NZ domestic season 2023/24

[Athlai]

Auckland winning by an innings after being 8-85 is so crazy. I kinda forgot what games were like in the 2000s. We followed domestics pretty closely on here in those heady Parlane infested days.

 

[straw man]

Re comment in other thread - Sears fit but not actually taking many wickets so far this season.

 

[RMBolton]

Rippon through em

I'm slightly peeved he didn't get a callup for Bangladesh. Maybe his time has come & gone, but he's certainly a better choice than Santner.

 

[ataraxia]

Haha bad light at the Basin.

Meanwhile, a Max Chu counterattack! Could be on for a great finish at Dunedin (assuming the light holds there).

 

[straw man]

54 needed off 47 with 3 wickets in hand - pretty good setup.

Can't really have any faith in Otago either scoring the runs or holding on for the draw though.

 

[ataraxia]

Looks like they're still going for it 8 down – seems foolhardy to me.

Dale Phillips has been quietly continuing his good form in FC, averages 35 at 25. Good sign, could be a fringe NZ bat in the future.

 

[ataraxia]

Bacon gone – surely now they buckle down.

Ajaz getting some great drift and turn here, and I think he's said that this season he's trying out a longer run-up and bowling a bit quicker. Shaping up to be a nice choice for the Bangladesh tour, which I know may seem obvious but I was sceptical he could be pummelled.

 

[ataraxia]

dinky *bonk*

 

[straw man]

at that final shot to lose the match. Oh, Otago.

Meanwhile, a Max Chu counterattack!

Dale Phillips has been quietly continuing his good form in FC, averages 35 at 25. Good sign, could be a fringe NZ bat in the future.

Bacon gone – surely now they buckle down.

While it might be a stretch to include that last one (they did not buckle down), I reckon that's 3 jinxes in a row.

 

[straw man]

Ajaz getting some great drift and turn here, and I think he's said that this season he's trying out a longer run-up and bowling a bit quicker. Shaping up to be a nice choice for the Bangladesh tour, which I know may seem obvious but I was sceptical he could be pummelled.

Yeah that's good news - does ring true the criticism that he's unable to be quicker through the air when he needs to be.

 

[Bahnz]

Looks like they're still going for it 8 down – seems foolhardy to me.

Eh, it's Otago, it's not like they're going to be in the running for the Shield. If they find themelves in a position where they might unexpectedly jag a win, I think it's worth risking a loss to go for it.

 

[SteveNZ]

Auckland winning by an innings after being 8-85 is so crazy. I kinda forgot what games were like in the 2000s. We followed domestics pretty closely on here in those heady Parlane infested days.

I used to go to EPOO a lot in the mid to late 2000s, seen some wonderful things.

I don't know if my memory serves me 100% correctly on this one but I do know one game in about 2007, Tama Canning turned up late for play in a taxi in his town gears, having been on the piss all night.

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Nope, turns out he was in overnight, and just made it to the ground I remember the Aces guys were like cats on a hot tin roof, wondering where the **** he is (but probably knowing where he was). That is wild to go on a bender when you're not out in a FC game, although they were 67-5 chasing 400+ so away you go, I guess.

Other fond memories include Chris Martin dropping a catch eating a banana on the fine leg boundary, a guy at the Mobil across the road refusing to throw a ball back after it'd hit his car, and Heath Davis bowling an orange

 

[jcas0167]

I remember that game like it was yesterday. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...d-vs-northern-districts-305053/full-scorecard

There was a bit of hype around about Kane, this 17-year-old kid on debut who'd been burning it up in the age groups. But he ran into an angry Andre Adams at the worst time

In ND's second innings, at the end of day 2, it was incredibly dark. Andre got Brad Wilson lbw, and Kane came to the crease on debut. He was all at sea, couldn't lay a bat on it, and Andre got him lbw (think this was the season Andre averaged <10). Then Bruce Martin walked out as nightwatchman ahead of James Marshall who was the captain and batted 4. Then Watling got out, Marshall came out, and Andre gave him the greatest spray I've ever seen on a cricket field. Like I'm sitting up in the EPOO main stand on the #2 and I could hear it word for word. 'You weak c*nt, sending a f*cking kid to do your job for you, you're weak as p*ss' etc. And Marshall was not out at the close, and it continued all the way out to the boundary. It was the most incredibly sustained sledging effort I've ever seen.

Nuts game, was over early on day 3. 18-year-old Tim Southee took a six-for, Auckland were 85-8 until Reece Young and Greg Morgan on debut put on 150, and they won by an innings scoring 286.

I have this vague memory that Adams roomed with Williamson on an NZ Emerging players tour earlier that year so he was extra protective of him. Granted he doesn't appear in the scorecards from the tour, maybe was only there for experience ahead of the under 19 WC (or I've misremembered).

ACOE vs Cricket Scorecard at Caloundra, July 17, 2007

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[jcas0167]

I used to go to EPOO a lot in the mid to late 2000s, seen some wonderful things.

I don't know if my memory serves me 100% correctly on this one but I do know one game in about 2007, Tama Canning turned up late for play in a taxi in his town gears, having been on the piss all night.

Cricket: Canning quits before getting the push - NZ Herald

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....Heath Davis bowling an orange

I think Jeremy Coney once bowled a pine cone in a first class match.

 

[DavidUK]

Otago allowed the run rate required to climb far too high. Chu is clearly their star player and batted brilliantly for 49 off 39 balls but even with him and Phillips going well they could only hold the rate at 7 an over so was always going to be too much to ask. Whoever their coaches are, they still haven't solved Georgeson's and Cumming's habit of their feet glued to the crease.

 

[Bahnz]

I remember that game like it was yesterday. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...d-vs-northern-districts-305053/full-scorecard

There was a bit of hype around about Kane, this 17-year-old kid on debut who'd been burning it up in the age groups. But he ran into an angry Andre Adams at the worst time

In ND's second innings, at the end of day 2, it was incredibly dark. Andre got Brad Wilson lbw, and Kane came to the crease on debut. He was all at sea, couldn't lay a bat on it, and Andre got him lbw (think this was the season Andre averaged <10). Then Bruce Martin walked out as nightwatchman ahead of James Marshall who was the captain and batted 4. Then Watling got out, Marshall came out, and Andre gave him the greatest spray I've ever seen on a cricket field. Like I'm sitting up in the EPOO main stand on the #2 and I could hear it word for word. 'You weak c*nt, sending a f*cking kid to do your job for you, you're weak as p*ss' etc. And Marshall was not out at the close, and it continued all the way out to the boundary. It was the most incredibly sustained sledging effort I've ever seen.

Nuts game, was over early on day 3. 18-year-old Tim Southee took a six-for, Auckland were 85-8 until Reece Young and Greg Morgan on debut put on 150, and they won by an innings scoring 286.

Tbf, Andre gave Kane a serve as well. If memory serves, the news report of the days play said Andre promptly sat Kane on his backside with a bouncer, walked down to him and said "What the **** are you even doing here? You should be sitting your ****ing exams!"

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Black Cap reported for alleged ball tampering

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[Athlai]

SCANDAL

 

[Flem274*]

Black Cap reported for alleged ball tampering

NZC have now confirmed Black Cap and Canterbury top order batter Henry Nicholls has been reported by the match umpires for allegedly tampering with...

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Just needs more practice

 

[straw man]

I am HORRIFIED