***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2015/16

[Kippax]

Play to start at 4:30pm, 32 overs.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I think it might say a bit about a) the gap between the Plunket and international cricket, and b) how good the Blackcaps coaching set-up is these days.

I mean, whenever Southee and Boult come back, they dominate. Heck, even noted international failure Spudderford stacks up Plunket runs reasonably consistently. It seems like getting into the Blackcaps set-up inevitably results in you, at worst, being stuck between levels.

It was more a reference to Peter Ingram regularly scoring big runs against Wellington.

But hey, Southee/Boult couldn't dismiss Brent Arnel/Dane Hutchinson last week so yeah.

 

[NZTailender]

Yeah well Howsie's long been tipping a very clean and strong power game with Kelly, that he felt was very overdue to hit our T20 scene in particular. He gives it a very hard nudge with the bottom hand to get this power though, which is probably why Howsie says he likes him more in white ball cricket. He tries to bowl some SLA too, but from the footage I retrieved from the A tourney, it's not flash.

Man so easy on the eye. He doesn't really hit the ball so much as buys it a drink then smoothly coerces it to go back his boundary for a nightcap.

 

[Hurricane]

Man so easy on the eye. He doesn't really hit the ball so much as buys it a drink then smoothly coerces it to go back his boundary for a nightcap.

Then I will be the outlier and say I wasn't pleased with what I saw. He has oodles of potential, but his set up is too open and as a result doesn't get his front foot close enough to the pitch of the ball.

He hovered around on the front foot and played one waist high from the crease instead of getting back and across and then got beaten playing a curious nothing shot that I would be over complimenting if I called it a waft.

His attacking shots did show promise, but as the coaching manual says, unless you have defence you won't last long enough to play your glorious cover drive.

Still everyone is scratchy when they first walk to the wicket. Only really posting this to give the other side of the coin about his inning.

Much better than Munro though.

 

[straw man]

Four wickets for Tastle against SLA while Sodhi has one and has only bowled half Astle's overs.

I think I've always rated Worker against FC bowlers though when he's just baseballing it and mentally freewheeling it ftr. A bit harsh to attach the term 'engine room', but he would like it in there.

Certainly doesn't believe in much foot movement from that boundary compilation.

 

[Kippax]

More 10th wicket shenanigans and mentally freewheeling engine room activity detected. Logan van Beek about to ton up.

 

[hendrix]

I can see the Mount now ftr Howsie. Not sure if it's definitely abandoned or they might get a session in.

Tauranga could've been such a nice little town if Auckland hadn't decided to shift its suburbs there.

 

[jcas0167]

Devcich goes after bringing up the first 50 of the match. Kelly cruising along at run-a-ball and joined at the crease by Seifert. Assuming the pitch has flattened out they probably need another 100 at least to be comfortable.

Finnie is batting ahead of Wells, I didn't realise his batting was that highly rated.

 

[Flem274*]

I think it might say a bit about a) the gap between the Plunket and international cricket, and b) how good the Blackcaps coaching set-up is these days.

I mean, whenever Southee and Boult come back, they dominate. Heck, even noted international failure Spudderford stacks up Plunket runs reasonably consistently. It seems like getting into the Blackcaps set-up inevitably results in you, at worst, being stuck between levels.

i remember after elliott's first attempt at test cricket he came back and scored 170 odd for wellington, something that he wasn't doing before being picked.

 

[Kippax]

Fear not Cribbage, I'll definitely do a video for you of Kelly's double 10, this evening. We just have to hope his family don't one day come across the ****ing weird videos we're doing here on CW.

 

[Kippax]

Seems like he was instructed to dial up the intent, rather than play out another polite 10(30) this evening.

 

[Hurricane]

Seems like he was instructed to dial up the intent, rather than play out another polite 10(30) this evening.

His stance is actually perfect for facing a right arm over the wicket bowler, but he is always going to struggle against left armers or people going right arm around as he doesn't recalibrate his stance for those bowlers.

His dismissal is because of this.

He will score runs this season based on what bowlers are in the opposition. Peeps like Wheeler should be too much for him.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Who's that left armer in the video? Like the cut of his jib

 

[Kippax]

If we were running a Plunket Shield draft I'd probably be trying to pick up Grobbelaar before you did, Albi. We know who wouldn't be though: Hurricane.

 

[Hurricane]

You are right about my opinions of Donovan.

Some of those CD youngsters on the other hand and now you are talking.

CD and ND seem to be hot beds of talent production.

 

[Kippax]

I'll get Athlai onto a draft then, for rounds 3-10. Now that the national side isn't terrible, I think there's enough activity here these days to find six people who'd claim to know their domestix.

 

[Hurricane]

I'll get Athlai onto a draft then, for rounds 3-10. Now that the national side isn't terrible, I think there's enough activity here these days to find six people who'd claim to know their domestix.

Make it an open draft IMO - in the past you had to pick a province and you got first dibs on 4-5 guys who you liked etc. Just make it open slather no reserved players. Just pick. Only rule is to build a balanced team of XI guys.

 

[Athlai]

Eeep

 

[Kippax]

Oh I see, all the former children like Athlai and Phlegm now have jobs. More work for Kippax.

 

[Flem274*]

i'll do it. athers to tell the points formula.