***Official New Zealand Domestic Season 2021/22***

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Seems like Northern are making hard work of a small chase tonight.

 

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They're actually going to lose.

 

[vandem]

Seems like Northern are making hard work of a small chase tonight.

Haven't watched but wtf with Carter's 13 (30)? Was the pitch a minefield?

 

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I don't have Spark Sport at the moment, so it remains a mystery to me too. But Boult saved the day with a last-ball six to win the game!

 

[Bahnz]

Looked like big turn on offer from the youtube highlights

 

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Looked like big turn on offer from the youtube highlights

True, although Matt Henry also managed to concede only eight from four overs.

 

[SteveNZ]

One hell of a game - hard to get a read from the woeful 4min highlights on youtube.

An opener gets 32 off 12 in the same team as a guy who gets 13 off 30. Four Canterbury bowlers go at least than 6s and the other two at 11s and 14s. And Kuggleijn stinking it up again.

Managed to see the highlights of the final over that Nuttall bowled, that could very easily qualify as the worst death/game on the line over I've ever seen. Nearly every ball should have gone for six and almost did. And as for the last ball, that does qualify as the worst last ball ever. The only line and length Trent is probably going to hit for six, and Nuttall bowls it spot on it. Either the worst execution of all time, or the dumbest idea of all time. Why why why why? You know he's going to open the hip and swing to cow, and you bowl directly to it. Terrible.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Time for Kuggeleijn to be put out to pasture. NZC should have ostracised him after the case anyway. They've ostracised better players with less objectionable behavioural records.

 

[thundaboult]

Nutall was so gun 5 or 6 years ago before that injury.....he's just lost it

and I've accepted that despite all the big hitting batting talent and extra pace...kuggs just won't amount to much

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Managed to see the highlights of the final over that Nuttall bowled, that could very easily qualify as the worst death/game on the line over I've ever seen. Nearly every ball should have gone for six and almost did. And as for the last ball, that does qualify as the worst last ball ever. The only line and length Trent is probably going to hit for six, and Nuttall bowls it spot on it. Either the worst execution of all time, or the dumbest idea of all time. Why why why why? You know he's going to open the hip and swing to cow, and you bowl directly to it. Terrible.

You could probably argue that up to the last ball it was working perfectly.

 

[Mike5181]

Time for Kuggeleijn to be put out to pasture. NZC should have ostracised him after the case anyway. They've ostracised better players with less objectionable behavioural records.

I know it's tempting to jerk off every time this guy has a high economy rate, but I find it baffling how people talk in absolutes about a total stranger like they know every detail, when the only people who know what happened are two people.

 

[SteveNZ]

I know it's tempting to jerk off every time this guy has a high economy rate, but I find it baffling how people talk in absolutes about a total stranger like they know every detail, when the only people who know what happened are two people.

To be fair, I think people are reacting in part to what was indisputable - what he admitted in court - and the way his lawyer acted.

 

[SteveNZ]

You could probably argue that up to the last ball it was working perfectly.

Yeah, you could to be fair. Not the last ball, however.

 

[Mike5181]

To be fair, I think people are reacting in part to what was indisputable - what he admitted in court - and the way his lawyer acted.

See, I agree certain conduct from my perspective (an outside perspective) looks ****ing weird. But I have little to no experience in a courtroom. Is it just because I have a predetermined subjective lens I'm looking at this stuff through. Would I be looking at things differently if I assumed he was guilty/innocent? Like, I agree generally this stuff, outside maybe twitter, doesn't pop up out of thin air but I don't know where this conviction comes from?

Open to learning, not meant in an aggressive way.

 

[nzfan]

Haven't watched but wtf with Carter's 13 (30)? Was the pitch a minefield?

Not a minefield but there was good turn. The ball was stopping a bit. Nothing like the Bangladesh deck we saw couple of months ago. Our guys are kind of spoilt by good decks, smallish grounds and they block, block and bash. There is no single taking skills and in between hitting some big ones. A lot of them just try to slog. It comes off mostly but when you are on a used deck like the one used last night and when there is very short boundary on one side batters just lose the plot.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I know it's tempting to jerk off every time this guy has a high economy rate, but I find it baffling how people talk in absolutes about a total stranger like they know every detail, when the only people who know what happened are two people.

What he admitted to in court was dire, regardless of whether he was guilty of what he was charged or not. This man is not a role model. I'm not judging him on anything other than what he's admitted to and is publicly on the record as saying. Saying 'no' once is enough and the misogyny of the old provocative clothing defence is one of the reasons people continue to get away with this ****.

In her testimony, the victim claimed she said no ‘dozens of times’ but Kuggeleijn did not stop. He, however, denied this saying, “I tried (having ***) twice, like she might have said 'no, no' a few times but it wasn't dozens of times.”

After leaving her apartment, Kuggeleijn sent her a text message the next day through a mutual friend. In the message he admitted to being persistent and apologised.

In the 2017 trial that was heard over five days, Kuggeleijn told the court that the alleged rape victim was “provocatively dressed” and “looking for male attention” when they met at the bar.

Asked what he meant by using the word “provocative” Kuggeleijn replied “she was just quite revealing, you know.” And told to elaborate on why he thought she was “looking for male attention”, he said “she was just, yeah, very close to you when she talked, and talked about a lot of things that a lot of others wouldn't”.

 

[Athlai]

Yeah he's a spud and I'd rather he not be a part of the thing I love (NZ Cricket)

 

[ataraxia]

What a stupidly entertaining T20 last night. ND needed 62 off 96 with 10 wickets remaining and they almost messed it up completely.

 

[Bahnz]

Why isn’t Neesham playing for the direbirds? Surely must be through his MIQ requirements by now.

 

[Bahnz]

Yeah he's a spud and I'd rather he not be a part of the thing I love (NZ Cricket)

I’m just glad he’s done us all a favour by stinking up the joint in domestic and international cricket to the extent that he’s largely been forgotten by the general public. Would’ve been really awkward if he’d turned out to be a genuine talent.