Black Clash T20 match

2021 edition: date and venue:

From what I've seen, the teams include (more names to be added):

Team Rugby:
Graham Henry - coach
Scott Robertson - team manager
Jordie Barrett
Israel Dagg
Andy Ellis
Will Jordan
Richie McCaw
Aaron Smith

Team Cricket:
Stephen Fleming - coach/player
Grant Elliott
Peter Fulton
Nathan McCullum
Craig McMillan
Kyle Mills
Jacob Oram
Daniel Vettori

Maybe Jordie is a better cricketer than winger ?

I’m only half joking when I say this

Stargazer

Final team lists:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKC468mMhUu/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKDo9ilMH15/

Godder

That got serious, the teams are a lot more relevant code than previous iterations.

MN5

@Godder said in Black Clash T20 match:

That got serious, the teams are a lot more relevant code than previous iterations.

What surprised me was how decent some of the Rugby guys are at cricket and how shit some of the cricket guys have become.....at cricket.

Might be amusing to have on in the background while doing something else.

Godder

@MN5 said in Black Clash T20 match:

@Godder said in Black Clash T20 match:

That got serious, the teams are a lot more relevant code than previous iterations.

What surprised me was how decent some of the Rugby guys are at cricket and how shit some of the cricket guys have become.....at cricket.

Might be amusing to have on in the background while doing something else.

My high school experience was that a lot of successful multi-code guys were cricket and a winter sport (rugby, football and hockey mostly), so with rugby being the money option down the track, I could easily see a lot of potential Jeff Wilsons out there who picked pro rugby in their teenage years but were only a nudge off professional cricket had T20 been an option at the time.

nzzp

@Godder said in Black Clash T20 match:

My high school experience was that a lot of successful multi-code guys were cricket and a winter sport (rugby, football and hockey mostly), so with rugby being the money option down the track, I could easily see a lot of potential Jeff Wilsons out there who picked pro rugby in their teenage years but were only a nudge off professional cricket had T20 been an option at the time.

Ironically, IPL and T20 leagues mean you can potentially earn more money for longer in cricket. It's remakrable how the economics have changed in the last 20 years

MN5

@Godder said in Black Clash T20 match:

@MN5 said in Black Clash T20 match:

@Godder said in Black Clash T20 match:

That got serious, the teams are a lot more relevant code than previous iterations.

What surprised me was how decent some of the Rugby guys are at cricket and how shit some of the cricket guys have become.....at cricket.

Might be amusing to have on in the background while doing something else.

My high school experience was that a lot of successful multi-code guys were cricket and a winter sport (rugby, football and hockey mostly), so with rugby being the money option down the track, I could easily see a lot of potential Jeff Wilsons out there who picked pro rugby in their teenage years but were only a nudge off professional cricket had T20 been an option at the time.

Yeah you could be right. As if to completely contradict my earlier point I think it's fair to say a lot of the cricket guys were probably playing down to the level of their rugby counterparts.

Case in point even Chris Martin could probably tonk me all over the park in BYC if he tried.

Godder

@MN5 said in Black Clash T20 match:

@Godder said in Black Clash T20 match:

@MN5 said in Black Clash T20 match:

@Godder said in Black Clash T20 match:

That got serious, the teams are a lot more relevant code than previous iterations.

What surprised me was how decent some of the Rugby guys are at cricket and how shit some of the cricket guys have become.....at cricket.

Might be amusing to have on in the background while doing something else.

My high school experience was that a lot of successful multi-code guys were cricket and a winter sport (rugby, football and hockey mostly), so with rugby being the money option down the track, I could easily see a lot of potential Jeff Wilsons out there who picked pro rugby in their teenage years but were only a nudge off professional cricket had T20 been an option at the time.

Yeah you could be right. As if to completely contradict my earlier point I think it's fair to say a lot of the cricket guys were probably playing down to the level of their rugby counterparts.

Case in point even Chris Martin could probably tonk me all over the park in BYC if he tried.

For anyone who remembers Mark Priest, he batted #10-11 for NZ, #8-9 for Canterbury and #4 for his club. Very much a case of even average players at international level are beasts in club cricket.

Godder

@nzzp said in Black Clash T20 match:

@Godder said in Black Clash T20 match:

My high school experience was that a lot of successful multi-code guys were cricket and a winter sport (rugby, football and hockey mostly), so with rugby being the money option down the track, I could easily see a lot of potential Jeff Wilsons out there who picked pro rugby in their teenage years but were only a nudge off professional cricket had T20 been an option at the time.

Ironically, IPL and T20 leagues mean you can potentially earn more money for longer in cricket. It's remakrable how the economics have changed in the last 20 years

Not to mention the central contracting system now exists, so they can get paid to play first class cricket which also wasn't really the case 20-30 years ago. We sometimes hate the BCCI, but their money basically makes professional cricket viable for a much larger pool of players.

Snowy

@Godder said in Black Clash T20 match:

@nzzp said in Black Clash T20 match:

@Godder said in Black Clash T20 match:

My high school experience was that a lot of successful multi-code guys were cricket and a winter sport (rugby, football and hockey mostly), so with rugby being the money option down the track, I could easily see a lot of potential Jeff Wilsons out there who picked pro rugby in their teenage years but were only a nudge off professional cricket had T20 been an option at the time.

Ironically, IPL and T20 leagues mean you can potentially earn more money for longer in cricket. It's remakrable how the economics have changed in the last 20 years

Not to mention the central contracting system now exists, so they can get paid to play first class cricket which also wasn't really the case 20-30 years ago. We sometimes hate the BCCI, but their money basically makes professional cricket viable for a much larger pool of players.

Yep, and likely the reason we have a decent cricket team in all forms. We can afford it because we aren't paying for it all. The guys have other income streams, BBL, IPL, CPL, etc.

The Silver Fern

Black Clash T20 match