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*Official* New Zealand domestic season 2022/23

Flem274*

Flem274*

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i see the wellington medium pacers decided to bowl short to henry nicholls.

mmm yes that is definitely high percentage decision making.

edit - otago might have the quickest attack of the round. duffy is probably 3rd sharpest at best there with mckay and muller present.
 
straw man

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
Kippax said:
Come on now. Just because Wellington's two most obvious candidates had a pleasant time of it in the first round doesn't mean that squad's exorcised all of the demons that've plagued them recently in Shield batting.

Wagner should be feeling pretty bad about what happened. He and Tickner (as SA-raised and Aussie-raised jocks) just might not be handling this push towards a more dorky Bill Gates-style cricket scene very well at all. The Beyond Meat Plunket Shield.
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Odd, I thought Wagner wasn't taking wickets because he's lost some zip at his age and Tickner wasn't because, despite his natural talents, he seems unable to learn anything or pitch the ball in the right place more than twice an over.
Speaking of dorks, M Fisher gives me the impression he's an out-of-the-ordinary character, which makes me like him more.

Agreed that Wellington's batting is terrible, though that's an impressive collapse even be their standards.
 
Kippax

Kippax

Cricketer Of The Year
Just about every seam bowler in England was getting a bit past it and losing their zip until Key, Stokes and McCullum got a heartier social epistasis working its magic.
 
straw man

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
I would like to believe Wagner still has the ability to take wickets, especially since he will probably end up playing some home tests this summer if no Boult. James Anderson is the benchmark for age of course, though he's a completely different bowler to Wagner.

The magic formula is to tell Wagner he's past it and watch the rage add 5km/h to each ball - expecting an article in the NZ Herald some time in the next couple of months to prompt this.
 
F

Fuller Pilch

Hall of Fame Member
straw man said:
I would like to believe Wagner still has the ability to take wickets, especially since he will probably end up playing some home tests this summer if no Boult. James Anderson is the benchmark for age of course, though he's a completely different bowler to Wagner.

The magic formula is to tell Wagner he's past it and watch the rage add 5km/h to each ball - expecting an article in the NZ Herald some time in the next couple of months to prompt this.
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He's also on track to be the 2nd fastest NZ bowler to 250 wickets (has 246 from 59 tests). Hadlee reached 250 in 53 tests, with Boult taking 63, and Southee 67.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
It looks like Small was replaced by Annand at some point during the CD A game. I hope he's not injured himself again.
 
ataraxia

ataraxia

International Coach
Prince EWS said:
I didn't mind Georgeson at first change in the first dig even though it didn't really work. Silly in the second innings though.
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He was bowled for one 10-over spell without a break, which was weird: why didn't they just bring on the yet-unbowled Sears for the last 3 or 4 overs?
 
HeathDavisSpeed

HeathDavisSpeed

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Prince EWS said:
It looks like Small was replaced by Annand at some point during the CD A game. I hope he's not injured himself again.
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12 man games. Kennerley was the Wellington equivalent.

Though I had been thinking the fact that Small neither batted nor opened the 2nd innings bowling probably wasn't a great sign.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
ataraxia said:
He was bowled for one 10-over spell without a break, which was weird: why didn't they just bring on the yet-unbowled Sears for the last 3 or 4 overs?
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Yeah the length of the spell was weird too given he didn't pick up a wicket. It's the sort of you'd only do if Sears was going to bowl offies.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
HeathDavisSpeed said:
12 man games. Kennerley was the Wellington equivalent.

Though I had been thinking the fact that Small neither batted nor opened the 2nd innings bowling probably wasn't a great sign.
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Yeah he wasn't listed on the second innings batting scorecard at all, even though they declared - they seemed to know he wasn't playing anymore, now he's not bowling either.
 
HeathDavisSpeed

HeathDavisSpeed

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Decent performance by McComb in the A match. Good economy, 6 wickets across the game. I know the pitch in Napier has traditionally been more conducive to spin, but this early in the season? (noting that Wellington have McComb, Younghusband and Tashkoff all in the team and CD A have Lennox and Johnson which does suggest a spinny wicket was in the offing)
 
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