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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

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    People declining contracts - from Sportsfreak

    Boult, Guptill, Williamson, Ferguson, Milne, De Grandomme, and Neesham

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    @No-Quarter said in NZ Cricket:

    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

    This makes me feel a bit better. Actually.

    Players are opting out of a central contract to miss cricket I probably wouldn't be bothered enough to go to the effort of Chromecasting anyway.

    But. But it's bad the calendar is so crap.

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    IPL has never really bothered me as it is end of season or shoulder season. So easily avoided for a competent administrator. (Disruptor for England and Windies, though).

    The SA20 though, and the UAE League, are a different beast. In SH summer backed by IPL money. A real disruptor.

    Many of the other leagues are just bubble stuff. OK for players to get money in them while they can (as long as they actually get paid by the shifties), but that is a bubble bursting to pop.

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    I didn't follow it too closely, but when I did channel surf through the Lankan Premier League the crowds looked very thin. Who is the Lanka Premier League actually for?

    While the Sri Lankan economy hasn't been great recently, it'll be interesting to see which T20/The Hundred type leagues survive, and which can still pay the salaries that make it worth turning down international contracts in a few years time...

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    @1kiwi said in NZ Cricket:

    Ajaz Patel back in the mix along with Michael Bracewell.

    The thought of Bracewell and Santner in the same test team fills me with all sorts of dread

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    @MN5 said in NZ Cricket:

    @1kiwi said in NZ Cricket:

    Ajaz Patel back in the mix along with Michael Bracewell.

    theosL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    The thought of Bracewell and Santner in the same test team fills me with all sorts of dread

    Bracewell is the journeyman's journeyman

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    @canefan said in NZ Cricket:

    @MN5 said in NZ Cricket:

    @1kiwi said in NZ Cricket:

    Ajaz Patel back in the mix along with Michael Bracewell.

    theosL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    The thought of Bracewell and Santner in the same test team fills me with all sorts of dread

    Bracewell is the journeyman's journeyman

    I'll stand up for Mike. Should never be in the test squad. But, is a lock every day of the week in the pyjama cricket. Which is interesting as a young cricketer he looked a veey good top order four day bat. I just don't see him as a bowling all rounder

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    four test tour to Australia in a couple of summers. Can we please start preparing for that now so we do not completely embarrass ourselves?

    Also CA fire the first shots by not giving Qld a test, and suddenly the pressure is on the Qld Government. You do NOT fuck with the populaces access to cricket.

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    Lou Vincent finally gets his 100th ODI cap. The occasion even brought Hadlee to tears.

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    @Bovidae said in NZ Cricket:

    Lou Vincent finally gets his 100th ODI cap. The occasion even brought Hadlee to tears.

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    You have to be made of stone not to feel something for Lou

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    @canefan said in NZ Cricket:

    @Bovidae said in NZ Cricket:

    Lou Vincent finally gets his 100th ODI cap. The occasion even brought Hadlee to tears.

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    You have to be made of stone not to feel something for Lou

    Brassed me off no end his life time ban. He was just a dumb kid easily influenced by the wrong crowd. He should have been rehabilitated. And then you have some blokes from the sub-continent doing it for years without punishment and Australians caught cheating in SA and we're back in 12 months. Sick.

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    Great guy off the field too was Lou Vincent. Always had time for everyone.

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    @African-Monkey That was his problem

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    Replacing Conway and Allen.

    Wellington seamer Nathan Smith and power hitting Central Districts allrounder Josh Clarkson have earned their first Black Caps cricket contracts for the coming season.

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    @Bovidae said in NZ Cricket:

    Lou Vincent finally gets his 100th ODI cap. The occasion even brought Hadlee to tears.

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    No-one else pick up on the fact his wee kids name is Vinnie..
    Vinnie Vincent

    just me?
    ok then..

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    @Virgil Is he a KISS fan?

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    @Bovidae said in NZ Cricket:

    Replacing Conway and Allen.

    Wellington seamer Nathan Smith and power hitting Central Districts allrounder Josh Clarkson have earned their first Black Caps cricket contracts for the coming season.

    Nathan Smith is a good option, not convinced Clarkson will be more than a journeyman at international level.

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