***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2017/18

[Immenso]

Milne got through a lot of overs this season, probably his most ever. Great news! ...except that he averaged 35 in a season that was great for seam bowling. CD's bowling was built on Rance and Ajaz Patel, with Bracewell and Tickner also quite effective and Milne bringing up the rear. Disappointing really.

Don't think anyone would argue that Ferguson isn't already miles ahead of Milne/Tickner as a test option.

Yeah, I though Ferguson looked really good.

Just an opinion based on viewing his wickets on video scorecard, and the quantity of wickets.

 

[Immenso]

Warren Barnes getting 4 clean bowled in his 6-fer

https://scoring.nzc.nz/livescoring/match5037/scorecard.aspx

Another I like the look of.

I think this is only his second plunket shield game of the season.

 

[Blain]

Will Young and Cleaver doing a great job holding off ND at the moment. Both have had good solid seasons. Young started sloooow, but picked up his act this year. If he snags another 100, would have to be close to test squad selection.

 

[SteveNZ]

yeah watching van beek live at a T20 earlier in the year he was by far the quickest bowler on show. Hitting the splice constantly, no one managed to play a pull shot off him. Interested to see if he'd crack 140.

Heard a lot of talk about depth in our bowling stocks this week, and the mentions were Henry/Bracewell/Ferguson and Kuggeleijn. I'd have to think van Beek is now ahead of the last one, although he hasn't played NZ A (but has played international cricket). And he can bat (not that Kuggle can't, just saying).

Add Milne if his body holds up, Bennett (although they seem to have written him off), Wheeler etc etc. Our bowling stocks are strong.

Batting, not at all so much. Everyone throws Will Young's name up but he's *only* averaged 42 this year. Good, not great. Not exactly beating down the door. The one century, 4 half tonnes (obviously that's 5 as of today, may be 2 tonnes) is the trend of his we've all been following.

Definitely felt like more of a season for the bowlers. Four guys 500 runs plus and 50 avg, one scored half his runs in one innings, Ryder did FA at the back end of the season and to be fair Hay and Seifert had good campaigns. A fair few underwhelmers.

 

[Howsie]

Heard a lot of talk about depth in our bowling stocks this week, and the mentions were Henry/Bracewell/Ferguson and Kuggeleijn. I'd have to think van Beek is now ahead of the last one, although he hasn't played NZ A (but has played international cricket). And he can bat (not that Kuggle can't, just saying).

Add Milne if his body holds up, Bennett (although they seem to have written him off), Wheeler etc etc. Our bowling stocks are strong.

Batting, not at all so much. Everyone throws Will Young's name up but he's *only* averaged 42 this year. Good, not great. Not exactly beating down the door. The one century, 4 half tonnes (obviously that's 5 as of today, may be 2 tonnes) is the trend of his we've all been following.

Definitely felt like more of a season for the bowlers. Four guys 500 runs plus and 50 avg, one scored half his runs in one innings, Ryder did FA at the back end of the season and to be fair Hay and Seifert had good campaigns. A fair few underwhelmers.

Is Doug Bracewell anywhere near test caliber these days? He looks like a complete trundler since his ACL injury, with Milne, Rance, Wheeler and Tickner he'd probably sturggle to make the CD XI if they weren't keen on making him bat at six.

 

[vandem]

Is Doug Bracewell anywhere near test caliber these days? He looks like a complete trundler since his ACL injury, with Milne, Rance, Wheeler and Tickner he'd probably sturggle to make the CD XI if they weren't keen on making him bat at six.

He has the capability to bat at 7 as cover for de Grandhomme, and more reliable bowling / less injury-prone then the other options (Neesam, Anderson).

 

[Flem274*]

atm i'd have greg hay as opener reserve and tim seifert as middle order reserve for tests. will young should be could be a test cricketer but isn't doing enough. seifert was considerably more impressive this season to me from the video highlights, televised games, scorecards etc

 

[straw man]

Might as well update the top averages for the final round, so here they are:

BATTING
After the last round only ten players averaged over 40 for the season, six of whom were from CD. Bruce and Young added to their good records while Seifert, Cleaver and Henry Cooper had breakthrough seasons

****house season for a lot of other batsmen - see the long lst who averaged in the 20s. Also a bad season for Engine-Roomers outside of Doug 'the new James Franklin' Bracewell. There's usually a whole lot more 6/7/8s high up these lists.

