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

[Flem274*]

T Mac not converting a 30 into a ton. Going to keep an eye out for flying pigs.

Papps be Pappsing. Bennett only getting 6 overs so far must be right up his alley. Wonder if the Cantabs fell into the Brett Lee fallacy and bowled too short.

 

[Flem274*]

Btw Will Young currently 76* carrying the innings fap fap fap

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Bit of a difference in strike rate between Papps and Murdoch, it must be said.

I'm guessing Papps is seeing the ball pretty well right now.

 

[Flem274*]

ND about to cop a Double Barrelled Colin Assualt 70 overs in. Auckland have this in the bag.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

It's starting to get quite annoying that pitches are holding together so well on day 4.

Karori Park where the Wellington match is being held wouldn't have struck me as a particularly 'flat' pitch in the past but it clearly hasn't broken up much if at all.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Next lot of rankings are out Taylor is up to 4, All time highest score by a kiwi of 871 with only AB, Amla and Chanderpaul ahead of him. He is 35 points behind AB at the top ie a big century.

WAG!

Reliance ICC Player Rankings

Also Boult has cracked the top 10 (10th) and Southee is 22 points ahead of Anderson in 13th. WAG

 

[Bahnz]

Pretty funny that the only match that ends in a result is the one where the fewest wickets are taken (just 17!).

Also, gotta feel for Young.

 

[Flem274*]

Oh **** off. Young gets 99 with everyone falling over around him and CdG gets a not out ton on a motorway.

h8 u Auckland and Otago

 

[NZTailender]

Murdoch legend

 

[Prince EWS]

Another ton for Papps.

Nervous yet Bahnz?

 

[NZTailender]

At the end of FC fixtures for a wee while, leading runscorers:
Papps 654 @ 109
Guptill 613 @ 102.16
Ryder 573 @ 71.62
Pollard 464 @ 66.28
Flynn 445 @ 44.50
Latham 420 @ 84
Brownlie 403 @ 40.30
Raval 396 @ 49.50
Remond 387 @ 43

Bowlers:
Bennett 24 @ 23.12
McKay 21 @ 31.76
Gillespie 19 @ 42.26
Arnel 16 @ 40.37
Neesham 15 @ 22.20
Astle 15 @ 32.80
Kuggeleijn 13 @ 37.60
Patel 15 @ 45.93
Bates 13 @ 27
Wells 13 @ 32.76
Henry 12 @ 28.25
Vettori 11 @ 34.81

Considering there is a tour match vs 'Indians' before first test, if it was one of those composite XI of First and Second choice players, I'd be keen to see:

Rutherford
Guptill
Papps
Latham
Ryder
McCullum
de Boorder+
Vettori
Sodhi
Wagner
Bennett

We probs won't get Guptill, Papps or Bennett given a round of PS finishes a day before this starts but that'd be my XI to test out/get form/reward.

 

[hendrix]

Gee, Bennett and Neesham the only bowlers really standing out there, huh?

 

[Hurricane]

At the end of FC fixtures for a wee while, leading runscorers:
Papps 654 @ 109
Guptill 613 @ 102.16
Ryder 573 @ 71.62
Pollard 464 @ 66.28
Flynn 445 @ 44.50
Latham 420 @ 84
Brownlie 403 @ 40.30
Raval 396 @ 49.50
Remond 387 @ 43

Bowlers:
Bennett 24 @ 23.12
McKay 21 @ 31.76
Gillespie 19 @ 42.26
Arnel 16 @ 40.37
Neesham 15 @ 22.20
Astle 15 @ 32.80
Kuggeleijn 13 @ 37.60
Patel 15 @ 45.93
Bates 13 @ 27
Wells 13 @ 32.76
Henry 12 @ 28.25
Vettori 11 @ 34.81

Considering there is a tour match vs 'Indians' before first test, if it was one of those composite XI of First and Second choice players, I'd be keen to see:

Rutherford
Guptill
Papps
Latham
Ryder
McCullum
de Boorder+
Vettori
Sodhi
Wagner
Bennett

We probs won't get Guptill, Papps or Bennett given a round of PS finishes a day before this starts but that'd be my XI to test out/get form/reward.

Post of the day.

Thanks I went searching for a stats leaderboard just earlier

 

[Bahnz]

Gee, Bennett and Neesham the only bowlers really standing out there, huh?

