**Official** New Zealand Domestic Season 2013/2014

[Kippax]

Currently as I understand from the boss whose a Worcestershire man, he is ineligible to play for Warwickshire again, as there has been a change in rules and international players have to have played a test in the proceeding 12 months.

Pulling your leg. Saw Michael Klinger would be back at Gloucestershire as an overseas player not very long ago at all.

 

[Prince EWS]

Pulling your leg. Saw Michael Klinger would be back at Gloucestershire as an overseas player not very long ago at all.

Nah he's spot on. Klinger's different because he has a Hungarian passport.

 

[Kippax]

Link? Jeets was talking like he was very much still a part of things.

"You're playing constantly, so you're not trying to re-invent the wheel every time, because you've had a week off in between," said Patel, who was Warwickshire's player of the year in 2013 and has been re-signed for next year.

 

[Prince EWS]

Link? Jeets was talking like he was very much still a part of things.

He expects to play a Test this year obviously!

It's not an ECB/county rule; it's just a work visa thing. They're beginning to get far more strict on which cricketers they'll grant work visas to if they don't have EU passports.

 

[Prince EWS]

Actually though, the unofficial rule seems to "played a Test in the last two years" so Jeets will be fine for one more season. It's definitely a thing though.

 

[Kippax]

Could be a great thing for Jeets, if this Home Office law hasn't been tightened further still.

That is unless they have played one Test match in the past two years or five Test matches in the past five.

"Will you grant a work visa to obscure Australian run machine #3456?"
"No sorry, we won't anymore. Jeetan Patel is available for the rest of his career."
"Alright, Jeets then".

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

6 no balls in 4 overs from Nethula & Bracewell. Looks like CD have put themselves under a bit of pressure here, but at least they were willing to take the risk. You don't win the Plunket Shield by drawing every game.

 

[Hurricane]

Can a kind soul with some patience please explain the NZ provincial schedule to me - why aren't all the FC teams playing at the same time. Why is just one FC match on followed by another one two days from now. Seems we aren't squeezing as many games as we could be in to the summer. Is it to do with wanting to space out the cash generating t20 games?

 

[Kippax]

Yep, it's to do with the relatively high-rating Friday and Saturday night slots Sky wants filled, basically.

Two sides play a bit of Plunket Shield, to fill in that lull where you're one of the three sides Sky doesn't need for its weekend double-headers.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

It is a bit odd though how Otago have played plenty of 20:20s whilst Wellington have yet to play any.

 

[Kippax]

Well, one weekend you've got say 200,000 rugby fans, you'd try to hold their gaze the following couple of weekends with Ryder perhaps. Rather than Franklin and Jeets.

 

[Kippax]

Here he is! Time for another match-winning little gem from Jeets.

 

[Flem274*]

Just **** off already Wellington. Can't believe we keep losing to the spooners.

 

[Bahnz]

How come? Iirc you lost just about every time you played us last season.

 

[Kippax]

Siddons trolled your young South African coach and his lack of Plunket Shield knowledge imo. Brilliant.

 

[Flem274*]

How come? Iirc you lost just about every time you played us last season.

Hence the "keep losing" part.

Weren't wrecked singlehandedly by one of our exports this time either.

 

[hendrix]

Jeets' combined economy rate: 36 overs at below 1.8 RPO.

and of course the match winning knock.

 

[Bahnz]

It's kind of irritating that after 3 early season matches, the only one that ended in a result involved just 30 wickets being taken. C'mon groundsmen, you've had plenty of rain in the past month! Up your game!

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Good on CD for making a game of it. As I said, no one wins the Shield by drawing every game and after the first two digs, I can imagine that things weren't looking quite so peachy for the batsmen.

 

[Hurricane]

Jeets' combined economy rate: 36 overs at below 1.8 RPO.

and of course the match winning knock.

He either gets a variation like a top spinner/arm ball/or doosra - or he can gtfo of consideration for higher honours.