***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2014/15

[jcas0167]

Didn't they used to have a personality of the year category? I'm pretty sure Ken Rutherford won it in his last season in NZ.

 

[African Monkey]

An almighty collapse from ND this morning. Canterbury certainties for the title now.

 

[Kippax]

Nuttall too good.

Like an edgy hip hop station (except for NZ domestic cricket), Kippax will always try to hit you first with the freshness.

 

[Kippax]

Cricket: Unhappy Ryder may be off | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago, South Island, New Zealand & International News

You might say the ball is in Jesse Ryder's half of the pitch.

The hard-hitting left-hander was unavailable for comment yesterday, but Otago Cricket Association chief executive Ross Dykes confirmed Ryder had been unhappy during the past month and it was unclear whether he would return to play for the province next summer.

''He has not made any firm commitment and neither have we made any firm commitment to him,'' Dykes said.

''The way we have left it is once he gets into his English season and he decides that he wants to play cricket in New Zealand in the next summer, then we would like him to approach Otago first.

''That leaves it non-committal on both sides.

''He was not a hell of a happy chap toward the end and I think the best thing he can do is get off to England, clear his head, score some runs and then see where he wants his future to take him.''

Ryder's prospects of playing in the World Cup effectively evaporated when, for personal reasons, he made himself unavailable for the New Zealand A tour of Dubai last year.

Last week, he skipped round nine of the Plunket Shield to compete in a charity boxing event and was suspended for the final round following a breach of New Zealand Cricket's code of conduct during Otago's match against Northern Districts in Hamilton last month.

Like a lot of cricket fans, Dykes expressed some disappointment about the direction Ryder's sporting career had taken this year.

Instead of Ryder's summer culminating by smacking a bunch of sixes at the MCG in the final of the World Cup, he was smacking right-wing blogger Cameron Slater during a boxing bout.

''I feel disappointed for him, yes I do. But I'm sympathetic to him because he is a complex character who has fought a lot of demons. Things mount up on him and one thing leads to another with him.

''But I would be the last person to criticise him and say well, hell, he could have been there helping the Black Caps because I think all of those people who have had quite a bit to do with him know that that would not have been the best for Jesse.''

While Ryder has looked a fed-up figure in the past month, Dykes felt the 30-year-old might not be lost to New Zealand cricket.

However, he suggested Ryder's future role could be limited to the one-day and twenty20 tournaments.

''I think he will want to come back. But what I suspect might happen is that he comes back as a freelancer ... and perhaps just looks to play white-ball cricket.

''If he has a real good year in England, he might get a Big Bash contract and make himself a bit of a freelance cricketer. And that might be the best thing for Jesse with the frame of mind he is in.''

Ryder has a two-year contract with Essex. If he has played his last first-class game for Otago, he leaves having scored 1228 runs at an average of 58.47, including five hundreds and six 50s. He also grabbed 12 wickets at 39.08 during his impressive 14-game cameo.

 

[Mike5181]

Jacob Duffey
Will Young
Ed Nuttall
Lachie Ferguson

Guys to look out for in the next few years then? Young's season in particular should make Phlegm happy.

 

[African Monkey]

Stephen Murdoch continues on his merry ways. Definitely one of the most consistent bats on the domestic circuit.

 

[RxGM]

Feel gutted for Murdoch he fell 2 runs short of 1000 runs for the season

 

[Howsie]

An almighty collapse from ND this morning.

Indeed. Two hour drive to the Mount wasn't really worth it in the end but hats off to Canterbury, they've got a bloody decent team down their at the moment (except for Hira). Nuttall was all class, definitely a touch quicker then I remember him being. Hopefully he can stay injury free and put together a quality season next year.

