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

[Neil Young]

Ah, OK. Yeah, 19 I think. 156 on debut IIRC. Absolutely waxed lyrical about by the radio commentators on sports roundup. All we had to go on back then.

Edit: Looking it up in the archive. Was at Lancaster Park. so it would have been Peter Sharp on comms with one other.

Peter Sharp made your average one-eyed Cantab appear rational.

I used to love the parochial nature of the Sports Roundup comms; Kevin Hart, Wads, Ron wotshisface from Welly, Sharp, Alan McLaughlin, Iain Galloway. All unashamedly biased. Fantastic listening.

 

[SteveNZ]

Peter Sharp made your average one-eyed Cantab appear rational.

I used to love the parochial nature of the Sports Roundup comms; Kevin Hart, Wads, Ron wotshisface from Welly, Sharp, Alan McLaughlin, Iain Galloway. All unashamedly biased. Fantastic listening.

Bloody oath. Ron Snowden incidentally - what a character he was (potentially still is).

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Peter Sharp made your average one-eyed Cantab appear rational.

I used to love the parochial nature of the Sports Roundup comms; Kevin Hart, Wads, Ron wotshisface from Welly, Sharp, Alan McLaughlin, Iain Galloway. All unashamedly biased. Fantastic listening.

Great post. Brings back many memories

 

[Flem274*]

Bowwwls.....short and wiiiiiide!

 

[Immenso]

I remember listening to that. For some reason Henry Blofeld was on guest comms, and he just raved about the innings.

That would help explain why the innings got such a huge reputation and talk of making the England tour that winter.

1. Blofeld is naturally very effusive.
2. Cultural cringe, especially within NZ cricket back then - that a foreign voice and opinion is worth 2 x a local one.

 

[ataraxia]

Glenn Phillips pretty much playing a shot a ball here. A 30-ball 50 from #3 reached in the 15th over.

Three debuts, Gibson and Ashok missing out.

 

[nzfan]

GP was going so well... bugger he's gone. Probably the first ball he looked to defend this inning. He's been batting well of late.

 

[Chewie]

interesting that the NZC website shows Phillips as keeper instead of Horne

 

[Immenso]

Holy hell, Ben Horne's stance.

It reminds of a low level club game I played once when before the toss both teams agreed there would be no LBWs today, and then the opposition then went out and demonstrated their well-honed no-LBWs batting techniques ....

 

[straw man]

Embarrassing dismissals for Auckland's openers today, though surprising to see W O'Donnell opening the innings in the first place. Phillips fun and I'm fine with him playing his natural game of biff to remind the NZ selectors he's a test option down at 5 or 6.

 

[nzfan]

Embarrassing dismissals for Auckland's openers today, though surprising to see W O'Donnell opening the innings in the first place. Phillips fun and I'm fine with him playing his natural game of biff to remind the NZ selectors he's a test option down at 5 or 6.

He's got to play his game. I think he looks very vulnerable when he's looking to defend. When attacking he looks his best.

 

[SteveNZ]

Bowwwls.....short and wiiiiiide!

Haha this is so good, if it refers to Goran Paladin's (outstanding) impression of Snowden. Actually, Paladin's parody was so good I'm actually 100% honestly unsure as to whether Snowden actually said the following:

'High....wide....CAUGHT AT MID ON'

 

[SteveNZ]

He's got to play his game. I think he looks very vulnerable when he's looking to defend. When attacking he looks his best.

Not exactly a description of a game that is going to translate to Test success for any period of time

 

[Shady Slim]

Holy hell, Ben Horne's stance.

yeah working in management at the great northern hotel will do that to you

 

[nzfan]

Holy hell, Ben Horne's stance.

It reminds of a low level club game I played once when before the toss both teams agreed there would be no LBWs today, and then the opposition then went out and demonstrated their well-honed no-LBWs batting techniques ....

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Add to that Duffman's approach to the crease as well... proper club cricket.

 

[Immenso]

It looks like the 4 Horseman of the Appocalypse swept down on University Oval at the 43.3rd over.

 

[ataraxia]

Holy hell, Ben Horne's stance.

It reminds of a low level club game I played once when before the toss both teams agreed there would be no LBWs today, and then the opposition then went out and demonstrated their well-honed no-LBWs batting techniques ....

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Horne got a few runs, but then got out in a way that he deserved to.

 

[Binkley]

Chapman out for 97, which is disappointing. I am not a huge watcher of his, but he previously struck me as a guy who didn’t play a good pull shot - but he played some really lovely ones today.

 

[thundaboult]

I just hope chapman does something useful at the intl level for once

 

[GoodAreasShane]

I just hope chapman does something useful at the intl level for once

Chapman does have an ODI 124* to his credit


For Hong Kong, against a UAE side with literally one bowler I have ever heard of