The opening day's play of the season is this Saturday and the XIs have been named for the Sporting Edge Premier Men and Championship Sabres sides.
There are 3 newcomers joining us for the opening round of Timed Cricket action. USA Under-19 A wicket-keeper/batter Saharsh Shwethan is the sole Premier debutant. The 18-year-old from North Carolina already has some experience 'down under' as he spent a season in Adelaide 2 years ago.
The Sabres welcome 19-year-old Marlborough rep seamer Nathan Brooke-Taylor into the fold as well as 21-year-old Englishman Alex Wood, a tall and aggressive opening batter who has travelled to New Zealand to follow Matthias Paltridge back to Saints after Matthias played for his Sheriff Hutton Bridge club in the Yorkshire North Premier League.
The Premier game will be live streamed at https://live.nvplay.com/play/ from 10.30am thanks to NV Play and our generous group of streaming sponsors.
Team Lists
(Premiership Caps for 1st XI only)
- Premiership Men v Burnside West University at Hagley 2
- Championship Sabres v Burnside West University at Burnside 1
| Caps | Premiership Men | Caps | Championship Sabres | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Alex Brown | 46 | Om Alva | |
| 30 | Ed Cochran | 63 | Laurie Atkinson | |
| 63 | Thomas Flavell | 31 | Toby Clemett | |
| 103 | Lachie Harper* | 43 | Boston Fielding* | |
| 19 | Robert McClean | 5 | Solomon Harcombe | |
| 22 | Thomas McClean | 5 | Leo Johnston | |
| 11 | Jed McKerrow | 29 | Jethro Moran | |
| 13 | Gaurav Navalkar | 47 | Ben Rapson | |
| 77 | Matthias Paltridge | * | Nathan Taylor | |
| * | Saharsh Shwethan | 13 | Oscar Taylor | |
| 94 | Ian Souness | * | Alex Wood |