(300 run qual unless manually included)
Most runs: Papps

JD Ryder (CD)               640 at 71.11   HS: 175
GR Hay (CD)                 786 at 60.46   HS: 140
TC Bruce (CD)               434 at 54.25   HS: 89
MHW Papps (Well)            814 at 50.87   HS: 316*
TL Seifert (ND)             703 at 50.21   HS: 167*
D Cleaver (CD)              560 at 46.66   HS: 88
DAJ Bracewell (CD)          305 at 43.57   HS: 97
WA Young (CD)               686 at 42.87   HS: 162
LJ Woodcock (Well)          682 at 42.62   HS: 151
HR Cooper (ND)              450 at 40.90   HS: 136
GH Worker (CD)              270 at 38.57   HS: 111
AP Devcich (ND)             462 at 38.50   HS: 116
DC de Boorder (Ot)          575 at 35.93   HS: 140*
JDS Neesham (Ot)            533 at 35.53   HS: 93
BD Schmulian (CD)           389 at 35.36   HS: 203
B Popli (ND)                373 at 33.90   HS: 84
CJ Anderson (ND)            135 at 33.75   HS: 61
SM Solia (Auck)             428 at 32.92   HS: 72
GD Phillips (Auck)          350 at 31.81   HS: 104
CD Fletcher (Cant)          506 at 31.62   HS: 100*
KJ McClure (Cant)           440 at 31.42   HS: 210
DR Flynn (ND)               533 at 31.35   HS: 157
HD Rutherford (Ot)          577 at 30.36   HS: 142
CJ Bowes (Cant)             570 at 30.00   HS: 93
AK Kitchen (Ot)             480 at 30.00   HS: 76
MS Chapman (Auck)           386 at 29.69   HS: 76
NT Broom (Ot)               378 at 29.07   HS: 48
DG Brownlie (ND)            311 at 28.27   HS: 82
ML Guptill-Bunce (Auck)     517 at 27.21   HS: 91
BJ Watling (ND)             242 at 26.88   HS: 77
RR O'Donnell (Auck)         413 at 25.81   HS: 93*
CE McConchie (Cant)         452 at 25.11   HS: 99
TA Blundell (Well)          226 at 25.11   HS: 43*
MB McEwan (Auck)            321 at 24.69   HS: 55
SJ Murdoch (Well)           409 at 24.05   HS: 114
BS Wilson (Ot)              352 at 23.46   HS: 111
SC Kuggeleijn (ND)          211 at 23.44   HS: 48*
BJ Horne (Auck)             398 at 23.41   HS: 75*
MD Craig (Ot)               245 at 22.27   HS: 46
MG Bracewell (Well)         313 at 19.56   HS: 58*
JA Raval (Auck)             232 at 19.33   HS: 73
AM Ellis (Cant)             207 at 17.25   HS: 55
LV van Beek (Well)          135 at 16.87   HS: 34
RJ Nicol (Ot)               175 at 13.46   HS: 39
BS Smith (CD)                99 at 12.37   HS: 49

 

[straw man]

BOWLING

Obviously bowlers dominated the season - pretty incredible when seven bowlers take over 25 wickets each at averages of sub-20 in a season.

Ferguson and Van Beek great NZ reserves to have. Plus Henry, though it's ridiculous how little cricket he's played this season.

Canterbury's attack ruined by absence of Henry, Jamieson and Nuttall for the vast majority of the season.

(15 wicket qual unless manually included)
Most wickets: Ajaz Patel

WD Barnes (Ot)          15 at 11.86
IS Sodhi (ND)           28 at 13.92
LV van Beek (Well)      40 at 14.47
SHA Rance (CD)          28 at 15.32
HK Bennett (Well)       38 at 15.39
LH Ferguson (Auck)      33 at 17.39
IG McPeake (Well)       35 at 19.34
BG Lister (Auck)        28 at 19.39
BM Wheeler (CD)          8 at 20
AY Patel (CD)           48 at 21.52
BJ Arnel (ND)           26 at 21.73
KA Jamieson (Cant)       7 at 21.85
JS Patel (Well)         36 at 22.02
JA Duffy (Ot)           29 at 23.62
WSA Williams (Cant)     19 at 24.05
JD Baker (ND)           34 at 24.76
MB McEwan (Auck)        36 at 24.77
MD Rae (Ot)             29 at 25.1
MJG Rippon (Ot)         19 at 25.52
SC Kuggeleijn (ND)      30 at 26.43
N Wagner (Ot)           24 at 26.54
DAJ Bracewell (CD)      24 at 28.95
BM Tickner (CD)         30 at 29.03
OR Newton (Well)        21 at 29.19
BP Coburn (Cant)        15 at 31.6
AF Milne (CD)           21 at 34.9
MJ Henry (Cant)          3 at 35
JDS Neesham (Ot)        11 at 36.36
MD Craig (Ot)           20 at 37.5
AM Ellis (Cant)         12 at 44.83

 

[straw man]

Other comment is that, like Milne, this has been Neesham's biggest ever FC season. Great to see him get through bulk of season without injury. Great also that he scored 530 runs.

