under-19s (2003/04)
Sorry I was countering the general arguments that has been made about him before I will respond to your post now.that wasnt the argument?
yes to the last clause of the sentence. we do write off quickly and with good reason. I am still miffed that I let Munro's double century effect my initial call on him. I didn't waver much but I could have been harder on his test prospects.devcich isn't popular on cw because we have a bias towards the whites, we hate ND and we have a tendency to write players off very quickly.
If you face Plunket shield bowlers year in year out you will improve - Yovich ended up as opener FFS and hopkins was for one season one of the dominant batsman in the country.however despite having no consistent role in his side (often being asked to open the batting one week then play as a lower bowling allrounder the next before being dropped) his results began to improve, and when he gets going he scores very quickly and is very dificult to bowl to because he can score all around the ground, even if he tends to favour the covers and midwicket. he is no mug in the field and his bowling can tie the opposition down. his A team call up was a surprise initially but considering ND persisted with him longer than they would with many players maybe we shouldn't have been surprised.
I think you said everything you needed to when you said it was his maiden hundred after 38 innings.he didn't deserve his call up, but he has conducted himself very well. without his maiden first class hundred we would have been in serious trouble even with anderson's heroics, and for a player known for his dashing strokes he played a very mature anchor innings while anderson blazed away at the other end before he lifted the tempo himself after anderson's dismissal. his maiden hundred was also a good knock considering he scored it in india when he used to be lolbad against spin and he scored it when we were under the gun. in the limited overs matches he has been one of the better performed batsmen in a line up which has been very shaky and his tweakers have been tidy and have kept a team of very good players of spin quiet.
i believe he has turned a corner and has much to contribute to the national side.
7/20 games are from 2006 or earlier tbf. Chops averaging 33 since he became a slightly less terrified adult.Cachopa averages like 24 in OD cricket.
There are school rugby articles, but no, it's not like he flat-out didn't play cricket.where is all this he is new to cricket - he was in the under 19s and has been playing with ND since the age of 19 in 2004/2005.
Northern win under-17 event for first time: [2 Edition]
Waikato Times [Hamilton, New Zealand] 18 Jan 2003: 14.
Northern Districts won the national under-17 cricket tournament in Napier.
The Owen Steverson-coached team last week won four out of five two-day matches, losing only to Auckland in the opening game.
Their efforts gave Northern Districts its first victory in the four years since the inception of the competition.
Hamilton Boys' High batsman Sam McLeod scored the only century of the tournament, 101 not out against Canterbury, and was also the leading scorer during the competition.
Three Hamilton players -- McLeod, Tarran Te Moni and Anton Devcich -- along with Keiran Read (Counties), were selected in the tournament team.
It was the first time that Northern Districts had won a national age group competition since 1989 when an under-20 team that included future international players Dion Nash, Mark Bailey and Matthew Hart was successful.
Jamie How got a double century!!! Papps got lots of centuries!
Kitchen, even Worker?.... Get fit Jesse?
West of England Premier Cricket League - Play-Cricket - Batting StatisticsBurbage finished just nine points behind, Michael Papps hitting 340 more runs than any other player in the West of England Premier League this summer while Darran Freegard topped the wicket-taking stakes with 46.
Pro. He seems to have the natural ability and I don't think he would be too over-awed by playing at ODI or T20 level. Also, it would be highly amusing to see the comments on here.OK peeps to tie their colours to the mast and reply for the record whether they are pro or anti Devcich. Pro means you wouldn't mind him being picked for NZ tomorrow.
I am obviously anti and am quite stunned he has put together any performances of note for the A team and don't want to deal with the reality he may have improved from three years ago when I was first mortified by him.
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Neeshan (104*) finishes the inning with 4 sixes and a four in the final over. #OV finish 258 for 5 in 20 overs. #CLT20
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Ok, make that three sixes in a row. Long-on, mid-wicket and long-on. Neeshan moves on to 93. #CLT20
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Neeshan is going berserk. He's just hit 2 sixes in a row. Hes moved to 87 off 36 balls. #OV are 241 for 5 #CLT20
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Neeshan is on fire. He strikes another six. OV are 212 now. #CLT20
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