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Sounds just like the Pakistan match. How close did we get in the end? The live report on the NZC site is useless.

I'm getting to that age where I went to school with, and played club cricket against, a few of the guys in the NZ squad. It feels weird. I still can't get over the fact that some of Bangladesh's rising stars are 2 years younger than me.

Oh where to begin... First of all... only one match in the South Island :facepalm How I miss the days of any tour of NZ consisting of 5 ODIs & 3 Tests (and sometimes even a game of good ol' MAX cricket as a warmup). As for the Dunedin scenario, the whole city has been protesting against...

Looking forward to the match here in Dunedin... McCullum playing at his home ground (which is about as small as Queenstown, if not smaller) against Bangladesh in an ODI... muhahaha :spy

NZ's black & blue kit of the 90s was our best, pics are already throughout this thread. Other favs are the orange Netherlands kits of the 1996 & 2003 world cups: Can't find a pic of the 1996 kit, but still, gotta love that orange.

Oh what a great moment for Otago cricket! Our first title in 20 years! And what a way to do it. So glad McCullum has come back to stay at Otago :happy

Wow, nice job by Otago. Would've been a great match to watch. Now it's the same teams as last year's final. Hopefully Otago can finish it off this time for their first state shield title (I think) since the 80s.

He isn't in the invitational XI because Otago needs him for the state shield semi final. But it would be good to see him out of the test side.

I'm amazed we (Otago) made it to the semi final. I'd love to see the match but no! Once again, Sky Sport NZ decides to **** on us again. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like there will be no coverage of the semi final anywhere. This is disgusting. Sky Sport NZ should have all the...

Yeah, a number of obvious problems with the New Zealand cricket team at the moment. First up is how we've practically lost an entire team, the team that achieved our #3 ODI ranking. Fleming, Astle, McMillan, Carins, Harris, Bond, Vettori (injury), Oram (injury). It hit NZ hard when most of the...

I couldn't watch the match as my band was at a gig. I'll watch the highlights at 1 & tell you what I think of NZ's performance :p

Yeah it is a shame, although I never really saw Styris as a test type of player. Like Harris & McMillan before him, he'll stick with the one-day arena to prolong his career in the long term. But as for the Vettori thing, it is a huge loss. Even though I don't rate the twenty20s as important...

Ah no! Just what we need.

Interesting squad, and I like it. Bracewell must have attended some domestic for once. I like the idea of bringing Hitchcock into the squad. And Southee is great to see in there as we need to build up some decent young fast bowlers. Jess Ryder had a fantastic knock against Auckland the other day...

I'm really getting sick of Bracewell. He's not moving the blackcaps forward. And his record with them over the last few years has been crap. Not to mention disputes with players (such as Andre Adams). If we don't get rid of him soon it could turn into the Glenn Turner disaster of the mid 90s...

I agree with most of that lineup except I'd replace How with Vincent. Also two spinners would be nice but we would perhaps need more pace attack.

Yeah I agree with what people are saying about the strength in our bowlers. Most of our bowlers are fairly new to test cricket, Kyle Mills, Iain O'Brien, Mark Gillespie, and even Michael Mason because the selectors are never giving him a chance. Franklin would be great to have in the squad...

Yeah another bowl off would've been great. But what a day for Northern Districts eh? Excellent bowling display against Otago in the afternoon & then a fantastic run chase in the evening against CD. All in one day. But how about Ross Taylor's bowling eh?:p

It used to be the other way round, Canterbury always had all the stars. Carins, Astle, McMillan, Harris, Martin, the list goes on,

Yeah that was a good match. They took ages trying to sort out the bowl off though. How hard is it to pick 5 bowlers? Anyway, I spose that'll be one of the only televised domestic games this season :rolleyes: Sky Sport is the reason cricket in New Zealand isn't as good as it was in the 80s or...