***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2014/15

[Athlai]

NZ Cricket - Cricket Tipping - Dream Team

With our knowledge of the domestix, a poster on here should really go close to winning the $1000 first prize tbh.

Tipping just isn't as fun as dream team IMO. May as well have a go though.

 

[Athlai]

Made a Cricketweb group on there, just search cricketweb. Made it public because CBF

 

[straw man]

Still can't believe the shear genius of the Georgie Pie Super Smash competition name.

Someone photoshop these together and marketing campaign = done. Jesse is Bowser obv.

 

[Kippax]

Article - Auckland Cricket

A team will be named from the following twelve players:

Rob Nicol (Captain) (Cornwall)
Dean Bartlett (Ellerslie)
Michael Bates (Suburbs New Lynn)
Brad Cachopa (Takapuna)
Carl Cachopa (Takapuna)
Colin de Grandhomme (Howick Pakuranga)
Donovan Grobbelaar (Howick Pakuranga)
Anaru Kitchen (Waitakere City)
Colin Munro (Howick Pakuranga)
Tarun Nethula (Cornwall)
Matt Quinn (Cornwall)
Jeet Raval (Suburbs New Lynn)

TOMORROW #Whangarei Flynn (c) Devcich Carter Mitchell Popli Watling Santner Kuggeleijn Sodhi Aldridge Goodin Baker

North Island (Player, birth place)

Martin Guptill, Auckland
Anton Devcich, Hamilton
Colin Munro, Auckland
James Franklin, Wellington
Colin De Grandhomme, Auckland
Daniel Vettori, Auckland
Derek De Boorder (wkt), Hastings
Adam Milne, Palmerston North
Kyle Mills (c), Auckland
Mitchell McClenaghan, Hastings
Roneel Hira, Auckland
Daryl Mitchell, Hamilton

South Island (Player, birth place)

Michael Papps (wkt) Christchurch
Dean Brownlie, Canterbury
Neil Broom, Christchurch
Peter Fulton (c), Christchurch
Brendon Diamanti, Blenheim
Andrew Ellis, Christchurch
Nathan McCullum, Dunedin
Ben Wheeler, Blenheim
Matt Henry, Christchurch
Jacob Duffy, Lumsden
Nick Beard, Dunedin
Logan van Beek, Christchurch

 

[Bahnz]

Bit of an odd time of the year to hold it, but oh well. As Kippax has already noticed, on paper it's shaping up to be a horrifying mismatch but T20 does allow completely random results so that should hopefully keep things interesting.

Good to see Milne back at last. I saw he did a bit of bowling for Manawatu on the weekend, so hopefully that elbow of his will be as good as new by the time of the UAE ODI's in December.

 

[Athlai]

It's not that far off IMO. I honestly don't really rate the North Island's bowling all that high and they feel a bat short. South Island have a big hole in their bowling but they have a lot of quality back up options.

Will be a good game I reckon.

 

[Athlai]

Seems like this would be a decent way to "start" the season with the game on Oct 31st and then to have 2 follow up games on Boxing day and New Years day.

I'd definitely tune in to watch a North vs South series on the holidays, and if it was nearby I'd go. I reckon you'd get a decent crowd too.

 

[RxGM]

This could be a long season for Auckland if they are only going to play 2 specialist quicks and 1 spinner and rellying on 30-40 overs a day from part timers - Grobelaar, Nicol, CdG and Munro

 

[Kippax]

Not a bad venue to bowl at 120 and present a nice seam to the ND boys, tbf.

 

[Kippax]

http://twitter.com/boxcarfred

Bates goes thru Popli - @ndcaknights four down before lunch

Some early bounce for Tarun Nethula as we see some spin

3rd @ndcaknights wicket to fall - @dazmitchell47 lbw to de Grandhomme. Inside edge? Ump says no. 66-3

Just over an hr into the new season b4 I heard one of my fave quotes - "tennis-ball bounce"

Answer - no. Carter chips one in the air to the last ball of the over and is taken at mid-wicket

Costly? Joe Carter, yet to get off the mark, pushes one back to Matt Quinn who spills it

First wicket of the day as Flynn edges Grobbelaar to slip, @ndcaknights 39-1

 

[Immenso]

That is a depressing array of dobblers behind the 2 opening bowlers & Nethula.

BTW. I started to come round to M Quinn during last season, after initially being unimpressed. Looks to get as much bounce as anyone on the circuit.

 

[Kippax]

I see Ferguson is fit and playing for Parnell.

Sky to request his participation at GPSS opening weekend.

 

[Mike5181]

These two teams look dreadfully weak.

 

[Kippax]

 

[Blocky]

Jesse just on a casual 66 from 20... versus Guptill who would be 20 from 66.

 

[Athlai]

Na Hira is the right choice clearly.

 

[Dan]

Ryder Update: 92 (33)

 

[Dan]

Now he's only got 94 of the 120. Slipping. For shame, Jesse -- there goes your BLACKCAPS recall.

 

[hendrix]

BLACKCAPS

NZC needs to go full on internet-douche here and make BlAcKcApS the official name.

 

[hendrix]

100 off 39 balls...jesus.