*Official* NZ Domestic Season

[bryce]

even though franklin ended with good figures the amount of balls he bowled on the pads of the auckland batsman was disgusting, no wonder he gets smacked round against quality teams who have no trouble putting those balls away for four.
prime are the most useless ****s out

 

[Blaze]

even though franklin ended with good figures the amount of balls he bowled on the pads of the auckland batsman was disgusting, no wonder he gets smacked round against quality teams who have no trouble putting those balls away for four.
prime are the most useless ****s out

Did Prime show the match on sky again? I was always sceptical about them saying they would be showing diferent highlights to those on sky. Really it's about time they had a show similar to heartland rugby to show the highlights from both the OD's and the four dayers. I mean for crying out loud they even have a soccer show where they show highlights from every game of the NZ championship. Cricket is our summer game and the domestic coverage or lack there of is quite frankly discusting

 

[Kippax]

Yeah, I've finally figured out what happened with Prime. Martin Crowe mentioned Sky was scheduled to go to Hamilton, but talking to the likes of Rigor about the pitch and the recent record of boring matches Sky have covered there made him change his mind.

He must've faxed Prime the original schedule back when they picked up the rights, and then forgot to advise them of the change.

 

[bryce]

so the prime 'hype' has been for nothing, are they just going to replay the games shown on sky?

 

[Tim]

Teriffic display by Taylor & How v N.D

Chasing 215, C.D are currently 142/1 with How on 40* & Taylor on 79*.

Good to see both of them running into some form.

 

[Fiery]

Jesse Ryder might be a good player if he loses about 30kg.

 

[Tim]

He is a bit on the chubby side, but he definatley doesn't need to lose that much weight!.

It's a bit of a shame that Wellington don't give Ryder a free license to open or something. A few years back he was looking like an extremely good & aggressive opening batsmen but obviously Vaughan Johnson doesn't think so.

 

[Fiery]

He is a bit on the chubby side, but he definatley doesn't need to lose that much weight!.

It's a bit of a shame that Wellington don't give Ryder a free license to open or something. A few years back he was looking like an extremely good & aggressive opening batsmen but obviously Vaughan Johnson doesn't think so.

I like to exaggerate. I was looking forward to seeing him bat after hearing all the hype but was a bit disappointed in how fat he is. He looks like he can bat a bit and has a good pair of hands in the field.

 

[Tim]

He's actually not that fat if you ask me....he could probably do to lose 4 or 5 kg's, but it's not a major concern IMO.

Whats more of a concern is that he really does look to be struggling & I think it's because Wellington are giving him the wrong type of responsibility in the batting order.

 

[MoxPearl]

wellington have managed to like self destruct

Damn.>

By the way.. ross taylor got out for 99 D:!

 

[Tim]

Yeah bit of a shame for Taylor.

Some close finishes coming up too...both C.D & Otago have stumbled a little.

 

[shaka]

Mcmillan bowled well today, is he trying to send Fleming a message, by getting him caught and bowled? Although I cannot believe his bowling average is 22.

 

[southern man]

Good to see we hav another win.

But we tried to make it as hard as possible.

Auckland still on two points.

 

[Tim]

Im really pleased we won't have to watch Auckland in the finals...they're awful at the moment. It would have been a disaster if they had won all of their last games to make the final.

At the moment..im backing C.D, Canterbury, N.D & Otago to make the finals.

 

[southern man]

It will be very interesting to see who will make the top three.

ND should definetly make it(BTW didn't they finish last last season?). The final two places will be a scrap between CD, Cantabs and Otago. Otago have got their destiny in their own hands by having both their last two games against Cd and Canterbury.

 

[shaka]

The only guy playing well for Auckland At the moment is Kyle Mills.

 

[bryce]

At the moment..im backing C.D, Canterbury, N.D & Otago to make the finals.

only three teams make the finals, i'd say it will be the current top three aswell and they are also the teams playing the best

ND should definetly make it(BTW didn't they finish last last season?).

yep they had a horrible season - last in both competitions, graham aldridge has the rather astonishing record of 18 wickets in only 8 matches in the state shield so far

 

[Tim]

That's right, 2 plays 3 for the right to play 1 in the final.

 

[bryce]

brendon diamanti has to be one of the most inconsistent bowlers in the country(to date) - maybe even more so than joseph yovich, here are his figures in chronological order for this years state shield,

1/16 off 9
1/43 off 5
0/51 off 8
3/28 off 10
0/61 off 8
4/39 off 10

 

[Tim]

Looks a fairly useful player actually. But far from polished IMO. After-all this is his first real season of FC cricket.
He looked to be bowling at around 135 km's & I think his batting has a bit of potential too.

lol, the commentators kept pronouncing his name as the Mitsubishi car Diamante lol.

I also see that Carl Cachopa is playing for Auckland...really big talent there. He is South African, but has a bright future hopefully for NZ.