***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2016/17

[_Ed_]

Unfortunately, sounds like it's Latham. Latham to work on wicketkeeping ahead of India tour - ESPNcricinfo

 

[Howsie]

Sodhi 5-94, wickets of the number 2,3,4,5 and 6 batsman. Todd Astle 2-55, wickets of the number 9 and 10.

I for one cannot wait until Kippax shows up and tells us Astle outbowled him.....

 

[Kippax]

Yeah it's almost like different NZA games four years apart can have different best bowlers in them, Howsie. Superbly deduced.

 

[Howsie]

You don't like Sodhi at all, that much has always been obvious. You'll always stick the boot in when you can whilst showing a replay of Sodhi taking a wicket with a long hop or something.

 

[Kippax]

Well compared to Blocky extremes, I've never put the boot into anyone. Not even Corey Anderson or Tim Seifert.

 

[Kippax]

NZL A 64/2 (32.0 ov, GH Worker 28*, WA Young 11*, S Nadeem 1/24) - Stumps | Match Report | ESPNCricinfo

While Iyer drove, slapped and walked down the pitch to flat-bat fast bowlers over their heads repeatedly, Pant backed himself to clear long-off and long-on when spinners bowled in his hitting arc. Not even Iyer's dismissal forced Pant to adopt a circumspect approach, an inside-out hit over long-off against the turn proving there was more to his range than just brute force. His 26-ball half-century was a chanceless affair in which he favoured the straight boundaries - six of his nine fours and both sixes coming in the region.

The day began with much promise for New Zealand A as Ish Sodhi, who prised out Priyank Panchal and Sudip Chatterjee late on the opening day, had Nair chop on in the 31st over. The India A captain, who had battled calmly until then shaped to cut but erred in trying to play back to a flipper that cramped him for room. R Samarth, who progressed to make his third successive half-century for India A, then fell into the short-ball trap to give New Zealand more voice.

Samarth gloved an attempted hook off Scott Kuggeleijn to George Worker, who was strategically placed at leg slip, to leave India A wobbling at 114 for 4. With the ball still fairly new, the visitors went full tilt with their pace battery. Setting attacking fields came with the risk of conceding runs in pursuit of wickets. On Sunday, however, Iyer's breathtaking onslaught, which got him into his groove, had a cascading effect as Pant's fearless innings handed India A a convincing lead.

Amidst the carnage, Sodhi held his own, picking five wickets. Initially branded a flat and skiddy bowler, Sodhi, who spoke of having to reinvent his methods, tossed it up to get the batsmen to commit mistakes, even if it came with the risk of being tonked. The delivery that got Iyer proved his efficacy at doing the same. After being hit for a huge six over long-off, he tossed the ball again, but landed it wider, as an another attempt from Iyer at clearing the ropes resulted in a slice to cover. Pant carried on from where Iyer left off, but once he fell, the innings swiftly ended, with Todd Astle, the legspinner, bagging two lower-order wickets.

New Zealand A started well in their second innings, with Jeet Raval and Worker blunting the India A attack for over an hour, the focus clearly being on crease occupation over run-scoring. But being circumspect against spin, even to deliveries which batsmen may try to put away most times, resulted in two false shots. Raval misjudged a sweep and was bowled to a Shahbaz Nadeem delivery that spun back in to hit the leg stump, while Henry Nicholls, the captain, was out lbw to Karn Sharma, beaten by sharp turn back in from the rough. Will Young and Worker, however, ended the day without no further hiccups.

 

[Bahnz]

Jayzus, Kuggz got tonked.

 

[Athlai]

9 overs for 84 runs and 2 of them maidens? Wtf happened

 

[straw man]

NZ's named nine players for the India tour, with six more to be added from the A side that's there currently. Neesham and Broom dropped. Amusingly, De Grandhomme is now our number one ODI allrounder on the back of not being involved in the Champions Trophy debacle.

Jimmy Neesham, Neil Broom axed for Black Caps tour to India

"Jimmy needs go back and really dominate domestic cricket with both bat and ball. We know Jimmy is a talented player, but we've spoken with him around improving the consistency in all areas of his game."

With Corey Anderson recovering from back surgery, Colin de Grandhomme is now the top-rated allrounder and was among the first nine players named, all of whom were at the Champions Trophy.

