***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2017/18

[Binkley]

Wut? The Black Caps website is now saying that Wellington declared at 168/7 and the match is now finished?

 

[The Hutt Rec]

lol what’s going on ... is this the biggest Plunket Shield scandal since Robert Vance’s 77 run over?!

Or did they push the wrong button on the website when they went to tea ...

 

[Athlai]

Damn I've already posted the "its a bold strategy cotton" picture this week

 

[Bahnz]

Woodcock unlucky, appeared to miss that.

Yeah and it looks to me like Blundell might've just about made his ground with that run-out. Still, some days things go for you some days they don't.

Seriously though, wtf is going on in that game? I mean, there's no way Welly will win from here, but declaring? Surely that has to be a website error.

 

[Bahnz]

Damn I've already posted the "its a bold strategy cotton" picture this week

This is the perfect scenario for it too.

 

[Athlai]

After an inspirational speech from Lance Armstrong, the Direbirds have heroically decided to take the field.

 

[Athlai]

****.

Congratulations to whoever won the Plunket Shield.

 

[Binkley]

After an inspirational speech from Lance Armstrong, the Direbirds have heroically decided to take the field.

And lollapse to all-out in a matter of minutes. Shoulda stuck with that random declaration.

 

[vandem]

And done. Disppointing for the Wgtn seamers and Jeets who have bowled well, but not many champion teams have a middle order which averages 24, 19 and 19.

 

[jcas0167]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/crick...er-wellington-firebirds-lose-to-auckland-aces

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Well done to CD, they definitely deserve it ahead of Wellington.

Wonder if that’s the last we’ll see of Papps ... if so I’m sad he didn’t go out with a title, he carried the batting for most of the year. Big changes to that top order next season, I hope.

 

[straw man]

Congrats to CD. One of the better bowling attacks in the country. Certainly the best batting lineup in the country - see their dominance of top batting averages for the season and that, prior to this round, they had 7 of the mere 11 batsmen averaging over 40 for the season.

Next step, they need to provide a few more NZ players - currently they're benefiting from quite a few not-quite-NZ-players.

 

[Bahnz]

Or ...

shall we look back in a fortnight and say that the delayed declaration due to Conway's innings gave CD enough time to escape with a draw and lost them {Wellington] the shield, after CD win their last two games and Wellington stumble?

Yup.

 

[Flem274*]

Congrats to CD. One of the better bowling attacks in the country.

yeah well i see they let devcich biff a 76 ball ton so i'm filing that away in the 'reasons ferguson is miles better for tests than milne/tickner if we want pace' memory bank. like seriously guys come on, you're way better than that hack. same goes for the ND batsmen he outscored too.

at least milne got through 34 overs in that innings.

 

[Bahnz]

yeah well i see they let devcich biff a 76 ball ton so i'm filing that away in the 'reasons ferguson is miles better for tests than milne/tickner if we want pace' memory bank. like seriously guys come on, you're way better than that hack. same goes for the ND batsmen he outscored too.

at least milne got through 34 overs in that innings.

Have we had any indication of how quick Milne is bowling this season? He was bowling at Boult pace back in India, if not a little slower.

 

[jcas0167]

Wellington have completely botched it by:

a) delaying a declaration until Conway got his 14th FC century, so leaving CD an impossible target of 372 from 57 overs, then not getting the last two CD wickets last round
b) selecting an awful side for this round

In hindsight I'm sure they wish they had kept Nofal in the side. It's quite stark that Papps and Woodcock feature in the top run scorers list, but the others don't.

An outstanding season by the Wellington bowlers, Van Beek and McPeake really stepping up. While Patel started picking up bags of wickets like he has been in county cricket.

 

[Blain]

I really hope for Wellingtons future, Patel, Woodcock and Papps all throw their hats in after this. They have all been fantastic for Wellington including this season, but the Birds need to move on to promote talent.. Ravindra, Johnston, Bhula, and probably a lot more who I don't know need chances.

I bet you that if they do retire, they'll recruit a bloody Brad Wilson/Cachopa to plug a hole

 

[Immenso]

Surprise of the season for me was Van Beek. He did look seriously good. A real breakout year.

I went and had a look at his season by season stats in the archive and he had actually been solid for a few years,

He looked the complete package. Swing both ways, hitting the seam, good pace.

There were some green wickets at the Basin though. However, Impressive spell at EPOO in the last round to shake that game up.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

yeah watching van beek live at a T20 earlier in the year he was by far the quickest bowler on show. Hitting the splice constantly, no one managed to play a pull shot off him. Interested to see if he'd crack 140.

 

[straw man]

yeah well i see they let devcich biff a 76 ball ton so i'm filing that away in the 'reasons ferguson is miles better for tests than milne/tickner if we want pace' memory bank. like seriously guys come on, you're way better than that hack. same goes for the ND batsmen he outscored too.

at least milne got through 34 overs in that innings.

Milne got through a lot of overs this season, probably his most ever. Great news! ...except that he averaged 35 in a season that was great for seam bowling. CD's bowling was built on Rance and Ajaz Patel, with Bracewell and Tickner also quite effective and Milne bringing up the rear. Disappointing really.

Don't think anyone would argue that Ferguson isn't already miles ahead of Milne/Tickner as a test option.