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New Zealand's selectors have dropped the wicketkeeper Reece Young from the side that defeated Australia in Hobart for the one-off Test to be played against Zimbabwe in Napier from January 26.

Young was jettisoned after failing to make an impression with the bat in Australia, though his glove work was sound under pressure in the visitors' narrow win over Australia at Bellerive Oval.

In his place are BJ Watling and Kruger van Wyk, both batsmen who can keep wicket, with the coach John Wright still to decide which will don the gloves against Zimbabwe. Jesse Ryder is the only other change from the Hobart XI, as he continues his recovery from a calf tear.

Test squad: Ross Taylor (capt), Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Dean Brownlie, Martin Guptill, Chris Martin, Brendon McCullum, Tim Southee, Daniel Vettori, Kruger van Wyk (wk), BJ Watling (wk), Kane Williamson

[brod]

The BANGLADESH PREMIER LEAGUE Auction was held, no surprises at the names at the top of the list

$700,000 Shahid Afridi
$551,000 Chris Gayle
$360,000 Marlon Samuels (maybe MP owns the Durunto Rajshahi)
$300,000 Keiron Pollard
$150,000 Dwayen Bravo, Shoaib Malik
$100,000 Chaminda Vaas, Murali, Scott Styris, Brendan Taylor
$50,000 Stuart MacGill

[Jim05]

Watching a bit of the Caribbean T20
Canada v Trinidad & Tobago
One of the most bizarre decisions ive ever seen, Barath is on strike, the ball goes through to the keeper and they scamper through for a quick single, Barath moves off his running line by about 2 inches and the third umpire gives him out "obstructing the field". Poor decision

[brod]

The BANGLADESH PREMIER LEAGUE Auction was held, no surprises at the names at the top of the list

$700,000 Shahid Afridi
$551,000 Chris Gayle
$360,000 Marlon Samuels (maybe MP owns the Durunto Rajshahi)
$300,000 Keiron Pollard
$150,000 Dwayen Bravo, Shoaib Malik
$100,000 Chaminda Vaas, Murali, Scott Styris, Brendan Taylor
$50,000 Stuart MacGill

The only other Aussie selected was
- Brad Hodge $100,000

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New Zealand Xi v Zimbabweans
First Class Tour Match
Gisborne

New Zealand XI 7d/272
BJ Watling 89
SR Wells 65
DL Vettori 49
SW Masakadza 2/36
Zimbabweans 2/49

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Geraint Jones, the former England wicketkeeper, will return to the country of his birth and play for Papau New Guinea in the World Twenty20 qualifying tournament.

[brod]

Vernon Philander, the South African fast bowler, has been awarded a national contract in recognition of his strong start to his Test career this summer. In four home Tests, Philander has taken 30 wickets, with four five-wicket hauls, including a match-best of 10 for 102 against Sri Lanka at Centurion.

[brod]

New Zealand Xi v Zimbabweans
First Class Tour Match
Gisborne

MATCH DRAWN

New Zealand XI 7d/272
BJ Watling 89
SR Wells 65
DL Vettori 49
SW Masakadza 2/36
Zimbabweans 329
RW Chakabva 88
T Taibu 66
MN Waller 58
N Wagner 3/86
CS Martin 2/39
AJ McKay 2/61
New Zealand XI 5/274
CFK van Wyk 61 ret
LRPL Taylor 54 ret
KS Williamson 52 ret
DL Vettori 41*

[brod]

Sam Wells, the 27-year-old Otago allrounder, has been added to the New Zealand squad for the one-off Test against Zimbabwe after impressing in the warm-up match in Gisborne. Wells, a left-hand batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler, made his first-class debut in 2007 and has played 21 first-class games, in which he averages 38.10 with the bat, with two centuries.

[brod]

Pakistan seamer Mohammad Talha has been ruled out of the Test series against England in the UAE due to injury

[heater31]

Ireland want to be playing Test Cricket by 2020.

Good move, as it could force the formation of a 2 tier Test Nation playing Structure to promote competitive Test Cricket.

Ireland map out path to Tests


I'm baffled as to why the Ireland Cricket scene is so small, distance wise they are close to England and most Irish people I know follow English football so why not Cricket??

[brod]

NZ v Zimbabwe Test starts tomorrow

- New Zealand have never won a Test match in Napier. Of the nine matches played there, seven have been draws with only England and Sri Lanka registering Test wins at McLean Park.
- New Zealand and Zimbabwe have played against each other 14 times, with New Zealand winning eight and six draws. Three of the victories were by more than an innings.
- Zimbabwe have only won two Tests away from home - in Peshawar against Pakistan in 1998 and in Chittagong against Bangladesh in 2001.

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Justin Ontong, the Cape Cobras allrounder, has been included in South Africa's squads for the one-day and Twenty20 international series in New Zealand in February. Graeme Smith has been left out of the Twenty20 side, and another Cobras batsman Richard Levi will open with Hashim Amla in the format. JP Duminy was chosen ahead of Ashwell Prince in the Test squad.

Test squad: Graeme Smith (capt), AB de Villiers (vc), Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher, Marchant de Lange, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, Jacques Kallis, Morne Morkel, Alviro Petersen, Robin Peterson, Vernon Philander, Jacques Rudolph, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

ODI squad: AB de Villiers (capt), Hashim Amla (vc), Johan Botha, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Jacques Kallis, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Graeme Smith, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

Twenty20 squad: AB de Villiers (capt), Hashim Amla (vc), Johan Botha, Marchant de Lange, JP Duminy, Colin Ingram, Richard Levi, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Rusty Theron, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

[Media Park]

Forgive me Brod, normally I know my wicket keepers, but does that mean DeVilliers is keeping in both limited overs forms?

[Jim05]

Forgive me Brod, normally I know my wicket keepers, but does that mean DeVilliers is keeping in both limited overs forms?

Pretty sure du Plessis is keeping in the ODI's

[Media Park]

Forgive me Brod, normally I know my wicket keepers, but does that mean DeVilliers is keeping in both limited overs forms?

Pretty sure du Plessis is keeping in the ODI's

Faf's an all-rounder, bowls shitty leg spinners.
There's a couple of names in the T20 squad I don't know, so they could be keepers.

Since I tried to defend Mark Boucher, I had a look at a few Saffer keepers, and there's a few good young one's around...

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New Zealand v Zimbabwe
1st test
Napier

STUMPS DAY ONE

New Zealand 5/331
LRLP Taylor 111*
BB McCullum 83
MJ Guptill 51

Zimbabwe won the toss

[brod]

Forgive me Brod, normally I know my wicket keepers, but does that mean DeVilliers is keeping in both limited overs forms?

Pretty sure du Plessis is keeping in the ODI's

Faf's an all-rounder, bowls shitty leg spinners.
There's a couple of names in the T20 squad I don't know, so they could be keepers.

Since I tried to defend Mark Boucher, I had a look at a few Saffer keepers, and there's a few good young one's around...

Faf du Plessis is only a part time bowler
18 ODIs has bowled only 20 overs

I would say AB is the keeper for ODI/T20

[CoverKing]

AB is definitely the keeper in both the shorter forms. Why cant he keep in the longer form considering he is batting 5?

Would make a huge difference to the team balance thats for sure

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New Zealand v Zimbabwe
1st test
Napier

STUMPS DAY TWO

New Zealand 5/392
LRLP Taylor 122 (ret hurt)
BB McCullum 83
BJ Watling 52*
MJ Guptill 51

Played only 15.2 overs due to rain