As for Northern Districts we really need to pull a fast bowler or two out of the woodwork. Cody Andrews was 12th man for this game and without being harsh he isn't first class standard. We have a couple of Under 19 guys who look like quality prospects (one having clocked over 140k at 17) but they're obvs two or so years away from being ready. Perhaps we can poach Nuttall and promise him some international cricket within a year

 

[Flem274*]

put in a big off season howsie and get in there

 

[Howsie]

And get ripped in to by you and everyone else, no thanks

 

[Hurricane]

some kind person to post the cricinfo link to the aggregate runs and aggregate wickets for the plunket season. Have never been able to locate it myself.

 

[vandem]

some kind person to post the cricinfo link to the aggregate runs and aggregate wickets for the plunket season. Have never been able to locate it myself.

->Countries ->New Zealand ->Competitions ->Plunket shield ->Statistics

Statistics | Plunket Shield | ESPN Cricinfo

Then click on "Most runs" etc. Stats won't be fully updated for games finishing today until tomorrow.

 

[Hurricane]

->Countries ->New Zealand ->Competitions ->Plunket shield ->Statistics

Statistics | Plunket Shield | ESPN Cricinfo

Then click on "Most runs" etc. Stats won't be fully updated for games finishing today until tomorrow.

Awesome many thanks Vandem

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

So, how would an uncapped XI of the season look?

Will Young
Jeet Raval
Stephen Murdoch
Brad Cachopa
Tom Bruce
Derek de Boorder (+)
Anton Devcich
Ben Wheeler
Matt Quinn
James Baker
Jacob Duffy

Henry Nicholls (12th Man)

Something like that, perhaps? Really not many spin bowling options.

 

[Kippax]

Well Johnston is giving it almost a caricature of a rip these days, in his 4.5 overs in the vault. He almost beat Devcich's outside edge once.

He looks like a guy who'd average 15 or so in West Indies domestic cricket, once Lee Germon and Paul Wiseman get their Send a Wizard to the Windwards programme underway.

 

[BackFootPunch]

Kippax what can you show us of Phillips for Otago? Much in the way of beating the outside edge etc.? His wickets seem to have been a combination of good bowling and a few full bungers/half trackers.

 

[Flem274*]

Man I've missed a lot. Genuinely surprised at some of the big successes this year. Some guys have been way better than I thought they had until I looked up the runs and wickets.

Batting winners - Murdoch, Young, Munro, Fulton, Raval, Brachopa, Brownlie, Bruce

Batting losers/not performing as hoped - Worker, Woodcock, Carlchopa, Flynn, Carter, Mitchell, Pollard

Has a player ever had such contrasting fortunes between formats as Worker this season? Ouch.

Bowling winners - Duffman, Tastle, Arnel, Aldridge, Dougeh, Quinn, Nutall, Fergusson, Bennett

And the sad faces - Tugaga, Rance, Mathieson, Sodhi, McCone, Wagner (by test match cricketer standards only)

Mathieson another who likes the white ball more than the red.

 

[Hurricane]

->Countries ->New Zealand ->Competitions ->Plunket shield ->Statistics

Statistics | Plunket Shield | ESPN Cricinfo

Then click on "Most runs" etc. Stats won't be fully updated for games finishing today until tomorrow.

Upon reviewing those stats, I think I am going to make Grobbelaar my new target for someone who shouldn't be in FC cricket. Yeah he is a handy cricketer but has bits and pieces written all over him.

 

[Kippax]

Kippax what can you show us of Phillips for Otago? Much in the way of beating the outside edge etc.? His wickets seem to have been a combination of good bowling and a few full bungers/half trackers.

No the filter says there's been bugger all beating of the outside edge by Phillips. I don't know how many venues he got to play on but it looks like Colin Maiden may've given him the most to work with.

 

[vandem]

...Batting losers/not performing as hoped - Worker, Woodcock, Carlchopa, Flynn, Carter, Mitchell, Pollard
....

There's most of the ND top / middle order there ....

Disappointing for Carter, saw him play once last season, looked compact and well organised. maiden FC century this season then a run of low scores. Needs a good 3rd season to get back on track for higher honours.