It's a tight race for the remaining six spots as selector Gavin Larsen watches the NZA matches in India.

Henry Nicholls, Colin Munro and Tom Bruce are all NZA contenders for that No 5 batting spot behind captain Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor, while fast bowling allrounder Scott Kuggeleijn could be a strong chance too if he impresses in India, after making his debut in Ireland in May.

Bowlers Lockie Ferguson and Ish Sodhi also look good bets to be among the chosen NZA six, while Tom Blundell, Glenn Phillips and Tim Seifert vie for the Black Caps wicketkeeper-batsman role in the most intriguing joust.

New Zealand squad for India: Kane Williamson (captain), Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Adam Milne, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor. (Six to be added from the New Zealand A squad).

 

[Immenso]

Oooh.

An NZ A tour, its spring, time for me to open the cricket-web link after an off-season hiatus.

Let me say that again. A ****ING NZ AAAAAA TOUR !!!!!!!!

 

[Immenso]

9 overs for 84 runs and 2 of them maidens? Wtf happened

Flat-batted past his head by the sounds of it.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

9 overs for 84 runs and 2 of them maidens? Wtf happened

In hindsight, the batsmen wasted a bit too much time getting their eye in with him?

I really think with all Sodhi has done the last 12 months, he deserves a prolonged go in all three formats for NZ this season. Time to give him a good shot at being our number one spinner.

 

[Kippax]

9 overs for 84 runs and 2 of them maidens? Wtf happened

Well he bounced out Samarth with a catch to leg slip, all the other batsmen got top edges or tucked into his bodyline strategy.

www.bcci.tv/newzealand-a-tour-of-india-multiday-series-2017-18/match/01

 

[Kippax]

A few overs ahead as well as offering wagon wheels, that BCCI scorecard.

 

[Kippax]

Sad one for Will Young. We did always question whether those 60(100) knocks against the pies of Sri Lanka A at home would then translate into some gritty 14(73) knocks against better bowlers away.

 

[straw man]

Sad one for everyone looking at that scorecard!

33 & 35 for Worker and 35* and 14* for Seifert the only vague achievements so far from our batting

 

[Kippax]

India A's nice fanned peacock's tail of scoring shots against Sodhi:

 

[Kippax]

NZA runs vs. Karn Sharma:

 

[Kippax]

Yep, Northern Districts' youth providing the spunk and the only positives you can take from this. Shame for Howsie we can't try Nick Kelly out in the 50-over series.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1121901.html

New Zealand A failed to learn from their mistakes in the first innings. Indecision in footwork against spin and relying on their pad as their first line of defense - against two quality spinners - resulted in a loss by an innings and 31 runs shortly after lunch on the third day of the first unofficial Test in Vijayawada.

Karn Sharma, the legspinner, took four wickets to take his match tally to 8 for 120, thereby continuing his fine recent run that now includes two five-fors and two four-fors in his last three first-class matches. Shahbaz Nadeem also took four wickets with his loopy left-arm spin to finish with an eight-for in the match. Alarmingly for New Zealand A, their second-innings collapse from their overnight 64 for 2 to 142 all out had little to do with the pitch.

Openers Jeet Raval and George Worker aside, none of the others topped 20. The only batsman who appeared to pick spin was Tim Seifert, the wicketkeeper, who was largely untroubled for 35 deliveries before perishing to a sharp Karn legbreak that beat his forward push to be lbw. Seifert also showed some spunk in the first innings to top score with 35. He was one of two positives - Ish Sodhi, who took a five-for, being the other - for the visitors.

The procession started 15 minutes into play when Worker attempted an expansive sweep from outside off to a delivery that spun back in from the rough to deflect off his body and onto the stumps. Will Young was snuffed out at short leg and Tom Blundell, among those in the fray to replace Luke Ronchi as a frontline wicketkeeper in the national team, was lbw to an indipper from Shardul Thakur.

With the cream of the batting line-up gone inside 11 overs to leave New Zealand A on 98 for 5, the lower order came out trying to slog the spinners out of the field. The execution, however, failed only to leave them with plenty of time to ponder and practice ahead of the second four-day game on September 30 at the same venue.

 

[Kippax]

How Ish Sodhi learned to stop worrying and love his bowling - ESPNcricinfo