**Official** New Zealand Domestic Season 2013/2014

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2008 UNDER-19 WORLD CUP - INDIA V.S NEW ZEALAND SEMI FINAL - 1/3 - Video Dailymotion

 

[Kippax]

Eight years ago the 18-year-old met former Aces quick, and now current Roskill coach, Azhar Abbas who took Randell under his wing: "He has been very beneficial and set me on the path to where I am now.

"Along the way I have been lucky to have expert coaches from school level through to guys like Matt Horne at the Aces wider squad trainings, but it was Azhar that began it all."

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Just wondering what Jimmy thinks of Azhar Abbas

imo one of the worst run-ups/actions I've ever seen on TV, runs for 30 metres and yet may as well bowl from a standing start, has a 2 step follow through, and generates what pace he has from chucking it.

Accurate yorker though

Really intelligent guy, and knows a ridiculous amount about seam bowling. He actually takes on the role of the seam bowling coach in the Aces.

On a green deck he's probably one of the bowlers I would least like to face.

Important things he doesn't have a handle on imo

(a) RUN in your run-up

(b) Don't chuck it

 

[SteveNZ]

c) Keep your finger nails out of the quarter seam
d) Depend on a English vocabulary that extends beyond four-letter variants of F and C

To be fair, nice enough fella off the field. And was such a draughthorse later in his career that he had to chuck it to get it down the other end with a positive km/ph reading

 

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Cricket: Ten Doeschate to play in one-dayers | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago, South Island, New Zealand & International News

Opening round fixtures - Sunday 2 March 2014
Central Stags v Wellington Firebirds
10:30am–Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North

Canterbury Wizards v Otago Volts
10:30am–Aorangi Oval, Timaru

Auckland Aces v Northern Knights
10:30am–Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Sun 2/3 & Wed 5/3: Flynn Anderson J Boult T Boult Devcich Hampton Hickey Kuggeleijn Sodhi Verma Watling Williamson

The Tulsi Wellington Firebirds team on Sunday is:

James Franklin
Brent Arnel
Tom Blundell
Grant Elliott
Mark Gillespie
Andy McKay
Steve Murdoch
Michael Papps
Jeetan Patel
Luke Ronchi
Henry Walsh
Luke Woodcock

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

The Tulsi Wellington Firebirds aye?

They gonna get some runs!

 

[GingerBreadMan]

Yeah I'd say he can. I can't remember Southee and Boult's speeds but I know Wheeler was about 125 in 2010.

Remember when we had the fast bowling competition come to Blenheim he bowled a ball at 126. This was in 2009. We all went down during the lunch break of a match we were playing in. James Lowe who plays rugby for the Chiefs was also there as we were playing Nelson College and he bowled 120 iirc

 

[Athlai]

The Tulsi Wellington Firebirds aye?

They gonna get some runs!

This is the gunnest thing ever. How many Indian restaurants are the chief sponsor of a cricket team? Tulsi pies for all.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Yes, they have moved on from Pizza Pies (/americanism) to Butter Chicken Pies.

I look forward to next season when they will just be sponsored by James Franklin Pies.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Slightly OT but it looks like Sky will be showing the 3rd Test from South Africa on Sky Sport 2!

 

[Athlai]

Having the countries finest pie maker as your sponsor is just an elaborate scheme to lure Jesse Ryder back to Wellington.

Otago to counter this by getting sponsored by the a consortium of Octagon pubs.

 

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Cricket: Volts 'real chance' for title: coach | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago, South Island, New Zealand & International News

The Volts' bowling stocks have been decimated with Ian Butler, James McMillan, Jacob Duffy and all-rounder Sam Wells sidelined with injuries.

Otago: Hamish Rutherford, Neil Broom, Jesse Ryder, Aaron Redmond, Ryan ten Doeschate, Michael Bracewell, Jimmy Neesham, Nathan McCullum, Derek de Boorder (captain), Neil Wagner, Nick Beard, Bradley Scott, Mark Craig.

