Athlai
Not Terrible
It'd have been truly the greatest moment in our sport's history if the keeper got hit in the knackers by the incoming ball. Maybe one day..."Oh he's slipped, that's not really that...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahha"
It'd have been truly the greatest moment in our sport's history if the keeper got hit in the knackers by the incoming ball. Maybe one day..."Oh he's slipped, that's not really that...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahha"
wtf is happening with the worldSean Solia's run-out a few minutes ago is also worth a giggle.
Hazeldine's dismissal is pretty similar. Good to see Sodhi getting wickets via the slips.McConchie dismissal is a good one, pity the final move is out of frame
Also, it's going to be a loooooong season for Otago with that batting lineup.
Yes, a bit of turn even on early-season NZ wickets. Doesn't hurt to have scored a fifty either, to make the NZ selectors think twice before rating Tastle's batting too far ahead of his.Hazeldine's dismissal is pretty similar. Good to see Sodhi getting wickets via the slips.
And Canterbury. Even with their Blackcaps it looks weak. They need to discover a star or 2 fast. Can't expect too much, their captain is a classic 90's-00's styled NZ Domestic cricketing battler himself. Liking the bowling line up though, heaps of young options there especially when Jamison and Nuttell are back.McConchie dismissal is a good one, pity the final move is out of frame
Also, it's going to be a loooooong season for Otago with that batting lineup.
Don't think Canterbury's is anywhere near as bad as Otago - Murdoch and McConchie are pretty effective, they have Bowes to come in, while Astle and Jamieson will help the engine room when back. Otago's is two decent but underperforming openers who really need to score all the runs, followed by three young guys who haven't made their mark yet, followed by two even younger recent U19 all-rounders. Rippon could bat higher. They're going to be begging Broom and Kitchen to return.And Canterbury. Even with their Blackcaps it looks weak. They need to discover a star or 2 fast. Can't expect too much, their captain is a classic 90's-00's styled NZ Domestic cricketing battler himself. Liking the bowling line up though, heaps of young options there especially when Jamison and Nuttell are back.
Can't wait to see Ravindra, Leopard, Allen and Smith's progression this season. CD are stacked with early 20's all rounders atm.
Nah don't think there are, which is probably why the NZ A selections are Rachin, Raval and Worker, who has never even done well at FC. Only young opener doing well is Cooper from ND, who quietly averaged over 40 last season and maybe Seifert who sometimes bats in the top order. God forbid Latham or Raval get injured or lose form.There doesn’t seem to be much in the way of promising young top order batsmen that I am aware of. Plenty of quicks and all-rounders, but top orders seem full of creaky names like Brad Wilson, or late-20 South African imports. Any younger names I should be looking out for (apart from Ravindra, who is on an A tour despite never yet representing his province in a FC match)?