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***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2014/15

Smudge

Smudge

Hall of Fame Member
Acording to Radio Sport, there were 11 paying spectators at the Island of Origin game on Friday. Just take that figure in for a moment - 11.
 
ohnoitsyou

ohnoitsyou

International Regular
Its just too early in the year to get a crowd in. Uni and school students have better things to be doing, plus the weather is too iffy and a bit chilly still.

A months time and the crowds eill be decent, so poor scheduling there.
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
Yeah, really the domestic T20's should be played from December-January to take advantage of the nice weather and holiday crowds. But then it'd have to compete with the Big Bash for players - though it's not like there's a lot of star power on show at the moment.
 
Kippax

Kippax

Cricketer Of The Year
David Cooper's openly saying it's not about crowds at all, silly.

It's about NZC and Sky working together to unlock the equity tied up in Grandpa Cricket's home. Once Grandpa Cricket dies, Sky has the house. At which point cricket can be mothballed until it builds up some nostalgic value, like Georgie Pie.
 
Kippax

Kippax

Cricketer Of The Year

Their 17-year-old Usman Ghani. He's got a bit there. Very loose defending that first baller from Mills in the following game itbt.
 
Kippax

Kippax

Cricketer Of The Year
Firebirds next two T20 games on new pitch | Stuff.co.nz

Wellington's Twenty20 matches against Canterbury and Otago, tomorrow and Sunday respectively, will be played on a new pitch at Hamilton's Seddon Park.

They'll also be contested without a second import after the Firebirds opted not to replace Australian Brad Hodge with one of his countrymen.

Offspinner Nathan Hauritz had been the preferred candidate but Hodge's stand-in will now come from closer to home.

Karori's Tom Blundell comes in to Wellington's squad, and is likely to play, with Petone-Eastbourne legspinner Peter Younghusband the other addition to the group.

That means the Firebirds will have 13 players in Hamilton, which Wellington's director of cricket Robbie Kerr said left them with more bases covered.

Taita captain Mark Houghton would've been in the 13 but failed a fitness test yesterday .

The left-arm spinner has a shoulder problem and while that isn't hampering his ability to bat or bowl, Houghton can't throw.

Blundell is Wellington's Plunket Shield wicketkeeper but Michael Papps would continue to don the gloves at Twenty20 level.

Blundell is the better fielder of the two and can bowl some handy offspin, if the new strip at Seddon Park turns as much as last weekend's did.
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