Canterbury: George Worker, Rob Nicol, Peter Fulton, Dean Brownlie, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Andrew Ellis, Simon Keen, Ronnie Hira, Ryan McCone, Hamish Bennett, Matt McEwan.

Stags look for positive start | Stuff.co.nz

"I've spoken to a couple of guys and done a bit of homework. We're pretty much looking at a 280-plus wicket.

"That's what one-day cricket is about - scoring a lot of runs."

Malan's squad for this weekend and CD's second one-day game, against Auckland in Nelson on Wednesday, includes Manawatu's Jamie How, Dane Cleaver and Bevan Small.

Fast bowler Bevan Small is back in the team and fit to bowl, having bowled seven overs on Thursday, while Malan said wicketkeeper batsman Cleaver, who joined the squad last week, has a big chance of playing tomorrow.

"He's done really well for Manawatu obviously and also for the Stags A," Malan said.

"He's fought a bit of a way open for himself and that's exciting for him."

Manawatu all-rounder Roald Badenhorst drops out of the squad having played in the Plunket Shield this week, while left-arm offie Marty Kain comes into the squad as a short-format specialist.

On the injury front, seamer Ben Wheeler is about 10 days away from playing and Manawatu speedster Adam Milne should be available by week six or seven.

Malan said dropped Black Caps bowler Doug Bracewell, who has a broken foot, just got off crutches but is unavailable "for the rest of this part of the season".

South African Malan, in his first year in charge of CD, said there has been challenges throughout the season, but he has enjoyed his stint so far.

Central Districts: Jamie How, Ben Smith, Greg Hay, Will Young, Kruger van Wyk, Kieran Noema-Barnett, Dane Cleaver, Tarun Nethula, Marty Kain, Bevan Small, Andrew Mathieson, Seth Rance

"Week six or seven" for Milne....yeah I don't know wtf the journo was hoping for there. Seven weeks from January 19, is it.

Cricket: Auckland know what it takes to defend Ford Trophy title - Sport - NZ Herald News

They'll start with a humdinger clash against Northern Districts at Eden Park's outer oval, a game chockful of internationals, who are available for only the first two rounds before heading to the world T20 tournament in Bangladesh. Auckland have Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kyle Mills and Mitch McClenaghan lining up.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Picking Otago to win the Ford Trophy, with Auckland a distant second

 

[Kippax]

Yeah, what sort of bowling attack is Otago looking at though once JimmyGS and NcCullum leave. Lucky they've got slow and true roads, Ryder and RTD to probably get through full tens.

 

[Kippax]

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On the injury front, Johnson is hopeful Butler will return in three weeks. He has been sidelined since the opening game of the summer with a chronic back injury. Duffy is still struggling with an ankle complaint. Sam Wells' side strain is on the mend. He may be available ''in the next couple of games''.

McMillan is unlikely to feature for the rest of the summer after he stepped in a foot hole and injured his hamstring.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

With that top 6 Otago could bring a couple of club bowlers up and still win easily.

 

[BackFootPunch]

Ah, I see what you did there.

Rance is on the road
Gaylard's on the streets
You can feel it in the air
Summer's out of reach
Injured Milne, injured Henry, the sun goes down alone
I drove by Dougeh's house, even though, he's not home

PEWS can tell you his love for Papps will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

Redders not playing and Papps gets a golden. Good start for the lads.

 

[hendrix]

it blows my mind how consistently good McCleneghan is in pyjamas. Why can't he do that in whites? It's not as if he's a hard-to-get-away dibbly dobbler.

 

[Flem274*]

You don't need to bowl in good areas consistently in limited overs to take wickets. One magic ball will do.

 

[Flem274*]

Not a bad effort to skittle Welly with our injury depleted attack.

So many strange team lists. Are Auckland really going to bat the Colin's at 4 and 5? Surely Hopkins is more suited to nurdle it around at 4 during the middle overs...

 

[Athlai]

Ffs.