NZ domestic season 2023/24

[Yeoman]

Thank you. I prefer this ‘organic’ movement than richer teams ‘poaching’ players. My assumption was that the great bulk of the provincial teams’ revenue came through central distribution from New Zealand cricket and hence they were all operating with similar budgets however this is just conjecture.

 

[DavidUK]

Thank you. I prefer this ‘organic’ movement than richer teams ‘poaching’ players. My assumption was that the great bulk of the provincial teams’ revenue came through central distribution from New Zealand cricket and hence they were all operating with similar budgets however this is just conjecture.

I had this confirmed yesterday by a NZ pro cricketer who is currently playing in English club cricket.

 

[RMBolton]

Not obviously for money reasons. Often for a different opportunity or because they want to live cities for family reasons. Subsequently, they might move back to their original team once they’ve forged a reputation.

That's basically what Finn Allen is doing now?

 

[RMBolton]

Contracts drop 10am. That should be fun.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Wellington Contracts. Bolded are new contracts.

The 2023/24 Wellington Firebirds with First-Round Contracts are:
Muhammad Abbas (Karori CC)
Nick Greenwood (Taita District)
James Hartshorn (Karori CC)
Troy Johnson (Hutt District)
Nick Kelly (Johnsonville CC)
Callum McLachlan (Upper Hutt United)
Iain McPeake (Hutt District)
Rachin Ravindra (Hutt District)
Tim Robinson (Onslow CC)
Gareth Severin (Johnsonville CC)
Ben Sears (Hutt District)
Michael Snedden (Karori CC)
Nathan Smith (Johnsonville CC)
Peter Younghusband (Karori CC)
Logan van Beek (Taita District)

2023/24 BLACKCAPS Contracted Players:

Michael Bracewell (Eastern Suburbs)
Tom Blundell (Karori CC)
Devon Conway (VUWCC)
Adam Milne (VUWCC)

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Otago

Matt Bacon
Max Chu
Jacob Cumming
Jacob Duffy
Dean Foxcroft
Luke Georgeson
Jake Gibson
Andrew Hazeldine
Llew Johnson
Ben Lockrose
Jarrod McKay
Travis Muller
Thorn Parkes
Dale Phillips
Hamish Rutherford
Glenn Phillips

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Auckland

Adithya Ashok (Suburbs New Lynn)
Cole Briggs (East Coast Bays)
Louis Delport (East Coast Bays)
Danru Ferns (Takapuna)
Cam Fletcher
Matt Gibson (Cornwall)
Ryan Harrison (East Coast Bays)
Harjot Johal (Eden Roskill)
Simon Keene (North Shore)
Ben Lister (Suburbs New Lynn)
Robbie O’Donnell (Takapuna)
Will O’Donnell (Takapuna)
Sean Solia (Suburbs New Lynn)
Quinn Sunde (Takapuna)
George Worker (Cornwall)

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Northern

Joe Carter
Katene Clarke
Kristian Clarke
Henry Cooper
Matthew Fisher
Zak Gibson
Brett Hampton
Scott Johnston
Scott Kuggeleijn
Bharat Popli
Tim Pringle
Jeet Raval
Tim Seifert
Fred Walker
Joe Walker

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

CD

JACK BOYLE**	HAWKE'S BAY	RIGHT-HAND BATSMAN
DOUG BRACEWELL	HAWKE'S BAY	RIGHT-ARM PACE ALLROUNDER
TOM BRUCE	TARANAKI	RIGHT-HAND BATSMAN, RIGHT ARM OFF-SPIN
WILL CLARK*	HAWKE'S BAY	RIGHT-ARM PACE ALLROUNDER
JOSH CLARKSON	NELSON	RIGHT-ARM PACE ALLROUNDER
DANE CLEAVER	MANAWATU	WICKETKEEPER, RIGHT-HAND BATSMAN
LIAM DUDDING	HAWKE'S BAY	RIGHT-ARM PACE BOWLER
JOEY FIELD	HAWKE'S BAY	RIGHT-ARM ALLROUNDER
GREG HAY	NELSON	RIGHT-HAND BATSMAN
JAYDEN LENNOX	HAWKE'S BAY	LEFT-ARM OFF-SPIN
AJAZ PATEL	HAWKE'S BAY	LEFT-ARM OFF SPIN
BRETT RANDELL	-	RIGHT-ARM PACE ALLROUNDER
BRAD SCHMULIAN	HAWKE'S BAY	RIGHT-HAND BATSMAN, RIGHT ARM LEG-SPIN
RAY TOOLE	MANAWATU	LEFT-ARM PACE BOWLER
BAYLEY WIGGINS	HAWKE'S BAY	WICKETKEEPER, RIGHT-HAND BATSMAN

Out: Ma'ara Ave, Seth Rance (injured), Curtis Heaphy, Ben Smith, Tickner (central contract)
In: Boyle, Clark, Patel (no longer centrally contracted)

 

[OnTheBank]

Otago

Matt Bacon
Max Chu
Jacob Cumming
Jacob Duffy
Dean Foxcroft
Luke Georgeson
Jake Gibson
Andrew Hazeldine
Llew Johnson
Ben Lockrose
Jarrod McKay
Travis Muller
Thorn Parkes
Dale Phillips
Hamish Rutherford
Glenn Phillips

Otago's addition. An out of sorts opening batsman who couldn't buy a run last year. Can't see him getting much of a run, unless Hamish Rutherford only plays limited overs cricket. Or if Georgeson moves down the order. Four day cricket should be Rutherford and Cumming opening. Limited overs Rutherford and Gibson/Chu in 50 overs (although I hope they give Gibson a go). A strange pick up.