Yeah and a third of Neesham's wickets come from ODI slog shots by ND's batsmen in that game where they were chasing 150 odd in 20 odd overs. Bennett is head and shoulders above every other non-international.

 

[hendrix]

Yeah and a third of Neesham's wickets come from ODI slog shots by ND's batsmen in that game where they were chasing 150 odd in 20 odd overs. Bennett is head and shoulders above every other non-international.

Yup.

Tough on Gillespie to come up against ATG Tom Latham but I can't see him getting another look in with those figures. Henry not bad.

 

[Kippax]

Cricket: Stags salvage stalemate against Volts - Sport - Hawke's Bay Today News

The Taranaki right-hander yesterday carved up a patient 99 from 189 balls at No 4 in CD's second dig to help salvage a draw after feathering a new-ball delivery from Otago medium-fast bowler James Neesham to the slip cordon.

So what's it like Young?

"Gutting. I got close but edged it to the slips.

"It's more gutting in the end that I exposed the tail end ... but it would have been nice to get a ton," Young said last night from the University Oval as the visitors precariously hung in there on the efforts of tailenders Adam Milne and Ajaz Patel to declare in the third session, setting a target of 115 for the hosts who preferred to pull the stumps to shake hands.

Young, who went out to Neesham in similar fashion in the first innings for nine runs, felt he had done all the hard work required.

"As they say, it was close but no cigar."

Asked if the declaration yesterday from the Heinrich Malan-coached defending shield champions was a sporty one, the Stag batsman opted to put the ball in the court of the Volts in a game where the second day was lost entirely to rain.

On Sunday night, he felt Otago could have played their cards differently.

"It was strange play because they could have pushed to 400 and chucked us in that night," Young said, feeling the Volts displayed arrogance in backing themselves to skittle CD in a day for a victory.

If anything, that perceived sense of smugness only hardened the Stags' resolve to eke out a draw.

A more burning question for CD , though, is when are they going to win any games this summer?

Captain Kieran Noema-Barnett and his men have yet to register a victory in the shield, HRV Cup Twenty20 or the yet-to-be-played one-day Ford Trophy campaign which starts in March.

"It's coming", is quite often the stock response on victories but one is tempted to say "so is Christmas" although this time the latter is only one sleep away.

"We'll get you a late Christmas present," Young replied as the shield campaign goes into recess until CD host the Northern Districts Knights at McLean Park, Napier, from January 23.

The Stags regroup on Boxing Day to prepare for the resumption of the HRV Cup T20 round when they host the Knights at Saxton Oval, Nelson, at 3pm on Friday before four games at the preferred No 1 venue at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth.

The Stags, who have two T20 losses and a rained-out draw, have signed up another English import, Josh Cobb, to ensure they are back on track.

Noema-Barnett said last night CD didn't play well at all against the Volts any of the three shield days in Dunedin.

"We didn't do well pretty much allround - bat, bowl or field.

"In the first innings we needed a guy to step up. In bowling we let them off the hook.

"Collectively we need more guys putting their hands up," he said, lauding Young for his "fantastic" knock to salvage points yesterday.

Cobb, a Leicestershire county player who opens batting, will also offer leg-break offspinners.

"I have to sit down with the coach to discuss where he'll be in the mix but Josh will definitely be there somewhere," Noema-Barnett said.

Oh right, nothing on Wheeler. Anyone who wants to know if Wheeler's ****ed can just text or email Marty Kain at Harcourts -
Marty Kain

 

[BackFootPunch]

Wheeler missed that game through injury but should be right for the HRV cup if selected. Might be going to A tournament instead though.

 

[NZTailender]

Oh right, nothing on Wheeler. Anyone who wants to know if Wheeler's ****ed can just text or email Marty Kain at Harcourts -
Marty Kain

I wonder if his real estate spin is just as dodgy.

 

[Kippax]

Look at the difference between the websites, **** me.

Northern Knights

News | Central Districts Cricket

 

[Prince EWS]

At least the CD website is actually coded correctly for what it is. Click on literally any news story on the Queensland Cricket website and it comes up like this:

Latest News - Queensland Cricket

And no, it's not your browser's fault. Given how nice the front page looks and how much effort they put into writing those, it's absolutely hilarious that the same problem has existed for 18 months now.