*Official* NZ Domestic Season

[Tim]

Imposing as in the size of him. He's a big man for just the age of 21.

 

[Blaze]

What a stupid decision on his part.

 

[marc71178]

what the heck? Barnett is only 22 or something and he's decided to play for Canada. Interesting.

I've seen him on TV recently. He's quite imposing at the crease, and he looks like he's got some potential as an opener. Im not sure why he's gone and made himself available for Canada when there's every chance that with a bit of work he could make the NZ team eventually.

I don't think playing for Canada will rule him out of NZ selection though.

IIRC the day that Ed Joyce became qualified for England, he was playing in the ICC trophy for Ireland.

 

[Right arm fast]

ian butler scored 172 for nd at the national A tournement yeserday interesting i wonder if he will crack the nd side as a batsman

 

[_Ed_]

Auckland finally putting a good innings together, Vincent going well by the look of it.

 

[Sportsgirl]

BJ Watling scored 116* for Northern in their match against Otago today.

 

[James]

Ian Butler scoring runs! What is the world coming to! Those bowling attacks must be pretty shocking if Butler can score runs, because he's a first class bunny at first class level isn't he.

 

[Autobahn]

Is there a link to the scorecard of that game?

 

[Sir Redman]

Ian Butler scoring runs! What is the world coming to! Those bowling attacks must be pretty shocking if Butler can score runs, because he's a first class bunny at first class level isn't he.

He's not exactly a bunny at first class level (average of 16 with 2 50s) and I know that he has been working very hard on his batting while he's been injured. He has been scoring plenty of runs for Pukekohe and Counties and I think that he's in ND A as a batsman who bowls off spinners at the moment.

 

[Blaze]

B-J Watling Not Out 116

*DL Vettori c McSkimming b McCullum 76

L Vincent c&b Cairns 88

SE Bond 10 0 38 1

SP Fleming lbw Thompson 57

Good to see some of the black caps doing well.

Looks like CD are going to knock Wellington out in their virtual quarter final.

Otago are finally going to crack the top 3. Good on them.

 

[Blaze]

Ian Butler scoring runs! What is the world coming to! Those bowling attacks must be pretty shocking if Butler can score runs, because he's a first class bunny at first class level isn't he.

I wouldn't call him a bunny James. He has always showed a bit of promise with the willow whenever I have seen him.

 

[Smudge]

B-J Watling Not Out 116

*DL Vettori c McSkimming b McCullum 76

L Vincent c&b Cairns 88

SE Bond 10 0 38 1

SP Fleming lbw Thompson 57

Good to see some of the black caps doing well.

Looks like CD are going to knock Wellington out in their virtual quarter final.

Otago are finally going to crack the top 3. Good on them.

And yet another potentially season-ending injury for Otago. This time, a dislocated knee to Aaron Redmond.

 

[Ming]

He's not exactly a bunny at first class level (average of 16 with 2 50s) and I know that he has been working very hard on his batting while he's been injured. He has been scoring plenty of runs for Pukekohe and Counties and I think that he's in ND A as a batsman who bowls off spinners at the moment.

Sweet, the spinning batting allrounder would be handy for NZ....

 

[Sportsgirl]

Final Round Results in the State Shield

Canterbury beat Auckland by 5 wickets to secure a home final
Central Stags thrashed Wellington by 7 wickets
Northern Knights thrashed Otago by 128 runs

Ross Taylor smashed 121 for CD
BJ Watling made an unbeaten 116 for Northern

Central host Otago in a semi final to decide who plays Canterbury in the final

 

[Blaze]

Ross Taylor you gun!

He is starting to knock on the door quite hard.

 

[arnies]

Taylor should be picked!!

I think Ross Taylor should be picked for the blackcaps. I know hes young but we need to look forward to the 07 world cup. He has an average of 50+ this season and just smashed 121 today. He is a quick runner, great filder, and a fast scoring player with a strike rate of 85.13. He has performed better than any blackcap this season. How can the selectors ignore this!!!

 

[Kippax]

I think Ross Taylor should be picked for the blackcaps. I know hes young but we need to look forward to the 07 world cup. He has an average of 50+ this season and just smashed 121 today. He is a quick runner, great filder, and a fast scoring player with a strike rate of 85.13. He has performed better than any blackcap this season. How can the selectors ignore this!!!

The main problem for Taylor as I see it is how he's performed for NZA, in fact any time he's played higher than provincial opposition. We all heard Bracewell say a while back how importantly he now views 'A' tours in terms of "the massive transformation from domestic cricketers to international cricketers".

Against non-domestic teams, I think Taylor's highest score in either form of the game is 35 against the touring South Africans in '04. Five ODs for NZA so far, an ave of 5.8.

I know there are those who view Taylor as too much of an Afridi-like nutter and a chronic LB candidate to play at international level, and that we'd see attacks do what the Aussies did to Fleming last season by trapping him playing around his front pad. I think Rigor alluded to this in the SS game Sky covered.

However, you could argue that better pitches at international level might allow Taylor to work as many balls off middle-stump as he likes. We won't know for sure until he's given a run I suppose.

 

[Tim]

Im not convinced that we're that desperate in the middle order to bring him in yet. I think we can afford to send him on another couple of 'A' tours yet before he breaks into the BC's.

But there's no doubt that he's got the consistency going this season and he's extremely dangerous.

 

[Natman20]

Daniel Vettori. hmmm. What is his average so far this season? The selectors would have to seriously look at him opening for NZ. He has proven he can do it at first-class level many times now but can he do it at international level?

 

[Tim]

It's not a realistic option if you ask me. Vettori is doing the job for NZ in the lower order, i'd keep him there.