thundaboult
International Debutant
no southee in aus...
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*Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread
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Yeah...that one was more a 'I know there's zero chance they'll drop him, so why bother leaving him out' sort of pick.
Ideally, Henry instead.
HeathDavisSpeed
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A decent, if tight, looking schedule.
New Zealand Cricket surprised by Colin de Grandhomme's BBL draft selection
Black Caps allrounder has some explaining to do after he was picked by the Adelaide Strikers, despite being centrally-contracted to NZC.
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Pretty cheeky from the Lord. I generally think everything he touches is gold and his poo is off white with no scent at all, but not this time.
HeathDavisSpeed
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I was going to ask what your thoughts were on the situation. Could it simply be ignorance from CdG, or is this kind of contractual stuff drilled into the players constantly?New Zealand Cricket surprised by Colin de Grandhomme's BBL draft selection
Black Caps allrounder has some explaining to do after he was picked by the Adelaide Strikers, despite being centrally-contracted to NZC.
Pretty cheeky from the Lord. I generally think everything he touches is gold and his poo is off white with no scent at all, but not this time.
RossTaylorsBox
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Obviously saw Amelia Kerr's new paycheck and got really mad about it.
Mike5181
International Captain
Maybe he got word he wasn't in the plans for the Pakistan tour? I'm not really sure what to make of it really. He could play the 4 rounds of Plunket Shield in October and then go over and play in the BBL, playing all of the available domestic first-class cricket should be enough to be considered for the February England tests, but it's a bit strange.
I wonder how many other players were available but not on the 332 player list announced a week ago? And did the other teams know de Grandhomme was available, or perhaps had the Strikers done an unofficial pre-auction deal? Adelaide Advertiser website has a BBL story but is paywalled. The other Aussie new sites I checked don't have much commentary outside the 1st round platinum picks / non-picks.
I don't think anyone here is complaining. Just surprised that NZ cricket is surprised.
Chubb
International Regular
I was being sarcastic.
Neil Young
State Vice-Captain
Perhaps it's all a publicity stunt, and he's bringing out a debut album.
Deep inside Strikers HQ .... "Hey, what about that that big-hitting Kiwi all-rounder that lost his contract" ... "Colin Munro?" ... "No, the other one" .... ""Neesham?" .... "Isn't he that Twitter guy?"... "Ah the other one, Colin de Bradman or something" ... "Yep that must the the one" ....
"New Zealand Cricket Players’ Association chief executive Heath Mills said it was a shock to de Grandhomme too. "
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"New Zealand Cricket Players’ Association chief executive Heath Mills said it was a shock to de Grandhomme too. "
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Zinzan
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Complications aside, those Strikers selectors have to be living in 2017-18, or have rocks in their heads to think CDG is more valuable a T20 allrounder than Neesham. Unless it was due to budget restraints and Neesham was more expensive, seems a bizarre choice.
Nintendo
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Availability maybe?
Neil Young
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And they're pretty good players. They are probably no-name in NZ, though.