***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2017/18

[Smudge]

Happy days.

"... we'll see you tomorrow."

 

[Kippax]

Ravindra and Allen: Same goal, contrasting routes

 

[Immenso]

Ravindra and Allen: Same goal, contrasting routes

Cheers Kipax. Good link. Wisden India is not something that normally crosses my path.

Really excited by those 2. They are 9 years younger than Kane. Gives me heart their won't be a post-Kane chasm. Might even get plenty of years together even. If these 2 make it, of course .....

Finn Allen might be fortunate to be making his way with plenty of batting talent around him. Sounds like he's the KP/Baz style "that's the way I play" sort of cricketer. Which would be a very hard role to play for NZ in one of our usual batting drought eras. But he should have plenty of Latham, Williamson and Ravindra style cake around hopefully to deflect the talkback/twitter ire. Exciting times potentially in a few years time.

Other thing about that article is it reiterates what a loss Martin Crowe is to cricket in NZ. Sounds like a fantastic one-on-one coach/mentor that some of our other legends haven't had the personality type for.

 

[Immenso]

Other thing that reminds me of. Allen being on MCC Young Cricketer program.

So, Ben Sears was NZ's player on that program last year? What's the deal? Kippax dropped the Middlesex rumour earlier in thread?

Does he have British or EU passport?

Makes me very worried, he looks the business.

Playing that cricket (for MCC, or for Middlesex 2nd XI) as described in the article (3 day 2nd XI game then club game each week) would be great. Understand how it would be a fantastic opportunity. But if he's any good, he won't come back.

 

[Immenso]

Looked at the season stats for the Super Smash.

Concluded Leopard was unlucky to only get 4 games. Was about 4th best comp strike rate. Plus I think he played a few varied roles opening and middle order. Dug down deeper and ruled out Pukekura effect.

Looked at CD's players season stats, and hard to make way for him though.

 

[SteveNZ]

Finn was mentored by the late great MD, I didn't know that. Great article

 

[jcas0167]

Finn was mentored by the late great MD, I didn't know that. Great article

Yeah, how fitting that to his last days it seems Crowe was mentoring one of the leading lights of the next generation. He really seemed to have a gift for that with Guptill and Taylor being others who he obviously had a big impact on. Such a loss.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Anyone rate Anurag Verma’s chances of being picked up at the IPL auction?

 

[Athlai]

Anyone rate Anurag Verma’s chances of being picked up at the IPL auction?

Somewhere between snowballs chance in hell and no of course not.

 

[SteveNZ]

Anyone rate Anurag Verma’s chances of being picked up at the IPL auction?

I hear they're short of bowlers of Indian descent. Could be a chance.

 

[Kippax]

Good to see Auckland not dabbling in any ND curator tricks for nerfing the CD pace attack. Chapman needs the practice itbt.

 

[nzfan]

ND came out of nowhere to win the game vs the Firebirds over the weekend. 41/4 and chased down 320. Also the openers BJ Watling and T Seifert both scoring ducks. The pitch they played on was on the far end and one side of the boundary was very small by the looks of it. Firebirds need Hamish Bennett back playing to add some fire power.

 

[Immenso]

Wellington have gone to custard since Bennett got injured.

 

[Flem274*]

Looks like Mitchell played a blinder. if he can get his ER down he could push for the #6 hitter/medium pacer role in future.

NDs batting order is a bit weird. I suppose it was always going to with four opener options in the team.

edit - Just noticed Young and Clarkson both tonned up at Colin Munro Park. That's awesome news, even if it was at a known batting ground.

 

[Flem274*]

How have Rachin, Allen, Fisher, Bhula etc gone in club cricket btw? Would be good to see them make some domestic squads.

Allen especially would fit right into Aucklands swashbuckling philosophy

 

[Immenso]

I don't get the Colin Maiden Park caveat. Was it just invented on here to explain away Raval and Munro runs? Well, I do get it. But think Raval and Munro have shown it to be codswollop.

Definitely less than not relevant when assessing a white-ball innings anyway. Roads are to be expected and Colin Maiden has proper dimensions.

I do however have a caveat on the stupidly proportioned EPOO, Pukekura Park, McLean Park. If a CD or Auckland batsman starts to accumulate a decent white-ball record I like to delve a little deeper on the cricket archive link on NZC to assess their output on proper dimensioned grounds that resemble 99% of the grounds they'd actually be playing on if they are elevated to a higher level.

Pressure release shots just a 50 metre boundary away just muddy the waters. I still have Tom Bruce in the white-ball 'wait and see' category for this reason.

 

[jcas0167]

Looks like Mitchell played a blinder. if he can get his ER down he could push for the #6 hitter/medium pacer role in future.

NDs batting order is a bit weird. I suppose it was always going to with four opener options in the team.

edit - Just noticed Young and Clarkson both tonned up at Colin Munro Park. That's awesome news, even if it was at a known batting ground.

He played a blinder in one of the T20 round robin games against Auckland too, coming in under pressure and scoring a match-winning half-century. I had kind of written him off, so good to see he's dominating games now.

In other news, Neesham returned with 69 off 75 balls for Otago and got through 5 tidy overs.

 

[Flem274*]

I don't get the Colin Maiden Park caveat. Was it just invented on here to explain away Raval and Munro runs? Well, I do get it. But think Raval and Munro have shown it to be codswollop.

Definitely less than not relevant when assessing a white-ball innings anyway. Roads are to be expected and Colin Maiden has proper dimensions.

I do however have a caveat on the stupidly proportioned EPOO, Pukekura Park, McLean Park. If a CD or Auckland batsman starts to accumulate a decent white-ball record I like to delve a little deeper on the cricket archive link on NZC to assess their output on proper dimensioned grounds that resemble 99% of the grounds they'd actually be playing on if they are elevated to a higher level.

Pressure release shots just a 50 metre boundary away just muddy the waters. I still have Tom Bruce in the white-ball 'wait and see' category for this reason.

back in the late 00s and early 10s colin maiden got a reputation for being an absolute highway (even more so than EPOO or pukekura)

 

[SteveNZ]

He played a blinder in one of the T20 round robin games against Auckland too, coming in under pressure and scoring a match-winning half-century. I had kind of written him off, so good to see he's dominating games now.

In other news, Neesham returned with 69 off 75 balls for Otago and got through 5 tidy overs.

Howsie to post that he was completely wrong about Neesham retiring.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Sounds like an absolute thriller in the Hawke Cup. Counties with the win over BOP