 

[ataraxia]

That's plenty of pace bowlers – the majority of the squad, counting the ARs too. Henry, Latham, Mitchell, Nicholls, Jamieson, and Sodhi have central contracts. Fletcher moved to Auckland; Rippon and Rae moved from Otago. Coburn retired and van Woerkom uncontracted yet, and he might not be given he didn't play after November. One more contract to come: guessing it must be Mariu.

 

[ataraxia]

Wellington Contracts. Bolded are new contracts.

The 2023/24 Wellington Firebirds with First-Round Contracts are:
Muhammad Abbas (Karori CC)
Nick Greenwood (Taita District)
James Hartshorn (Karori CC)
Troy Johnson (Hutt District)
Nick Kelly (Johnsonville CC)
Callum McLachlan (Upper Hutt United)
Iain McPeake (Hutt District)
Rachin Ravindra (Hutt District)
Tim Robinson (Onslow CC)
Gareth Severin (Johnsonville CC)
Ben Sears (Hutt District)
Michael Snedden (Karori CC)
Nathan Smith (Johnsonville CC)
Peter Younghusband (Karori CC)
Logan van Beek (Taita District)

2023/24 BLACKCAPS Contracted Players:

Michael Bracewell (Eastern Suburbs)
Tom Blundell (Karori CC)
Devon Conway (VUWCC)
Adam Milne (VUWCC)

So pending the final contract, Newton and Bhula cut and Allen and Georgeson have left. I guess Newton'll be 35 when the season comes round but still feels like he'd be a better bet than Hartshorn and Snedden, or for that matter McPeake.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

So pending the final contract, Newton and Bhula cut and Allen and Georgeson have left. I guess Newton'll be 35 when the season comes round but still feels like he'd be a better bet than Hartshorn and Snedden, or for that matter McPeake.

Indeed. This still looks a very ropey seam bowling attack. Given that van Beek is inconsistent and the injury problems that Sears and Smith have had.

 

[straw man]

Sears and Fisher getting contracts despite being injury prone means there must be at least some chance their recoveries are on track (???). Fingers crossed. With Severin, Foulkes, Abbas, Clark, Sunde, Keene, MHay, Parkes and a few others as the younger players, the future of batting and seam-bowling allrounders looks promising ((if the allrounders don't all get injured). Bowling less-so, we are really reliant on a couple of names to come through for NZ.

The only name listed above that I hadn't seen before is Harjot Johal - seam bowler in early 20s. Didn't know Fletcher moving to Auckland either.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU2...warded-as-202324-aces-contracts-announced.htm

 

[Immenso]

Good to see Joey Field getting a contract, which presumably means he is on track for recovering from his injury.

 

[Immenso]

Otago's addition. An out of sorts opening batsman who couldn't buy a run last year. Can't see him getting much of a run, unless Hamish Rutherford only plays limited overs cricket. Or if Georgeson moves down the order. Four day cricket should be Rutherford and Cumming opening. Limited overs Rutherford and Gibson/Chu in 50 overs (although I hope they give Gibson a go). A strange pick up.

Otago's outgoings are 3 plays: Rae, Finnie, Rippon.

The 2 incoming are Georgeson and Parkes (who didn't actually have a domestic contract last year)

1 more (16th) contract place to go.

That means they still need a seam bowler. I would hope/expect that to be Toby Hart, who is local.

Wheeler-Greenall would be very unlucky. Dunedin club player of the year last season, and a contracted player with pretty much his exact same skillset (Finnie) retires.

Edit ^^ Actually with 5 seam bowlers (McKay, Bacon, Duffy, Hazeldine, Muller) plus a seam bowling allrounder (Gibson) maybe it will be a second spinner that they will want to contract? to replace Rippon.

 

[Howsie]

Predictable ND list, the squad is just continuing to get older and older. Someone has to make some tough calls at some point.

How did Rhys Mariu down at Canterbury not pickup a contract? Surely every single province his offering him there last spot.

 

[OnTheBank]

Otago's outgoings are 3 plays: Rae, Finnie, Rippon.

The 2 incoming are Georgeson and Parkes (who didn't actually have a domestic contract last year)

1 more (16th) contract place to go.

That means they still need a seam bowler. I would hope/expect that to be Toby Hart, who is local.

Wheeler-Greenall would be very unlucky. Dunedin club player of the year last season, and a contracted player with pretty much his exact same skillset (Finnie) retires.

Edit ^^ Actually with 5 seam bowlers (McKay, Bacon, Duffy, Hazeldine, Muller) plus a seam bowling allrounder (Gibson) maybe it will be a second spinner that they will want to contract? to replace Rippon.

I wouldn't be surprised if they take a punt on Zac Cumming if they are going after a second spinner.

 

[DougieRydal]

Predictable ND list, the squad is just continuing to get older and older. Someone has to make some tough calls at some point.

How did Rhys Mariu down at Canterbury not pickup a contract? Surely every single province his offering him there last spot.

Seems bizarre, surely he's a better bet initially than Matt Boyle. Canty have named specialist 4 batsmen in their squad (Bowes, Carter, McClure and Boyle), none of whom have really pulled up trees

 

[chris.hinton]

Why only play 8 instead of 10 matches in the Plunkett Shield