2024–25 NZ domestic season

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Heaphy's dismissal is a little rank.

 

[jcas0167]

Heaphy's dismissal is a little rank.

Good wicket for O'Connor. Uncanny that he's a left armer too like his dad.

 

[NZTailender]

Has van Beek picked up a yard of pace or is his action deceiving that makes him look quicker than he is.

That bowled dismissal of Bowes looked pretty brutal

 

[ataraxia]

503 the target. Canterbury will win.

 

[vandem]

O'Donnell's catch off Hampton is worth watching

 

[Immenso]

A possible comeback for the ages occurring at Rangiora.

 

[Skyliner]

Result: Wellington Firebirds won by 19 runs.
Hairy Nips 171 not out.

 

[Bahnz]

Great work from Younghusband to rattle through the tail and spare Wellington's blushes.

 

[straw man]

Great work from Younghusband to rattle through the tail and spare Wellington's blushes.

Secretly the bowler NZ needed to draft in at the last minute and win the Champions Trophy

 

[ataraxia]

503 the target. Canterbury will win.

*cackles*

 

[ataraxia]

Anyway the second best thing about that round was surely the Jeets 8-fa.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Anyway the second best thing about that round was surely the Jeets 8-fa.

Yeah. Shows we've got some issues with FC batting I reckon!

 

[Immenso]

The 12 point swing in the 'almost comeback of the century' by Canterbury v Wellington looking to be a big deal in the title race:

 

[Immenso]

Tom Bruce, so far (6 matches in), has scored 75% of his Plunket Shield season runs in that single innings of 345.

He was having a pretty poor season pre-xmas.

 

[Immenso]

Neil Wagner started this season as the 8th highest wicket taker in Plunket Shield history with 349 wickets.

And he has moved up to 4th all time, with 361.

He could move to 2nd place if he got another 10 wickets (first place is waaaaaay out of reach).
But, I don't know what his availability is.

Not a big deal. 2nd or 4th etc. Just an interesting little statistical quirk.

Plunket Shield - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[straw man]

Amazing how high the Plunket Shield bowling averages are this season - plenty of the top dozen are averaging over 30. Pre-Xmas not as seam friendly as other seasons and then the recent rounds have yielded a heap of runs.

 

[NZTailender]

Neil Wagner started this season as the 8th highest wicket taker in Plunket Shield history with 349 wickets.

And he has moved up to 4th all time, with 361.

He could move to 2nd place if he got another 10 wickets (first place is waaaaaay out of reach).
But, I don't know what his availability is.

Not a big deal. 2nd or 4th etc. Just an interesting little statistical quirk.

Plunket Shield - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Papps with a county-esque record on the batting side of things

 

[Zinzan]

Good wicket for O'Connor. Uncanny that he's a left armer too like his dad.

Oh It's 'the son of'? I hadn't realised. Was he getting shape?

Who can forget his father's most famous dismissal?

 

[NZTailender]

The women are doing a North vs South one day series. Wish the men did that to round out the season.

 

[vandem]

Plunket Shield race might be over, Wellington adding to their 'almost comeback of the century' win over Canterbury last week by having ND 5-50 on a green Basin Reserve wicket.