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**Official** New Zealand Domestic Season 2013/2014
- Thread starter Kippax
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HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
He's almost as adept at that shot as Gillespie is at the french cut. It's good to have a scoring option to fall back on - something that Martin Guptill apparently doesn't have.
Blocky
Banned
To be honest though, ND's promotion of junior talent in the last few years has been absolutely horrid and due to that, guys like Kuggelign and Mathieson had to look elsewhere for their opportunities. You've still got Aldridge, Baker, Kuggelign, Verma and a few guys in the A scene who are knocking on doors. There is also a good lot of junior talent coming through at the moment who have been in the ND Age Group stuff for the past few years and due to players like Mitchell offering something with the ball and the recent tendency of ND to pick two spinners in their side, there isn't a hell of a lot of room there.
Do I think he's highly talented? Yeah. But I don't think he walks into the ND side, probably harder for him than the CD side.
I'll concede you may have a point due to the coaching units and I hate Devvy as much as any rational cricketer, but he was coming off a pretty handy season for the Knights and had also been able to contribute some spin bowling, handy for the sub continent where they toured. He then showed enough in that series considering we were resting talent and had injuries to get himself a birth in the Black Caps side. I don't really have much qualms with his selection there.
Otago, the main advantage is working with the best coach in the country.
BackFootPunch
International 12th Man
Interesting, you're a big fan of VJ then?
BC_fan_abored
School Boy/Girl Captain
Latham definitely not a solution to the Blackcaps strike rotation problem. 68 of his runs from just 17 deliveries out of 123.
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
He's played some different innings though. Some of them have been much more single-laden.
If you look at a typical Ryder domestic innings it's pretty chocka with boundaries, but if the ball is there to hit, you just have to hit it. We know Ryder doesn't have a strike rotation problem.
Immenso
International Vice-Captain
For real?
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Popli is now averaging 96 in First Class Cricket though...
Howsie
International Captain
Boom..
They do. The above comment made firmly with tounge in cheek.
That said I do think he has the talent, drive, patience and class to create a long first class career for himself at 4/5 in the ND order.
Flem274*
123/5
@ howsie: high score: 48*
no ones saying he won't be a good player but your overhyping of hawke cup and hamilton club cricketers as the next domestic gods is reaching self parody levels, especially since you change your tune as soon as they leave and now seem to be in line with your once hated ex-coach.
looks like kugglejuggle is having some fun. good on wellington for giving him a chance a few years back rather than letting him straggle behind the mighty brandon hiini forever.
no ones saying he won't be a good player but your overhyping of hawke cup and hamilton club cricketers as the next domestic gods is reaching self parody levels, especially since you change your tune as soon as they leave and now seem to be in line with your once hated ex-coach.
looks like kugglejuggle is having some fun. good on wellington for giving him a chance a few years back rather than letting him straggle behind the mighty brandon hiini forever.