***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2015/16

[Flem274*]

fergus fairbairn what an amazing name. count me a fan already.

nathan smith will be a black cap within 5 years, but i think plenty have claimed that already.

bevan small

 

[Kippax]

I see your Stags have got Southee to deal with, for once.

Nathan McAndrew in the Aces is a Sydney Thunder fringe player.

Devon Hotel Central Stags v SKYCITY Northern Knights

McLean Park, Napier

Devon Hotel Central Stags squad: Will Young (captain), Tom Bruce, Dane Cleaver (w), Greg Hay, Ajaz Patel, Navin Patel, Seth Rance, Dean Robinson, Bevan Small, Ben Smith, Blair Tickner, George Worker

SKYCITY Northern Knights squad: Daniel Flynn (captain), James Baker, Dean Brownlie, Joe Carter, Anton Devcich, Brett Hampton, Scott Kuggeleijn, Daryl Mitchell, Bharat Popli, Tim Seifert (w), Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee

Canterbury v Mondiale Auckland Aces

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Canterbury squad: Peter Fulton (captain), Todd Astle, Leo Carter, Andrew Ellis, Cameron Fletcher (w), Kyle Jamieson, Tim Johnston, Tom Latham, Cole McConchie, Ed Nuttall, Logan van Beek, Will Williams

Mondiale Auckland Aces squad: Rob Nicol (captain), Michael Bates, Brad Cachopa, Colin de Grandhomme, Donovan Grobbelaar, Michael Guptill-Bunce, Shawn Hicks, Nathan McAndrew, Tarun Nethula, Robbie O'Donnell, Jeet Raval, Sean Solia

SBS Bank Otago Volts v Wellington Firebirds

Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown

SBS Bank Otago Volts squad: Hamish Rutherford (captain), Michael Bracewell, Neil Broom, Derek de Boorder, (w), Mark Craig, Jacob Duffy, Jack Hunter, James Neesham, Craig Smith, Neil Wagner, Sam Wells, Brad Wilson

Wellington Firebirds squad: 
Michael Papps (captain), Brent Arnel, Matt Bacon, Tom Blundell (w), Scott Borthwick, Fraser Colson, Alecz Day, Jamie Gibson, Dane Hutchinson, Stephen Murdoch, Anurag Verma, Luke Woodcock

 

[Athlai]

Who is Bacon?

 

[Flem274*]

are bracewell and wheeler bloody crocked?

i notice canterbury have picked three specialist batsmen...

 

[Dan]

Nice to see McAndrew getting a gig, but is he really better than the next best available Auckland quick?

 

[NZTailender]

What do you folks make of the Firebirds side just announced to play Otago? Fraser Colson making a come back. Scott Borthwick getting a go very first season in Wellington and so is Matt Bacon. Again barring Fraser, where are the locals? The local club cricketers not good enough?

Michael Papps (Captain)
Brent Arnel
Matt Bacon
Tom Blundell
Scott Borthwick
Fraser Colson
Alecz Day
Jamie Gibson
Dane Hutchinson
Stephen Murdoch
Anurag Verma
Luke Woodcock

That's one of the worst domestic line ups I've ever seen, narrowly beating Canterbury's ford trophy final XI.

 

[Flem274*]

That's one of the worst domestic line ups I've ever seen, narrowly beating Canterbury's ford trophy final XI.

there are worse posted above, like canterbury picking all their bowlers and allrounders and auckland picking all their batsmen and allrounders.

they could share resources to make two proper teams.

Borthwick can bat pretty well these days anyway. should provide some backbone.

 

[Kippax]

Who is Bacon?

Grew up and played in Kapiti and Levin until this year I think. Played a bit for CD A.

 

[Kippax]

That's one of the worst domestic line ups I've ever seen, narrowly beating Canterbury's ford trophy final XI.

The TAB has us as just $1.90 to tip all your ****s like Wagner, Rutherford and Neesham up this time ftr.

 

[Howsie]

Got big raps on the Southee lad, kid can play.

 

[Prince EWS]

The Plunket Shield can do better than McAndrew IMO. He's at least a successful Australian park cricketer as opposed the random blokes Wellington usually pick up, though.

 

[Kippax]

That's often because they aren't sought and just blow into our club system and do well, a lot of the time. Only ND (with its Aussie CEO's connections) recruit the fringe NSW seamers, like Dutch Brett Lee.

 

[African Monkey]

Suprised but happy to see my cousin Sean Solia get a run for Auckland. Hope he goes well if he makes the final XI tomorrow.

 

[NZTailender]

So glad Southee is playing this FC round and not being shunted into the ODI side.

 

[Prince EWS]

That's often because they aren't sought and just blow into our club system and do well, a lot of the time. Only ND (with its Aussie CEO's connections) recruit the fringe NSW seamers, like Dutch Brett Lee.

Jayde Herrick says hello.

A better bowler than McAndrew, to be fair.

 

[Kippax]

Also 2010 tbf, and Herrick didn't keep the promising local boy DeWayne Bowden out of the attack.

Should I take the $11 being offered at Paddy Power for Otago to win the Plunket Shield? There's trouble in (agribusiness) paradise....

Hira cut by Canterbury, Latham to go under the knife | Stuff.co.nz

"He's averaging early 20s and we probably wanted a bit more out of him from that," explained coach Gary Stead.

"We just felt we needed a change, it'll be an opportunity for others.

"Ronnie's likely to spend some time up in Auckland where his wife is. That's where he'll go initially and if we need Ronnie back then we know where he is," he said.

Latham was released from the Black Caps ODI to play Auckland after acting as cover for Brendon McCullum but he will have an operation to 'clean out' an ankle after the two-test series with Australia.

Cole McConchie has been named in the top order to play the competition leaders, he will bat at No.4 the role usually occupied by Nicholls or McClure, who suffered a groin injury while fielding during last weekend's heavy one-day final loss to the Central Stags.

Stead was hopeful McClure could be back for the clash with Otago in early March while Nicholls - who was named in the T20 World Cup squad - may be available before the Indian tournament depending on whether Ross Taylor's side strain rules him out of the tests against Australia.

 

[Immenso]

Feel free to send Edgar my tirelessly compiled A-Z video, if you're a concerned Wellington supporter.

Tell him to move fast to snap up the good prospects before ND muscles in.

I was going to suggest a neighbourly raid for Jordi Barret, but, Navin Patel seriously has something about him.

Another CD logjam forming.

 

[Immenso]

The Plunket Shield can do better than McAndrew IMO. He's at least a successful Australian park cricketer as opposed the random blokes Wellington usually pick up, though.

I was thinking that with Randell apparently injured, that maybe they cant. But then watched Kippax's video and wonder what Ravlic is doing?

Surely more Warren Barnes's are out there in Auckkand club cricket?

 

[Kippax]

Navin Patel even studies in Wellington I think. I'd like Otago to keep believing in the future of Duffy so we can pinch Nathan Smith.

 

[Immenso]

I was already impressed with Smith, and I watched the televised U19 game v India but missed the first 2 overs or so of us bowling. Was that seriously his first 3 balls of the innings? What a champ!