The Hutt Rec
International Vice-Captain
The funniest thing is based on their stats this year, Kitchen would most likely have been dropped for this game too, if he hadn't been promoted to the Blackcaps.
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***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2017/18
- Thread starter Kippax
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Nah. He's 27, has played international cricket and decently well at times. His ceiling money-wise is much higher in cricket than the media, and he'll find it hard to launch into a media career being a dropped domestic player.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah the fact the South African-born Hicks is their one guy looking significantly improved under Walter is possibly a hint for us, but who knows really.Pretty awful from Otago today ... some shabby fielding probably makes it look even worse.
Is something going on down there, or have they just given up on the season and want to try some new players? I'd have thought if it was a happy camp then at least one of Rutherford, Wagner or Neesham would have something to contribute ... but all dropped.
Otago cricket always has some risk of a fracturing along gamester McCullum and begrudging taskmaster Glenn Turner lines. That's the Scots for you.
Flem274*
123/5
I want to be able to call them North Korea too
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
jcas0167
International Debutant
Indeed. Was nice to see a young guy getting a go for Otago. Neesham did defeat Matt Henry in an e-sport cricket game on the cricket show afterwards. I think he will be back to form soon, the guy is class.
http://www.oamarumail.co.nz/sport/bright-future-in-rugby-or-cricket/
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straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Rutherford dropped? I thought T20 was his format - wasn't he one of the top run scorers for Otago last season?Pretty awful from Otago today ... some shabby fielding probably makes it look even worse.
Is something going on down there, or have they just given up on the season and want to try some new players? I'd have thought if it was a happy camp then at least one of Rutherford, Wagner or Neesham would have something to contribute ... but all dropped.
jcas0167
International Debutant
Blain
U19 Captain
It's still bloody weird, when you have an old T20 numpty who has barely scored a run this season in all forms (TBF he has 1 hundred), in Brad Wilson down the order. Neesham or Rutherford would added to that line up no doubt. Otago have been going down a Wellington road the past few seasons, not a lot of local guys developing into Black Caps, rather getting old boys from other regions. I really hope guys like Finnie, Nathan Smith, even Duffy develop into strong performers.
jcas0167
International Debutant
Yes, I thought Rutherford had been in good form earlier in the season too so it seems particularly harsh to leave him out.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Well yeah, has this fixation with youth, novelty, speed and ***iness as being the answer to everything been getting a bit overrated in terms of producing cricketers of enduring relevance over here in NZ for a while, or are South Africans just silly with their outmoded disciplinarian ideas, who'll be suffering away defeats that are as heavy as New Zealand's and Australia's, any year now. That's the question it poses.
It's probably no big drama to me if we have one out of the six domestic coaches who's sort of different, who doesn't really rate Rutherford and Neesham. Sort of lightweight guys, frat boy personalities who came out all hot fire in their international careers, then couldn't handle life outside their preferred safe spaces. Not really mentors for a Shawn Hicks or Llew Johnson who are going to mesh with Walter's attempt to discipline. They'd be more likely to just clash and muddy the message conveyed, in a way the dogged and grafting Brad Wilson I suppose doesn't.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
https://scoring.nzc.nz/livescoring/match4732/scorecard.aspx
Haha Ludick damn near played out a maiden, just to get to his ton. The hot batting form continues for that guy though. Afghan U19 quite impressive in sweeping the CD XI 3-0.
Haha Ludick damn near played out a maiden, just to get to his ton. The hot batting form continues for that guy though. Afghan U19 quite impressive in sweeping the CD XI 3-0.
BackFootPunch
International 12th Man
Would be surprised if they get it in. Been raining pretty steadily here all day and hasn't looked like letting up.
The Kiwi Super Smash appears to have sunk without trace overshadowed by The Ashes, BBL, WINDIES and Pakistan tours of NZ. Only a handful of games televised apparently but watched the superb game between Aces and Firebirds which was streamed LIVE into Asia on Xmas Eve. The NZ Herald abandoned coverage of Auckland Domestic cricket years ago when media facilities and free grazing at lunch and tea were cut back. A shame as the Super Smash has some decent talent on show. The ball certainly flies into the crowd on the Bank at Eden Park No. 2 . Great atmosphere unlike the sterile stadia - monuments to Mammon - featured in the BBL .
African Monkey
U19 Vice-Captain
I think our Super Smash is a quality league with a lot of good young players out there trying to prove themselves unlike that god awful Big Bash retirement home league that gets shoved down our throats.