Tim Seifert

And w- and particularly here in New Zealand, we've been exposed to it, haven't it, you know, we, haven't we? We've got, you know, half a dozen players off the top of my head, top Black Caps players, who are now not centrally contracted, who are playing, um, around the world, and then coming back in for these World Cup kind of, uh, periods.

You know, the likes of Finn Allen, Tim Seifert, Lockie Ferguson coming back into the one-day team now for the Black Caps, having not played for, you know, 18 months, two years, three years for the one-day team, um, because they've been off around the world earning money, and good on them too.

It's super efficient.

It's what they should be allowed to do.

We could still be.

Uh, one is that, uh, Finn Allen, uh, they've, they've essentially brought in a bunch of T20 players, like the Finn Allens, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Seifert.

We've been saying for a while- Can we, can we see what it might look like-

Mm-hmm

Those-- they're really attacking those powerplays.

Mm.

So can we see something similar from Finn, Allen, Tim Seifert in, in what they do? So it's, it's exciting.

We're only gonna get a couple of, a couple of games of that.

The Football Ferns were to have played the first game this morning, while the second was scheduled for Wednesday.

Finn Allen, Lockie Ferguson, Rachin Ravindra, and Tim Seifert are all back in the Blackcaps for an upcoming one-day series against India.

Allen and Ferguson last played an ODI in twenty twenty-three, while Seifert featured eighteen months ago in a home series against Pakistan.

Ravindra returns after being out with a shoulder injury, and that five-match series against India starts at Eden Park early next month.

Um, some other guy like Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, they don't really feel like first 11 ODI cricketers.

Uh, T- Fennell and Tim Seifert, they're only T20 cricketers.

So at best, I think we're dealing with Black Caps who are 1.5 format Black Caps.

So I'm never gonna be too stressed about guys who are playing one format and 1.5 formats for the Black Caps.

And if you're out of sight, out of mind in this state of the Black Caps and the depth we have in the Black Caps, that's a pretty tricky spot to be in.

Because you're, you've got to perform and you've got to be legit one of the best players kind of in the world, like Finn Allen, one of the best T20 openers in the world.

Tim Seifert, one of the best T20 openers and wicket keepers in the world.

So they cruise back into the Black Caps T20 team.

in November so I had a look it's in Mount Smart on November the 12th there so that'll be between the third and fourth ODI cricket games too because of course India is touring New Zealand there as well so I think it's quite nice they've got the football and the cricket happening at the same time too and then of course the second one will be the second game against India and the football will be in Christchurch on November the 15th indoors where it's very nice.

Staying with cricket, Michael Bracewell now joins Mark Chapman, Lockie Ferguson, Adam Milne, Finn Allen and Tim Seifert in opting out of a central contract with New Zealand Cricket, so he's going to go there for a casual one.

Bracewell is replaced with a full-time contract by the Wellington Firebirds captain Nick Kelly there too, so...

And NZC has gone, yes, but look, he's not with us full time in this, but he will remain available for selection for the upcoming five match T20 series.

Here it is.

Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Tim Robinson, Tim Seifert, and Lockie Ferguson all going over there.

You say Mark Chapman?

I said Mark Chapman, yep.

Yeah.

How dare you select Tim Seifert, who's... like 32 years old and he's one of the best team 20 batters in the world um but if you are thinking along those lines well you want bevan you want runs from bevan jacobs because bevan jacobs is scoring runs now i'll mention some names mark chapman's not playing anymore tim robinson's a young batter but i'm not worried about losing tim robinson to anything else If we've got Bevan Jacobs.

Bevan Jacobs is the man.

Bevan Jacobs is a legit all-format batting phenom for New Zealand.