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  1. jcas0167

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    I wonder if many other players have scored 18 first class hundreds and not played for the Black Caps. Missing out on the 2008 tour to England for Daniel Flynn a real sliding door moment.
  2. jcas0167

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    Sussex ends with 8/71. Maybe a late blooming seamer who could push for an A tour spot. Important century for Blundell and nice to do it in spin friendly conditions given the upcoming test schedule.
  3. jcas0167

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    87 runs for last wicket now, Hay and Davey. Good to see Will Young get some runs.
  4. jcas0167

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    Now has 7 wickets against Canterbury.
  5. jcas0167

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    Didn't realise Joe Carter was having such a good season. Has featured on A tours before. Probably unlikely to get a call up for higher honours but a great servant for ND.
  6. jcas0167

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    Wow, Bracewell with 8/41. His uncle John's best figures were 8/81.
  7. jcas0167

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    Yeah, for T20 Richardson would presumably have had to develop a ramp shot. I suspect players now are spending more time in the gym too now to develop hitting power. Even someone like Kane looks to have have bulked up. But that is one area where some players just have a natural advantage. The...
  8. jcas0167

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    Yeah, agree there are some differences that are fairly obvious early on. I guess that's what people refer to when they say a given player has a higher ceiling. Cricket also has roles where huge natural ability perhaps doesn't matter as much. For example Richardson who turned himself from a...
  9. jcas0167

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    Jordan Sussex with nice dismissals of Bruce and Hay. 30 yr old seamer playing his 2nd first class game. Simon Keene looked quite promising a couple of seasons ago but seems to have slipped back in the pecking order.
  10. jcas0167

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    Good runs for Mitch Hay to keep pressing for a back up role to Blundell or maybe the white ball squads.
  11. jcas0167

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    Georgeson opening the bowling and picking up both openers. He must be pushing hard for an NZ A spot as another all-round option. McKenzie just falling short of a half century. Another promising all-rounder who happily seems to not be playing super rugby this season.
  12. jcas0167

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    Some good batting performances in the Wellington A v CD A game at Hutt Rec. Jake Jonas, the number 3 for CD A with 46 and 133. He apparently played for CD under 19's last season. Sam Mycock opened for Wellington A and got 190 and 53. Hadn't heard much about him and see there is some footage from...
  13. jcas0167

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    Nathan Smith won domestic player of the year at the NZ cricket awards.
  14. jcas0167

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    Fifty years to the day since Black Caps first beat Australia in a test. Nice write up about the game and reunion during the test at Hagley Oval...
  15. jcas0167

    Harold Larwood VS Jacques Kallis

    Not an apples with apples comparison. Larwood was a great bowler, probably better than Kallis (still an impressive 292 wickets at ~32) but in terms of their batting there is no comparison. Larwood averaged ~19 with the bat in first class and test cricket. Kallis averaged 55 over 166 games and...
  16. jcas0167

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    Would love to see Tim Robinson go although might be a long shot.
  17. jcas0167

    New Zealand doom and gloom thread

    Chu does look like a natural keeper and I like how vocal he is in Super Smash. Seems like a good ball striker particularly through the off-side. Hay might be the better white ball option - seems to have nailed the reverse sweeps/scoops. Impressed on the A tour to Australia.
  18. jcas0167

    New Zealand doom and gloom thread

    Him developing back problems just when he seemed set to be the mainstay of our attack for the next 5 years was tragic. The Guardian had a great article about him before the England series in 2022...
  19. jcas0167

    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    Watched the Wilson game at boarding school. Everyone was going nuts and when it was over raced out to play backyard cricket. Earlier that season had seen some of the Shell Cup games on TV and Wilson and Dion Nash were outstanding getting Otago to the final. Wilson opened the batting and...
  20. jcas0167

    New Zealand doom and gloom thread

    Largely confirms what a lot on here suspected although Stead being such a strong Sodhi supporter is mildly surprising to me. I thought he previously backed Astle over him for the 2019 WC but Kane wanted Sodhi. Wells sounds like a breath of fresh air, hopefully he doesn't pack it in.

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