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    **Official* West Indies in New Zealand 2025

    Nicholls added to ODI squad "as cover" for Mitchell for game 2. From NZC release: "Nicholls has been in hot from for Canterbury in the domestic Ford Trophy competition, leading the run-scoring charts with 306 runs at 76.50 " Checking stats on other middle order batters .... Young this summer...
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    2025-26 New Zealand domestic season

    Dudding - watching clips last season I thought 130-135 pace, most likely of domestic mid-career RFMs / RMFs that could take a step up to Black Caps. Age 31 would have been OK in the Stead era ...
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    **Official* West Indies in New Zealand 2025

    Yes they have changed, now using black lines as guides. And my understanding is that if batter has shuffled slightly to offside, umpires have been told to look at initial position of batter, not automatically call wide for anything down leg. Cricinfo article from Aug 2025 linked below, I...
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    **Official* West Indies in New Zealand 2025

    NZ to bowl 9-10 overs of spin a pitch where WI spinners went 5-66-0.
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    **Official* West Indies in New Zealand 2025

    Circumstances. Timing. I recall press before 2008 tour to England, two middle order batting spots were a race between James Marshall (616 State Championship runs @ 51) and Flynn (663 @ 60) and Hay (591 @ 53). Hay missed out. Made NZ A tour to India Oct 2008, but next season many low...
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    **Official* West Indies in New Zealand 2025

    CD opener Greg Hay also worth a shout. 7240 runs @ 42. Didn't have the stat-padding advantage of Chapman or Bruce (or Munro) batting #4 or #5 in NZ domestic where trickiest batting is normally in first 20 overs against new ball.
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    **Official* West Indies in New Zealand 2025

    Observation #2 from being in the crowd tonight. Some careless batting from Foulkes and Jamieson. Santner is at the other end, has been hitting the ball beautifully in the past fortnight, NZs only chance of a win is to let Santner hit, but they go for big hits and get caught in the outfield on...
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    **Official* West Indies in New Zealand 2025

    Observation #1 from being in the crowd tonight (which was noisy-ish in my stand, plenty of annoying kids calling out to players for a wave) Wtf with no run out decision vs Athanaze at bowler's end? I was at 3rd man, obvious dropped chance to Duffy (ball changed trajectory), replay showed...
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    *Official* England in New Zealand 2025

    Jamie Overton ... has announced an "indefinite break from red-ball cricket" https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/jamie-overton-out-ashes-indefinite-break-red-ball-cricket-1500999
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    *Official* England in New Zealand 2025

    Brings back good memories of some white ball bamboozling inswing spells from Lance Cairns and (at slower pace) Chris Harris.
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    *Official* England in New Zealand 2025

    Lister a little unlucky? Lister, Clarke and Foulkes have been seamers on recent NZ A white ball tours. Lister would have added some difference to attack, might have been useful if English batters find their T20I hitting form. Clarke's better batting but not really needed with Foulkes and...
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    *Official* Australia in New Zealand T20s 2025

    NZ Cricket: " Santner, Finn Allen (foot), Adam Milne (ankle), Will O’Rourke (back), Glenn Phillips (groin), and Lockie Ferguson (hamstring), were unavailable due to injury. "
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    *Official* Australia in New Zealand T20s 2025

    Cricinfo: 0.6 Henry to Marsh, no run. Beaten! That's a cracker. Back of a length outside off, nips off the seam and climbs past the shoulder of the bat Henry hasn't bowled a ball since then.
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    *Official* South Africa A v New Zealand A 2025

    Bert Sutcliffe had a flying start in a mix of middle order and opening spots, first 18 games 2053 runs @ 70 at end of 47-48 season, but less FC games per season so the 18 games was spread across 5 seasons.
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    Great non-test FC innings by test greats

    Bert Sutcliffe Early career against MCC (English) tourists in 1947 with test quality attack Voce Bedser etc, 197 and 128 when next highest teammate scored 47. Domestic game in 1952, 385 out of 500 in an innings win, next highest steammate scored 29...
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    *Official* South Africa A v New Zealand A 2025

    Perhaps white ball all-rounder pairing of Keene + Foulkes will do the job that Elliott + Anderson then de Grandhomme + Neesham did in NZ's run to successive World Cup ODI finals ???
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    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    Will Young to Warwickshire for last three FC games of season https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/cx2qzrwzx80o
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    *Official* South Africa A v New Zealand A 2025

    SA A squad info link below. NZ A squad info is on Cricinfo. https://cricketfanaticsmag.com/sa-a-squad-for-inbound-tour-against-new-zealand/
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    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    NZ A perhaps light by one specialist seamer as mentioned by others. So expect some overs from 2 of Clarkson / Abbas / Keene in the playing XIs. But good to see consistent selection. Summary: in Jacobs (not available for NZ A tour to Bangladesh tour due to IPL) Keene (selectors preferred...
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    *Official* New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2025 (Tests)

    Santner and Ravindra are both heading to England for the Hundred, perhaps flying two days earlier gives them an extra game?

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