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***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2019/20
- Thread starter Kippax
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Gnske
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I would not want to be facing that with the light the way it is at the end of the video.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Nah too far out.
Smoke not an issue. But a very blustery wind. Suits a shorter stockier seamer like McEwan. Skinny beanpoles like Tickner might get blown up and over the sightscreen ....
jcas0167
International Debutant
Shades of Steve Harmison? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puu9kz-FGhA
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nzfan
International Vice-Captain
That's definitely 140+ The one to Broom took off from length. Lad looks very sharp and fairly accurate for that pace. Invariably he will go for runs no doubt but on his day he will likely run through the line up. Fantastic find.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Yes Sears vs. Foxcroft has been a very good duel. Foxcroft possibly got away with a little inside edge a couple of overs earlier, but his reprieve only meant getting the chance to wear one flush in the arm from Sears. Pleased to see he's come back out after tea, and he's going to keep taking Sears on with pull shots.
nzfan
International Vice-Captain
Foxcroft has been coping all right hasn't he? Showing some good fight along with Duffy. Otago in lead of 20+ runs now with flurry of boundaries off Sears and Neesham.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Got some press for hitting a double century on debut a couple of years ago. Right handed, good start to his season here.
nzfan
International Vice-Captain
Darryl Mitchell a flamboyant 100 and Santner smashing it all over the park. Very good signs for BCs lower middle order.
Duffy had a great game irrespective of the result for Otago. Will he ever be able to make the BCs in any format ever? He's been on the circuit since ages and he's only 25. He can't do it all alone though, Otago need some bowlers to chip in. Nathan Smith looks tired in the very first game. Hope he can turn it around. The pitch was suited for his style of bowling. His fours package in the first inning was a delight to watch.
Rachin Ravindra looking better than before? His shots around the ground are outstanding. The second inning was a shorter one but on a wearing pitch his back foot shots are amazing, some of them top notch.
Ben Sears for me is the find for Firebirds in this game. Haven't seen too many first class bowlers bowl with the kind of pace and bounce he did here. I'm a fan, he's got a very good future.
So far lots of youngsters in this round have shown good form. Ravindra, Foxcroft, Sears, Schmulian, Seifert...
Would have been nice if Kane, Taylor, Jeet, Guptill etc had some decent time but anyways BCs are starting with T20s so form in this format may mean nothing.
Duffy had a great game irrespective of the result for Otago. Will he ever be able to make the BCs in any format ever? He's been on the circuit since ages and he's only 25. He can't do it all alone though, Otago need some bowlers to chip in. Nathan Smith looks tired in the very first game. Hope he can turn it around. The pitch was suited for his style of bowling. His fours package in the first inning was a delight to watch.
Rachin Ravindra looking better than before? His shots around the ground are outstanding. The second inning was a shorter one but on a wearing pitch his back foot shots are amazing, some of them top notch.
Ben Sears for me is the find for Firebirds in this game. Haven't seen too many first class bowlers bowl with the kind of pace and bounce he did here. I'm a fan, he's got a very good future.
So far lots of youngsters in this round have shown good form. Ravindra, Foxcroft, Sears, Schmulian, Seifert...
Would have been nice if Kane, Taylor, Jeet, Guptill etc had some decent time but anyways BCs are starting with T20s so form in this format may mean nothing.
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Absolutely. Then you have Jamieson waiting in the wings, I know he's not a well-liked figure around here but Kuggleleijn offers a bit, Bracewell, Rance, Tickner, Milne...it's not a bad set of back-ups at all. I'd say depth is absolutely incredibly good. And losing all 3 of a pace trio is a pretty unheard of scenario in any case. Especially our three, who don't have any major history of injury, certainly recurring.
Batting, yeah it's threadbare - but which country has truly meaningful depth? Australia doesn't, England doesn't, even India's second tier isn't that flash. We've got a couple of OK future prospects, certainly pretty good ones in Young and Ravindra, Seifert has good potential, and now a guy like Conway might offer something.