2024–25 NZ domestic season

[SteveNZ]

Why the hell did Jeet have a massive black wig on at the toss? Are we throwing back 20 years to the first ever T20I? Jeet ain't the guy to carry off that sort of malarkey...

 

[SteveNZ]

Would we bet against a Matt Boyle debut against Pakistan later in the summer? Such an assured cricketer with power and ability to hit it everywhere, and we know in the modern game you only need one season - sometimes not even that - to reach higher honours. Plenty of guys out in the IPL, he'll definitely be in the conversation

 

[wellAlbidarned]

The ol' Sodhi rank long hop slogged out to deep mid wicket ploy works a charm.

unironically think it was an intentional trap. Slow long hop, followed up by a quicker flipper-like delivery in the same spot.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Considering the ridiculous depth of the Canterbury bowling attack and relatively decent batting lineup, what would a rest of NZ XI look like? Bearing in mind you can only use legit current SS players, with guns for hire out elsewhere like Conway and Williamson not eligible.

Based on this year's smash

K Clarke
J Boyle
M Boyle
R O'Donnell
Br00ce
Abbas
J McKenzie
Tickner
Ferns
Hazeldine
Gulati (only 2 games but like the cut of his jib)

Unluggy - D Phillips - good intent at the top but hasn't converted
Delport - where tf did he go? injured? absolute gun.
Ashok - good comeback after a bad start

 

[ataraxia]

Delport - where tf did he go? injured? absolute gun.

Dropped. I presume, at least. Only played a handful of games this season outside of the one-dayers.

 

[SteveNZ]

Dropped. I presume, at least. Only played a handful of games this season outside of the one-dayers.

Looks like they want to 'bat deep' and pretend Will O'Donnell is a spinner, and played Riley Mudford (who I think is a wicketkeeper bat) as a specialist bat at 8. Pretty harsh on a guy like Delport who took 14 wickets at 17s last year and 7 an over.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Based on this year's smash

K Clarke
J Boyle
M Boyle
R O'Donnell
Br00ce
Abbas
J McKenzie
Tickner
Ferns
Hazeldine
Gulati (only 2 games but like the cut of his jib)

Unluggy - D Phillips - good intent at the top but hasn't converted
Delport - where tf did he go? injured? absolute gun.
Ashok - good comeback after a bad start

Good team but needs Chu & Lockrose

 

[Immenso]

Considering the ridiculous depth of the Canterbury bowling attack and relatively decent batting lineup, what would a rest of NZ XI look like? Bearing in mind you can only use legit current SS players, with guns for hire out elsewhere like Conway and Williamson not eligible.

Robinson
Ravindra
Chapman
Bruce
Jacobs
Bracewell
Chu
Santner
Ferns
Sears
Duffy

Only position I needed to give thought to was Ferns, where I don't think the 'returning blackcap' N Smith is particularly good in this format.
The other 10 kind of pick themselves.

 

[SteveNZ]

Robbie O lucky to get a spot for a 73*, albeit a match-winning one. Jacobs?

Tim Robinson unlucky, looked a class above.

Needs a keeper too, although none of them have been particularly good or consistent. Chu the best as a finisher.

 

[Immenso]

With M Boyle being the only non-blackcap in the Canterbury 11 (and with Shipley 12th man). Question is would Henry Nicholls oust him if he was recovered from injury? (He would have at the start of the competition/season, but would he still now?). This post is not to slag off Nicholls' prowess at T20 at this level, but more 'point-and-see' at how ridiculously stacked a Canterbury top 11 is.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

With M Boyle being the only non-blackcap in the Canterbury 11 (and with Shipley 12th man). Question is would Henry Nicholls oust him if he was recovered from injury? (He would have at the start of the competition/season, but would he still now?). This post is not to slag off Nicholls' prowess at T20 at this level, but more 'point-and-see' at how ridiculously stacked a Canterbury top 11 is.

Keep Boyle.
Nicholls for Latham imo

 

[ataraxia]

With M Boyle being the only non-blackcap in the Canterbury 11 (and with Shipley 12th man). Question is would Henry Nicholls oust him if he was recovered from injury? (He would have at the start of the competition/season, but would he still now?). This post is not to slag off Nicholls' prowess at T20 at this level, but more 'point-and-see' at how ridiculously stacked a Canterbury top 11 is.

Like Latham and Mitchell, Nicholls has a fabulous Super Smash record so he'd surely slot in somewhere. I don't think they'd devolve to dropping the 22yo top runscorer, especially given he scores them at a good clip. It's very fun trying to guess who he replaces though lol. Bowes or Hay, I think – but maybe O'Rourke.

 

[jcas0167]

Why the hell did Jeet have a massive black wig on at the toss? Are we throwing back 20 years to the first ever T20I? Jeet ain't the guy to carry off that sort of malarkey...

Yeah, it was a retro outfit day or something. He said it was in honour of the Marshall twins.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Robbie O lucky to get a spot for a 73*, albeit a match-winning one. Jacobs?

Tim Robinson unlucky, looked a class above.

Needs a keeper too, although none of them have been particularly good or consistent. Chu the best as a finisher.

I tried to keep it to players who haven't played for NZ yet or if they have are zero hope of returning to internationals. Robbie O was a bit of a vibes pick, looks like the epitome of a high quality domestic stalwart who'll always deliver when you need it but never be considered for higher honours.

 

[SteveNZ]

With M Boyle being the only non-blackcap in the Canterbury 11 (and with Shipley 12th man). Question is would Henry Nicholls oust him if he was recovered from injury? (He would have at the start of the competition/season, but would he still now?). This post is not to slag off Nicholls' prowess at T20 at this level, but more 'point-and-see' at how ridiculously stacked a Canterbury top 11 is.

Bloody hard one - Nicholls was the top scorer in the comp in 2023-24, and undoubtedly has the quality at domestic level. But gee, MBoyle has been good to watch.

That whole Canterbury team has mid 90s vibes when basically all of them were NZ internationals.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

loving Tickner's remodelled run up and action. So much energy through the crease.

 

[_Ed_]

That flurry of wickets at the end may not be very helpful from a DLS point of view.

 

[Chewie]

That flurry of wickets at the end may not be very helpful from a DLS point of view.

what happens after the rain doesn't matter for DLS

 

[_Ed_]

what happens after the rain doesn't matter for DLS

It should IMO, at least to some extent.

 

[Bahnz]

Cracking game, probably the best of the season so far.