2015/2016 Plunket Shield Draft

[Kippax]

Ah yes he was. Santner then.

 

[Kippax]

Corey Anderson – SKYCITY Northern Knights
Doug Bracewell – Devon Hotel Central Stags
Trent Boult – SKYCITY Northern Knights
Mark Craig – SBS Bank Otago Volts
Martin Guptill – Mondiale Auckland Aces
Grant Elliott – Wellington Firebirds
Matt Henry – Canterbury
Tom Latham – Canterbury
Mitchell McClenaghan – Mondiale Auckland Aces
Brendon McCullum – SBS Bank Otago Volts
Nathan McCullum – SBS Bank Otago Volts
Adam Milne – Devon Hotel Central Stags
Jimmy Neesham – SBS Bank Otago Volts
Luke Ronchi – Wellington Firebirds
Mitchell Santner – SKYCITY Northern Knights
Tim Southee – SKYCITY Northern Knights
Ross Taylor – Devon Hotel Central Stags
Neil Wagner – SBS Bank Otago Volts
BJ Watling – SKYCITY Northern Knights
Kane Williamson – SKYCITY Northern Knights

Auckland - Michael Bates, Brad Cachopa, Colin De Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Donovan Grobbelaar, Michael Guptill-Bunce, Shawn Hicks, Colin Munro, Tarun Nethula, Rob Nicol, Robert O'Donnell, Glenn Phillips, Matt Quinn, Jeet Raval, Brett Randell

Canterbury - Todd Astle, Hamish Bennett, Leo Carter, Andrew Ellis, Cameron Fletcher, Peter Fulton, Roneel Hira, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Johnston, Cole McConchie, Ryan McCone, Henry Nicholls, Edward Nuttall, Logan van Beek, Ken McClure

Central Districts - Tom Bruce, Dane Cleaver, Greg Hay, Marty Kain, Andrew Mathieson, Ajaz Patel, Seth Rance, Jesse Ryder, Bevan Small, Ben Smith, Kruger van Wyk, Ben Wheeler, George Worker, Will Young, Dean Robinson

Northern Districts - Cody Andrews, James Baker, Jono Boult, Dean Brownlie, Joe Carter, Anton Devcich, Daniel Flynn, Brett Hampton, Jono Hickey, Scott Kuggeleijn, Daryl Mitchell, Bharat Popli, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi, Tony Goodin

Otago - Warren Barnes, Nicholas Beard, Michael Bracewell, Neil Broom, Derek de Boorder, Jacob Duffy, Ryan Duffy, Josh Finnie, Anaru Kitchen, Michael Rae, Hamish Rutherford, Craig Smith, Sam Wells, Brad Wilson, Samuel Blakely

Wellington - Brent Arnel, Brady Barnett, Tom Blundell, Alecz Day, Dane Hutchinson, Matt McEwan, Stephen Murdoch, Ollie Newton, Michael Papps, Jeetan Patel, Michael Pollard, Matt Taylor, Anurag Verma, Luke Woodcock, Jamie Gibson


Not contracted, but already featuring in 2015/16: Josh Clarkson, Blair Tickner, Nick Kelly, Dane Hutchinson, Jack Hunter, Roald Badenhorst, Theo van Woerkom, Will Williams.

Bumped, seeing it's now getting really hard. Be careful about a punt on an U19 like Christian Leopard, because there is an U19 WC this summer.

 

[Kippax]

The 2016 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup is an international limited-overs cricket tournament to be held in Bangladesh from 22 January to 14 February 2016

Actually there will be about four PS rounds after that touring squad returns ftr.

 

[BackFootPunch]

I'll grab Nick Kelly to finish things off.

 

[BackFootPunch]

Papps
Nicol
Kitchen
Broom
Mitchell
Kelly
de Boorder (wk)
Nethula
Patel
Wheeler
Wagner

 

[Hurricane]

Heef it's your turn let's power through these last picks

 

[Kippax]

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Kippax
BFP
Heef
Athlai
Hurricane
Phlegm
Howsie

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

There's Bob Hope, no hope and then this bunch of Shunts XI

Raval
Murdoch
Brad Cachopa
Popli
Wilson
Blundell
McCone
McClenaghan
Hutchinson
Quinn
Rance

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Ryan McCone

 

[Athlai]

The one, the only Mark "the Spud" Craig to round off the most depressing XI I've ever made in one of these.

Team filler, no thriller and WPWB

R Hira
BS Smith
GH Worker
M Pollard
S Wells
AM Ellis
BJ Watling
M Craig
D Bracewell
LV van Beek
B Arnel

 

[Hurricane]

1 Latham
2 Woodcock
3 Duffy
4 Will Young
5 Matt Taylor
6 Leopard
7 Seifert
8 Clarkson
9 Johnstone
10 Milne
11 Mathieson

Leopard. I though Kippax had given the game away when he recently named Christian, but I got him in the end. Always wanted him from the start.

My team was full of young blokes - some of them too raw to be good this season, but you never know.

 

[Kippax]

Warren Barnes looks like he's in the top 77 domestix and should probably get a run for someone.

