2020/21 New Zealand Domestic Season

[vandem]

ND had 4 wickets in hand to score 9 runs to avoid the follow-on with Watling still in and they failed

They did choose to travel with a squad of 4 batters, 1 keeper, 7 bowlers.

 

[Kippax]

Yes Popli was the one they were snubbing with that decision, wasn't it. Brownlie wasn't turning out for ND A (contracted, but maybe retired from the format or injured).

 

[Flem274*]

interesting that they sent kuggs in ahead of hampton. i thought hampton was meant to be a batting allrounder, so it doesn't bode well for his future if they consider kuggs better in both departments.

i guess it's hard to deny kuggs etc etc

 

[Bahnz]

Brave of Muller to give Sears an earful as he walks off. Might get a few around the ears himself during his next turn at bat.

 

[nzfan]

What ND following on...a first inning mid 250 set by Canterbury ?

I think it's time to get some reasonable decks, this is not helping much. Half decent bowlers will knock over the sides consistently. Why are the groundsman leaving so much grass?

 

[Flem274*]

all right *****, it's the moment no one was waiting for. here is a statistical filter of selected plunket shield bowlers since and including the 2015/16 nz season ranked by bowling average. test match performances are included because i cbf filtering them out manually.

for reference, the career shield records of wagner, boult, southee, cdg.

neil wagner - 71 matches, 318w @ 25.93
trent boult - 30 matches, 107w @ 23.97
tim southee - 32 matches, 135w @ 21.42
lord colin - 81 matches, 126w @ 29.61

player	matches	wickets	average
kyle jamieson	27	95	22.20
seth rance	29	99	22.63
hamish bennett	32	120	23.05
lockie ferguson	35	133	23.54
will williams	26	71	23.63
matt henry	47	201	25.39
matt mcewan	30	103	25.68
matt bacon	17	52	28.28
scott kugglejuggle	41	148	28.39

doug bracewell	41	121	30.61
jacob duffy	42	113	33.61

notes - matt henry's shield career reads 151 @ 24 and easy mode ball 102 @ 18. bracewell's shield career 197 @ 30.

i love how many people seth rance will trigger by being so good with the new kookaburra. if he was english they'd call him james anderson.

kuggs' stats aren't melted by his early career here, he had a really good middle of the decade before a blip in recent seasons.

interesting to see the medium pacers are making a sneaky return here after the purge, and this summers early lawns will only help.

kuggs and bracewell really have fallen into the pack and henry is also slipping. the top 5 have their averages well clear of the field.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

What are the numbers for Shane van McPeake like over this time period?

 

[Flem274*]

What are the numbers for Shane van McPeake like over this time period?

same as his career figures

 

[GoodAreasShane]

same as his career figures

Ahh OK, thought he started earlier for some reason

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Consider me officially outraged by those Rance figures.

 

[Chewie]

did anyone pick rance or williams in CPL

 

[Nintendo]

How has Glenn Phillips never played in the ipl before? Has he never put himself up for auction or teams just not bidding on him? Fail to see why you'de buy a josh philippe or a tom banton over Phillips.

 

[Flem274*]

let's play nzs next top order batsman, featuring the number 6 and brought to you by the hidden maths of innings dismissed = 69 (nice). this also includes test match runs.

player	matches	runs	average	100s	flemings
devon conway	19	1831	70.42	4	7
will young	47	3032	43.94	6	33
greg hay	44	3123	42.78	7	18
henry nicholls	49	2838	41.72	8	14
henry cooper	27	1837	39.93	5	10
glenn phillips	31	1870	38.95	5	12
hamish rutherford	49	2755	34.87	6	13
rachin ravindra	19	969	34.60	1	7
jeet raval	63	3481	32.83	6	16

notes - nicholls averages 70 for nz A, 39 for nz and 33 for canterbury. 3 of will youngs 6 tons on this list were scored in the past 9 games and jeet raval avaerages 38 for auckland and 46 for nz A during his career.

yea so conway has a massive average but joint least games and young hates scoring centuries. phillips numbers don't look crash hot here at all either. i think we can also see just how far away rachin is from being test standard.

i had a look to see if anyone could match conway since his plane landed and the answer is no. in the same timeframe will young played 27 matches and scored 1642 @ 43 with 4 tons and 7 fifties, albeit in a wider variety of conditions. nzc have really ****ed up by not giving conway a season or two in the nz A setup.

finally, i know you're just dying to see the engine room challengers post watling.

player	matches	runs	average	100s	flemings
dane cleaver	45	2974	43.10	6	19
daryl mitchell	40	2166	40.86	6	10
colin de grandhomme	42	2312	39.18	4	17
tom blundell	46	2577	39.05	5	14
jimmy neesham	32	1461	29.81	1	10

i think that answers why jimmy is well outside the test squad unfortunately.

 

[straw man]

I'm outraged that Williams has pipped M McEwan in the battle of the most medium of medium-pacers.

Rae and Tickner could be added to the list too. Even though it's improved in the last season or two, Tickner's average is terrible with 120 wickets at 38.

 

[Mike5181]

Everyone not named Devon Conway on there clearly need to review some Munro and Ronchi Plunket Shield tapes.

 

[nzfan]

ND Game done and dusted... I've seen tough early season pitches before and not easy to post big scores but this is at a different level. Canterbury scored 266 and won by an inning and 34 runs.

 

[straw man]

Will wait to see how ND bat to confirm how pitch is playing, but looks like Canterbury's good batting lineup at 200/6 has failed to take advantage against ND's second string bowling attack (short Southee, Wagner & CDG). Several starts in that, highest score a breezy 50 from L Carter.

Ok Canterbury winning by an innings and 32 runs suggests those conditions were very difficult for batting and I was too harsh on Canterbury's 266.

Watching highlights of Carter's 'breezy' 50-and-out from 59 balls, all the boundaries were from bad balls - particularly from Sodhi who conceded 40 from 7 overs - rather than adventurous shotmaking.

 

[straw man]

assume the only reason Otago declared 3 down with a lead of just 279 is that they think tomorrow will be rained out

This looks well set up for a Wellington troll-win imo, even though their batting has underperformed so far this season.

 

[straw man]

Century for Blundell! The rest of Wellington terribad though.

 

[nzfan]

Just at the right time, it was a bit worrying seeing him struggle to post reasonable runs. This four day has been good for Blundell, he's played positively and hasn't gone into a shell trying to get through periods of play. That style of cricket just doesn't suit him. He needs to be looking to score. Same applies to Ravindra and Conway in my opinion. Both of them are touch players and need to be positive and not try to survive. Something to salvage out of this game. The game looks shut but funny things happen.

Surprised to see Andrew Fletcher playing in place of Sears. Covid replacement? Hope Ben Sears is all right.