The New Zealand Cricket Academy has so far had 103 male cricketers pass through its doors. So far 88 of those have gone on to play first-class cricket, 29 have played international one day cricket and 24 have played test cricket. Here is a handy PDF which tells us exactly who has been at the Academy and what they achieved afterwards. Flick through and you will see quite a list of might-have-beens. Do you remember Mark Haslam? Greg Loveridge? If that is frustrating to think about, how do you think Dylan Wilson (the only player of the 1996 intake not to play first-class cricket) feels? But the list also contains players who have gone on to a very respectable level of success. Shane Bond, Daniel Vettori and Jacob Oram were all part of the 1997 intake. Wouldn't it be nice of some of these names from the class of 2005 become as familiar as those last three:
Todd Astle
Hamish Bennett
Carl Cachopa
Derek De Boorder
Jason Donnelly
Sean Eathorne
Martin Guptill
Mathew Harvie
William Somerville
Wednesday, 1 February 2006
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3 comments:
Is Todd Astle any relation to Nathan?
No relation. Here is a wee article on the young man if you are interested in knowing more:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/organisation/story.cfm?o_id=327&objectid=10330262
How many of these boys are SAfricans ... Cachopa, De Boorder? Any more?
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