***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2018/19

[Binkley]

Great to see Mark Chapman back in form - and with a maiden FC century too! Nice work kiddo.

 

[nzfan]

What are the chances Conway may end up replacing BJ ahead of Tom Blundell? Conway is leading the run tally in four dayers.

 

[jcas0167]

I remember listening to that innings on the radio! For some random reason Henry Blofeld was commentating on a domestic game and he just raved about Aiken - called it the best innings by a young opener he had ever seen. I was always gutted he never kicked on after that.

Classic, Henry Blofeld doing radio commentary on a Plunket Shield game would be amazing.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Blofeld seemed to be almost based in NZ for a few years there, with his talkshow as well.

 

[Mike5181]

What are the chances Conway may end up replacing BJ ahead of Tom Blundell? Conway is leading the run tally in four dayers.

When's the last time he did any keeping and is he any good? He'll probably earn a spot on batting alone at some point if he continues like this.

 

[Mike5181]

It was a pretty average bowling attack but it's good to see Chapman actually do something in first-class cricket.

 

[Prince EWS]

When's the last time he did any keeping and is he any good? He'll probably earn a spot on batting alone at some point if he continues like this.

He kept in a fair few games for Wellington last season, and he was keeping regularly in three day cricket the season before he quit SA too. I don't think he's regarded particularly highly with the gloves but I guess neither was Watling when he decided to start taking it seriously again.

 

[vandem]

What are the chances Conway may end up replacing BJ ahead of Tom Blundell? Conway is leading the run tally in four dayers.

Or the #4 slot if Taylor plays another 2 seasons. Will Young may want to consider opening?

 

[Immenso]

On the teenage bating subject again. Has Josh Finnie peak at 19?

In green is his output while a teenager:

 

[Immenso]

while I was in the archive ...

Check out Colin Munro and the fastest 100s in NZ FC cricket ....

 

[Immenso]

Actually why limit to Munro, check out the Colins:

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

^^Good to see Sherwin Campbell in that list

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Cool that Lance Cairns still holds number one spot by miles. Great ground for it too. Gotta wonder how big the boundaries were back when it was a first class venue though!

 

[Immenso]

Looking at the top innings on the list, Lance Cairns.

At the Hutt Rec. I recently read Ewen Chatfield's autobiography. Wellington played at the Hutt Rec for 2 seasons while the Basin Reserve was reconfigured. Apparaently the wicket was very dodgy, and was dubbed Chat's Patch. Chatfield reckoned the reputation of the ground held back his national team re-elevation for a few years.

Here's the innings scorecard. Cairns came in at 42 for 7.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

That is a freaky looking scorecard.

A 100 so late...and down the order

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Hahaha that’s a ridiculous knock in the circumstances!

I knew Wellington played West Indies there or something like that ... it was it Australia? In a warm up game. Weird to think about it now, I guess the big light tower wasn’t smack bang in the middle of the ground back then.

 

[vandem]

Hahaha that’s a ridiculous knock in the circumstances!

I knew Wellington played West Indies there or something like that ... it was it Australia? In a warm up game. Weird to think about it now, I guess the big light tower wasn’t smack bang in the middle of the ground back then.

Chats 13 wickets! Was probably a green seamer, with a howling southerly. Wasn't the happiest tour for the Windies.

https://archive.nzc.nz/Scorecards/39/39961.html

 

[Mike5181]

Man I miss archive access.

 

[Immenso]

Here's the scorecard from the Cairns fastest hundred.

https://archive.nzc.nz/Scorecards/39/39879.html

Is even more bizarre when you look at the two first innings together.
A hundred run opening partnership, then collapse. Otago bat and collapse.
17 wickets for 136 runs fell immediately before Cairns came out to bat.


22 wickets between Boock, Bracewell and Gray. I think it was turning.

 

[Immenso]

Man I miss archive access.

You can still get into the NZ portion of the archive, for free, via the NZC home page.
(The proper homepage, my old shortcuts divert to a juvenile cricket nation crap)