**Official** New Zealand Domestic Season 2013/2014

[Kippax]

"ND and a newly laid pitch" - McEwan 5/21 - YouTube

 

[RxGM]

Lonsdale probably still has back injury?

Tim Johnston definitely worth investing in. Hope he is 14th for canty or drafted by one of the others. Not many finger spinners around the traps at the moment.
A few promising spinners in the U19s based on very brief glimpse in kippax's videos.

Agree on Johnston
But it is difficult to see an opening for him elsewhere

Auckland: B Martin/Singh
ND: J Boult/Sodhi
Well: Woodcock/Patel
CD: Nethula & Lots of Seamers
Otago: Beard/Craig
Cant: Astle/ Hira

Disappointing to see Auckland go for another bits a pieces LO alrounder like Grobbelaar

 

[Flem274*]

Quite happy with the CD contracts, though I'm disappointed Raval has gone home.

Johnston should really look at moving.

Matt Quinn to induce rage from Auckland fans.

Will post more dribble as I think of it.

 

[Flem274*]

So I guess we shall see...

Auckland

McIntosh (Guptill)
Raval
Kitchen
Cachopa
Hakaraia (Munro)
CdG
Hopkins
Friday/Ferguson (Mills)
Bates (McClenaghan)
Bartlett
Bhuphinder (Martin)

ND

Wilson
Flynn
Hickey? (Williamson)
Mitchell
....? (Anderson)
Devcich (Vettori)
Fletcher (Watling)
Kuggs (Southee/Boult)
Sodhi
Verma (Southee/Boult)
Aldridge (Southee/Boult)

CD

How
Robinson
Cachopa
Hay (Taylor)
Young
KNB
Kruger
Nethula
Milne
Wheeler
Mathieson/Small (Bracewell)

Wellington

Brodie
Papps
Murdoch
Pollard (Elliott)
Franklin
Woodcock
Ronchi
Jeets
Gillespie
McKay
Arnel

****erbury

Nicol
Worker
Stewart (Latham/Fulton)
Nicholls
...? (Latham/Fulton)
Ellis
Cachopa
Astle
Henry
McCone
Bennett

Otago

Redmond
....? (Rutherford)
Bracewell (McCullum)
Ryder
Broom
Wells/Neesham
de Boorder
Beard/Craig
Butler
Duffy
...? (Wagner)

 

[Kippax]

Matt Quinn to induce rage from Auckland fans.

Yeah Quinn, Ferguson, Grobbelaar and Friday making our massive city's first 13, meek from Auckland tbh. A pity Small will never have the McClenaghan spirit to be an Aucklander. A fully fit Small based on Perham's pitches would be really ideal.

 

[Kippax]

Wellington

Brodie
Papps
Murdoch
Pollard (Elliott)
Franklin
Woodcock
Ronchi
Jeets
Gillespie
McKay
Arnel

Oh god I think he's right...

 

[hendrix]

Is there any more recent updates on how Verma is looking? Quite interested in his development. Probably important that he adds a yard or two of pace, but I like that whippy action.

 

[Flem274*]

Yeah Quinn, Ferguson, Grobbelaar and Friday making our massive city's first 13, meek from Auckland tbh. A pity Small will never have the McClenaghan spirit to be an Aucklander. A fully fit Small based on Perham's pitches would be really ideal.

Nothing wrong with them having a go with Ferguson and Friday tbf. Ferguson may be a back injury waiting to happen but he's got some nice raw tools to work with and Friday was getting good reviews from outside of Wellington as well as inside. Quinn and Grobbelaar are a meh though. But tbf Grobbelaar's specialist 125kph yorkers were very useful for Auckland last year in the HRV cup.

 

[Bahnz]

Corey showing a few similarities to H Rud in that vid, with the obvious exception that he actually likes to play the hook.

 

[Kippax]

Nothing wrong with them having a go with Ferguson and Friday tbf. Ferguson may be a back injury waiting to happen but he's got some nice raw tools to work with and Friday was getting good reviews from outside of Wellington as well as inside. Quinn and Grobbelaar are a meh though. But tbf Grobbelaar's specialist 125kph yorkers were very useful for Auckland last year in the HRV cup.

Ferguson just too raw for me, lock him in to average 50+ imo. I worked hard on the editing in this one for sure -

Lockie Ferguson vs. Canterbury - YouTube

"At a Glance" | Tipene Friday - YouTube

 

[Kippax]

Is there any more recent updates on how Verma is looking?

I take it you didn't really mean as in just his action but anyway -

Verma, last game of season - YouTube

 

[Kippax]

Article - Auckland Cricket

Shame to see Reece Young retire, short of two years removed from the Test side.

 

[RxGM]

So I guess we shall see...

Auckland

McIntosh (Guptill)
Raval
Kitchen
Cachopa
Hakaraia (Munro)
CdG
Hopkins
Friday/Ferguson (Mills)
Bates (McClenaghan)
Bartlett
Bhuphinder (Martin)

Hakaraia missed out on first 13, has quite a few people to battle it out with for the last spot, he might be better off going to ND to full that void in the middle order, especially as it is likely that Munros involvment in with NZ will be quite limited imo

 

[RxGM]

Reece Young really called time on his career when he moved back to Auckland last year imo

 

[vandem]

Daniel Flynn to captain ND

Northern Districts Cricket Association

 

[Hurricane]

thanks for that. Good for Flynn.

Glancing through the player list for ND - Sodhi will be hoping for bigger things this year. Unfortunately my old coach said they (spinners) don't come into their prime until 28. think success for him will be getting a season average under 42.

 

[Kippax]

What a ball! Things we never see in 10* temps.

 

[hendrix]

that's outrageous

 

[Kippax]

There's a name from the past, Marc Calkin. If he came back he'd get Smithy and McMillan more excited on a Friday night that some of Flem's top 6.

 

[Kippax]

Cricket | Henry Walsh signs with Cricket Wellington... | Stuff.co.nz

The Major Associations have until August 9 to complete their list of 14 players. Wellington, and most of the others, announced 13 yesterday and Kerr indicated that the final Firebird would be a local quick bowler, possibly Iain McPeake.