2020/21 New Zealand Domestic Season

[The Hutt Rec]

Imagine Wagner playing in one of these in a few year’s time. People will die.

 

[jcas0167]

It annoys me that Oram bats so low in these games he doesn't get a hit. Same last year.

Vettori and Parore are still class.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Can we still recall Vettori? Looks like he'd be decent in the t20 world cup.

 

[_Ed_]

That was dreadful, but highly entertaining.

 

[_Ed_]

Imagine my surprise - down in Auckland for work for a few days, and I go to a pub for some dinner, and at the request of some ***** sitting near me, they put the Black Clash on. Give me ****ing strength.

 

[_Ed_]

I mean, there was BBL on when I walked in, and the quality of that was debatable. But then I was confronted with Peter ****ing Fulton and one of the Marshalls. Jesus ****ing Christ.

 

[Flem274*]

ive never seen ed so animated

 

[_Ed_]

Don't get me started on How To Dad's over.

 

[jcas0167]

Another way of looking at it I guess is that the organisers have done a good job of tracking down rugby guys with legit cricket ability

Jordie Barrett obviously has although most of them were probably first XI players at High School. Natural hand/eye ability. Israel Dagg could apparently bowl at 140 when he was 16. Jason Spice was in the ND team when Vettori first came on the scene. Will Jordan sounds like he was a good batsman.

In his last year in 2015 he demonstrated his class, hitting 102 not out from 83 balls against Palmerston North Boys' at the Gillette Cup finals.
His First XI coach Matt Parr told Stuff at the time it was one of the finest schoolboy innings he had witnessed.

Rusty Will Jordan eager to impress with bat in Black Clash T20 match

Not having played a proper cricket match for more than five years, All Blacks ace Will Jordan isn't sure how he'll go in the Black Clash.

i.stuff.co.nz

 

[nzfan]

Didn't catch a single ball. Must have been on tv1 or sky?

 

[jcas0167]

Didn't catch a single ball. Must have been on tv1 or sky?

Yeah, TV1. I think last year it was the most viewed cricket game. You can watch a replay on demand.

 

[thierry henry]

I actually thought they were joking about Jason Spice having played first class cricket. I don’t recall his relatively rare status as a modern dual sportsman (even if at FC rather than international level) coming up during his rugby career.

 

[thierry henry]

Don't get me started on How To Dad's over.

On behalf of everyone preparing to go out and bowl just like that today, I’m offended

 

[jcas0167]

I actually thought they were joking about Jason Spice having played first class cricket. I don’t recall his relatively rare status as a modern dual sportsman (even if at FC rather than international level) coming up during his rugby career.

Yeah, he was in the under 19 team with Fleming that won a 'test' series over Australia. At ND he had Matthew Hart and then Vettori as left arm spin competition and with Super Rugby starting he focused on that.

I didn't realise Jock McKenzie who played for team rugby was another former under 19 cricketer. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/cr...s-for-black-clash/H36YOP7S43SONUQQGSQSMKMJVA/

 

[Immenso]

I actually thought they were joking about Jason Spice having played first class cricket. I don’t recall his relatively rare status as a modern dual sportsman (even if at FC rather than international level) coming up during his rugby career.

Spice was at ND,in late 90s, when they had 4 young left arm spinners all at same time.

Vetorri, Mathew Hart, Spice, Mark Jefferson. Jefferson was also a dual sportsman in that he played rugby for Poverty Bay (for ages, or maybe actually as young man and then when older and returned to Bay).

They all played for NZ or NZ U19.

I think Jefferson moved to Wellington. Played Firebirds? And played prem club rugby.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Spice was at ND,in late 90s, when they had 4 young left arm spinners all at same time.

Vetorri, Mathew Hart, Spice, Mark Jefferson. Jefferson was also a dual sportsman in that he played rugby for Poverty Bay (for ages, or maybe actually as young man and then when older and returned to Bay).

They all played for NZ or NZ U19.

I think Jefferson moved to Wellington. Played Firebirds? And played prem club rugby.

Yep, Jefferson and Larsen putting the squeeze on at the Basin in the middle overs was peak late-90s/early-00s Firebirds.

 

[James]

Guptill looks so out of touch, and with his recent run of scores, you'd have to think whether he'll be selected for the Aussie T20s.

Perhaps after this post, he'll start firing.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Wouldn't surprise me if he played till this t20 World Cup then hung up the boots.

 

[Prince EWS]

Wouldn't surprise me if he played till this t20 World Cup then hung up the boots.

Wouldn't surprise me if he played till this T20 World Cup, didn't actually get picked in it because he hadn't made a score in forever, then hung up the boots.

 

[Chewie]

We should go the Australia route and have a completely separate team from tests

1. Allen
2. Seifert
3. Conway
4. Phillips
5. Chapman
6. Neesham
7. McConchie
8. Santner
9. Tickner
10. Duffy
11. Bennett

12. Mitchell
13. Ravindra
14. Sears