NZ Cricket
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So, the schedule sucks.
Three tests v England which is nice.But the home summer starts on Nov 28, and is finished on Jan 11, with a 2 week Pakistan tour in late march. That's really really short.
Champions Trophy squeezed between SA IPL and the IPL.
New Zealand Cricket's summer schedule
(* indicates double a header)BLACK CAPS
Test series v England
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Nov 28-Dec 2, Christchurch
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Dec 6-10, Wellington
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Dec 14-18, Hamilton
T20I series v Sri Lanka
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Dec 28, Tauranga
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Dec 30, Tauranga
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Jan 2, Nelson
ODI series v Sri Lanka
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Jan 5, Wellington
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Jan 8, Hamilton
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Jan 11, Auckland
T20I series v Pakistan
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March 16, Christchurch*
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March 18, Dunedin*
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March 21, Auckland*
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March 23, Tauranga*
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March 26, Wellington*
ODI series v Pakistan
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March 29, Napier
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April 2, Hamilton
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April 5, Tauranga
WHITE FERNS
ODI series v Australia
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Dec 19, Wellington
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Dec 21, Wellington
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Dec 23, Wellington
ODI series v Sri Lanka
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March 4, Napier
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March 7, Nelson
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March 9, Nelson
T20I series v Sri Lanka
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March 14, Christchurch
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March 16, Christchurch*
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March 18, Christchurch*
T20I series v Australia
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March 21, Auckland*
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March 23, Tauranga*
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March 26, Wellington*
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@Donsteppa said in NZ Cricket:
And mercifully the White Ferns tour of England has finally concluded.
Looks like we have to develop the next generation of batters in an even bigger hurry, or the selectors might have to start looking differently at the domestic game.
NZC in general has fallen behind big time. We need to really think hard about how we are going to develop future generations - right now I don't think it's working. We looked second best in limited overs at the T20 WC ... and the white ferns got hammered (again)
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@nzzp said in NZ Cricket:
@Donsteppa said in NZ Cricket:
And mercifully the White Ferns tour of England has finally concluded.
Looks like we have to develop the next generation of batters in an even bigger hurry, or the selectors might have to start looking differently at the domestic game.
NZC in general has fallen behind big time. We need to really think hard about how we are going to develop future generations - right now I don't think it's working. We looked second best in limited overs at the T20 WC ... and the white ferns got hammered (again)
Our high performance and talent development seems to be in the toilet right now
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@Chris-B said in NZ Cricket:
As per usual, Hamilton and Tauranga get about 40% of the cricket.
ND get 11 days.
Auckland get 2
CD 2
Otago 1The joys of being close to Auckland (and half the population of NZ) while they don't have a proper Oval.
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@Donsteppa I'm highly sceptical that many people actually travel from Auckland to the cricket. And let's face it - India pays for our cricket anyway.
Would be nice, though, if you guys could actually prepare something other than a dead road to play cricket on!
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@Chris-B said in NZ Cricket:
@Donsteppa I'm highly sceptical that many people actually travel from Auckland to the cricket. And let's face it - India pays for our cricket anyway.
Would be nice, though, if you guys could actually prepare something other than a dead road to play cricket on!
At the last T20I I even met people who'd driven up from Gisborne for the day (let alone the Barmy Army over the years). But sceptic away
Not many draws in the Mount, but I have lost track of Seddon top of mind.
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@Donsteppa I don't actually care that much, because Nelson has got its fair allocation (1 game) and that's the only one I'm likely to go to (I'll doubtless meet a few people from Blenheim there, because they don't get live int'l cricket).
But, I seem to be the only person in NZ who notices this (the guys who count Crusaders evidently aren't cricket fans) so I feel obliged to point it out.
I guess I can no longer lay it (entirely) at David White's door.
Put some water on the pitches you boring bastards!
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The Mount is built on a sandbar, we can flood the pitch tonight and it'd be all gone tomorrow
It's interesting that Nelson and Queenstown don't get a couple more games. I've heard that the Mount can be popular with touring coaches as a good spot to base a team for a while when they're on the road, and I wonder if those places would be in the same boat.
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@Donsteppa Actually, fuck it, there's not reason I shouldn't go to the England test in Wellington or Christchurch this year.
My brother and I happened across the Sri Lankan team training in a park in Nelson in the late-1980s. they were very keen for us to tell them which was Nelson's best nightclub! The guy who was doing most of the talking didn't have a long or illustrious test career!
A few years later, I got to go to a function In Wellington with the SLs during the Cricket World Cup. A much better known guy tried to make off with my boss's daughter. I was compelled to kybosh his plans!
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And so it continues. Central contracts are no longer the path to riches.
Devon Conway, Finn Allen opt out of New Zealand Cricket central contracts
Conway and Allen join a growing number of players opting out to pursue lucrative T20 opportunities.
Edit: Weenink reiterated the organisation's preference for selecting players on central or casual playing contracts for the Black Caps.
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@Donsteppa said in NZ Cricket:
Game is very much at a crossroads. While I won't lose much sleep about Finn Allen's decision by itself for the Black Caps, collectively it all adds up.
Finn Allen was a major disappointment at international level.
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@Donsteppa yeah, yesterday was Boult, today it's Kane and Finn and Devon, tomorrow the players will be younger and younger - or just not even take the international route at all! Franchise T20 is where the $$$ are... what do international T20 matches offer that franchises don't? Crowds, cash, quality - if you specialise in T20 it's hard to make a strong pitch for playing for yoru country.
Tests are still god tier for me. And I still think they should have picked Boult against England ... f'ing Kuggelijn isn't a front line selection for me; one last swansong would have been the shot.
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What an awful schedule. For most of January and all of February, I.E. when it is actually nice summer weather in NZ and the kids are on holiday, there will be zero Black Caps games on. Way to grow the game in NZ guys slow clap