But, average of approx 35 with both bat and ball isn't that exciting and he didn't score a century either. So all up only a moderately successful season.

 

[Immenso]

Ferguson played just the 6 matches but got 5 5-fers

 

[Immenso]

Looking ion the archive at season by season stats for Ajaz Patel . Even though he's there or thereabouts for topping the wicket tally for the last 3 seasons, This is actually his best season. Usually he's been getting heaps of wickets but an element of attrition as he is averaging 30. This season he's averaging low 20s.

2017-18 - 48 @ 21.52
2016-17 - 44 @ 30.81
2015-16 - 43 @ 33.69
2014-15 - 21 @ 40.61
2013-14 - 16 @ 30.43
2012-13 - 15 @ 32.33

 

[Bahnz]

So who would be our first class NZA side on the back of this season?

Mine
Raval (he needs as much game time as he can get)
Hay
Woodcock
Worker
Bruce
Seifert
Blundell
Kuggeleijn/Astle (depending on whether we're on the sub-continent)
Astle/Patel
van Beek
Ferguson

Squad members
Phillips, Jamieson, Neesham

Really puzzled over that number 3 spot, there are no good options. It really is KW or bust at the moment.

 

[Prince EWS]

Does it clash with limited overs internationals/IPL? Guptill should play otherwise.

 

[straw man]

Hrmm, here's mine. Seifert's done some top-order batting so he can go at 3.

Hay
Raval/Cooper
Seifert
Young *
Bruce
Neesham
Blundell/Cleaver +
Astle/Sodhi
van Beek
Ajaz Patel
Ferguson

Squad members
Jamieson, D Bracewell, Woodcock (cos they always like to fit one senior guy in the A team)

Jesse Ryder not considered

 

[jcas0167]

So who would be our first class NZA side on the back of this season?

Mine
Raval (he needs as much game time as he can get)
Hay
Woodcock
Worker
Bruce
Seifert
Blundell
Kuggeleijn/Astle (depending on whether we're on the sub-continent)
Astle/Patel
van Beek
Ferguson

Squad members
Phillips, Jamieson, Neesham

Really puzzled over that number 3 spot, there are no good options. It really is KW or bust at the moment.

McClure has the potential to be a decent no3? Had one big score in the game that was ultimately abandoned because the pitch was playing up. Looks impressive. Young could bat at 3 too? Has been described as a green track bully here previously :-) Otherwise, agree with the Seifert suggestion.

 

[NZTailender]

I knew Smith was having a bad season but those numbers are awful. He seemed like a genuine contender for opener a season or two ago.

 

[Immenso]

My A team, if going somewhere in September with no cricket between now and then:

team balance of 3 seamers and 2 spinners.

Raval
Seiffert
Young
Bruce
Phillips
Blundell
Astle
A Patel
Jamieson (3rd seamer)
Van Beek
Fergusson

Squad (4):
Top order/opener (McClure or RoD or Worker)
All rounder (Neesham or Anderson)
Sodhi
Kuggeleijn

 

[Zinzan]

So who would be our first class NZA side on the back of this season?

Mine
Raval (he needs as much game time as he can get)
Hay
Woodcock
Worker
Bruce
Seifert
Blundell
Kuggeleijn/Astle (depending on whether we're on the sub-continent)
Astle/Patel
van Beek
Ferguson

Squad members
Phillips, Jamieson, Neesham

Really puzzled over that number 3 spot, there are no good options. It really is KW or bust at the moment.

Personally don't see the point of selecting the likes of Luke Woodcock for a NZA side considering he's 37 & isn't really a genuine Test prospect at this stage of his career, regardless of what sort of form hes been in...

 

[Flem274*]

really bad season for a lot of nearly players whose time has probably been and gone. brownlie, flynn, rutherford and broom for example were all terrible and their teams would have had them as bankers for this season.