*Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

[The Hutt Rec]

Damn, Daryl Mitchell rich now. He can probably buy all of Huntly with that money.

 

[Zinzan]

Damn, Daryl Mitchell rich now. He can probably buy all of Huntly with that money.

Saw that, and at a rough conversion that's $2.7M NZD, almost enough for a 10% deposit on a house in Auckland.

Joking aside fair play. Dude's been a champion for a good 2-3 years now.

 

[Zinzan]

Meanwhile Lockie goes unsold & hardly a surprise following his recent jitters.

 

[RMBolton]

Meanwhile Lockie goes unsold & hardly a surprise following his recent jitters.

That's one player free for the Tom Latham's All-Stars tour of Pakistan in April

 

[SteveNZ]

Saw that, and at a rough conversion that's $2.7M NZD, almost enough for a 10% deposit on a house in Auckland.

Joking aside fair play. Dude's been a champion for a good 2-3 years now.

Yep, it makes sense as he's a big moments player. And I like it as an NZ fan because he still cares in all formats for us. I won't watch it because I abhor the IPL but I hope he goes well.

 

[Flem274*]

They'll probably injure Mitchell just to spite us

 

[straw man]

Well deserved and life-changing money for Mitchell. Just hope he doesn't end up playing so much cricket he gets stale, like Conway arguably is at the moment.

 

[Bahnz]

Duffy's looked really good today. Probably the quickest of the bowlers and he's been hitting a really solid difficult line and length.

 

[NZTailender]

Guessing NZC has moved on from Tickner? From making all sides last summer (or so) he hasn't been included in a squad, let alone a playing XI, in how long?

 

[ataraxia]

Guessing NZC has moved on from Tickner? From making all sides last summer (or so) he hasn't been included in a squad, let alone a playing XI, in how long?

It's because he started performing I think

 

[Binkley]

It's because he started performing I think

Has he shaved off his moustache? Maybe he looks too young to be in the national side any more?

 

[Immenso]

Guessing NZC has moved on from Tickner? From making all sides last summer (or so) he hasn't been included in a squad, let alone a playing XI, in how long?

In those 2 squads, I guess 2 younger guys are doing his role. O'Rourke in the ODIs and Sears in T20s.

 

[Heboric]

Proteas Test squad for New Zealand tour:

Neil Brand (captain, Titans), David Bedingham (Western Province), Ruan de Swardt (North West Dragons), Clyde Fortuin (Rocks), Zubayr Hamza (Lions), Tshepo Moreki (Lions), Mihlali Mpongwana (Western Province), Duanne Olivier (Lions), Dane Paterson (Western Province), Keegan Petersen (Rocks), Dane Piedt (Knights), Raynard van Tonder (North West Dragons), Shaun von Berg (Rocks) and Khaya Zondo (Dolphins)

Neil Brand to lead new-look Proteas side for New Zealand Test tour | Sport

Cricket South Africa named a completely new-look Proteas side that will take on New Zealand in February's two-match Test series tour.

www.news24.com

 

[NZTailender]

I wonder how we'll conspire to lose against this off-Brand team

 

[Flem274*]

It's a lot better than we were lead to believe imo.

Bedingham, Hamza, Oliver, Paterson, Petersen, Piedt and Zondo are all names I recognise.

I thought they were sending the equivalent of what we would send if Super Smash took precedence. The classic NZ XI.

 

[Athlai]

I wonder how we'll conspire to lose against this off-Brand team

The bowling looks kind of good honestly

 

[NZTailender]

The bowling looks kind of good honestly

That's what worries me. Half competent seam attack on NZ pitches, we're basically relying on Kane

 

[Immenso]

It's a lot better than we were lead to believe imo.

Bedingham, Hamza, Oliver, Paterson, Petersen, Piedt and Zondo are all names I recognise.

I thought they were sending the equivalent of what we would send if Super Smash took precedence. The classic NZ XI.

Same. But tbh I've only heard of / seen Zondo (especially) and perhaps Hamza due to quotas.

 

[Prince EWS]

Same. But tbh I've only heard of / seen Zondo (especially) and perhaps Hamza due to quotas.

Hamza is/was a legit pick. Looked really promising at one stage.

Olivier, Paterson and Piedt aren't what they once were but it's good to have the experience in this situation.

 

[Immenso]

These guys will be in for a shock when they come up against a 37 year old South African left-armer bowling 125kph seamers at them. Bet they never come across anything like that before at KawZulu Inland or whatever other backwater they play in ....