What else do I know that can help those who feel shafted the randomiser. Vishi Jeet sounds like a very organised and motivated guy and is taking wickets at 4.72 or something crazy in the first few weeks of Auckland club cricket. Namibian all-rounder Christi Viljoen (made a 98(189) against the England Test attack in Dubai in 2012) has said he'll be trying to crack the Otago side. Former SA U19 rep Malcolm Nofal making an impression with the bat and his SLA in Wellington club cricket.

 

[BackFootPunch]

Warren Barnes looks like he's in the top 77 domestix and should probably get a run for someone.

What else do I know that can help those who feel shafted the randomiser. Vishi Jeet sounds like a very organised and motivated guy and is taking wickets at 4.72 or something crazy in the first few weeks of Auckland club cricket. Namibian all-rounder Christi Viljoen (made a 98(189) against the England Test attack in Dubai in 2012) has said he'll be trying to crack the Otago side. Former SA U19 rep Malcolm Nofal making as impression with the bat and his SLA in Wellington club cricket.

Viljoen might have his visa sorted this week, apparently. Tried to catch some of his game on Saturday but his team did a bit of a demo job on the opposition.

 

[Flem274*]

After being promised pace by the Otago press release way back I took a look and was disappointed to see him get toyed with in that T20 against CD but I like the bounce he gets and with a red ball in hand should be a decent enough medium fast option for them in a format where only the engine room and Hira slog, so I'll steal Kippax's advice and take Warren Barnes.

Daniel Flynn (c) | Robbie O'Donnell | Henry Nicholls | Tom Bruce | Ken McClure | Colin Munro | Luke Ronchi (wk) | Donovan Grobbelaar | Michael Bates | Jack Hunter | Warren Barnes

 

[Kippax]

Howsie

Rutherford
Carter
Fulton
Hay
Devcich
Viljoen? Hicks? Zak Gibson? Hampton? Leo Carter?
Fletcher
Tastle
Sodhi
Duffy
Nuttall

Heef

Raval
Wilson
Murdoch
Popli
Blundell
Brad Cachopa
McCone
McClenaghan
Hutchinson
Quinn
Rance

Phlegm

Daniel Flynn (c) | Robbie O'Donnell | Henry Nicholls | Tom Bruce | Ken McClure | Colin Munro | Luke Ronchi (wk) | Donovan Grobbelaar | Michael Bates | Jack Hunter | Warren Barnes

Athlai

R Hira
BS Smith
GH Worker
M Pollard
S Wells
AM Ellis
BJ Watling
M Craig
D Bracewell
LV van Beek
B Arnel

BFP

Papps
Nicol
Kitchen
Broom
Mitchell
Kelly
de Boorder (wk)
Nethula
Patel
Wheeler
Wagner

Hurricane

1 Latham
2 Woodcock
3 Duffy
4 Will Young
5 Matt Taylor
6 Leopard
7 Seifert
8 Clarkson
9 Johnstone
10 Milne
11 Mathieson

Kippax

Brownlie
M Bracewell
Santner
C Cachopa
de Grandhomme
Neesham
van Wyk *+
Kuggeleijn
McEwan
Bennett
Baker

 

[Hurricane]

BFP is the early favourite on paper anyway.

My hopes will rise and fall on Milne actually playing.

 

[Howsie]

Brett 'Hammer' Hampton

 

[Athlai]

R Hira - 141 @ 23.50 - 2W @ 40.50
BS Smith - 424 @ 106
GH Worker 354 @ 118 - 1W @ 178
M Pollard 183 @ 36.60
S Wells 107 @ 21.40 - 5W @ 50
AM Ellis 74 @ 24.66 - 5W @ 25
BJ Watling 116 @ 16.57
M Craig 91 @ 22.75 - 8W @ 64.12
D Bracewell 148 @ 29.60 - 12W 47.33
LV van Beek 123 @ 61.50 - 10W @14.40
B Arnel 10W @ 39.70

That awkward moment when Logan van Beek has your 3rd best batting stats and your best bowling figures.

 

[Hurricane]

R Hira - 141 @ 23.50 - 2W @ 40.50
BS Smith - 424 @ 106
GH Worker 354 @ 118 - 1W @ 178
M Pollard 183 @ 36.60
S Wells 107 @ 21.40 - 5W @ 50
AM Ellis 74 @ 24.66 - 5W @ 25
BJ Watling 116 @ 16.57
M Craig 91 @ 22.75 - 8W @ 64.12
D Bracewell 148 @ 29.60 - 12W 47.33
LV van Beek 123 @ 61.50 - 10W @14.40
B Arnel 10W @ 39.70

That awkward moment when Logan van Beek has your 3rd best batting stats and your best bowling figures.

IS there a cricinfo link for seeing all the stats? Would like to do my team.

 

[Athlai]

IS there a cricinfo link for seeing all the stats? Would like to do my team.

Plunket shield

Cricket Records | Plunket Shield, 2015/16 | Records | Most runs | ESPN Cricinfo

Cricket Records | Plunket Shield, 2015/16 | Records | Most wickets | ESPN Cricinfo

Tests

All-round records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo



Haven't bothered with tour stuff, couldn't remember if we counted it.