Domestic Daily - That's An Ace Mate

December 30, 2014 Scott Miller

The Auckland Aces beat Canterbury by 7 wickets thanks to a very solid all round performance. The Aces bowled the Cantabs out for 199, with Mitch McClenaghan the pick of the bunch taking 4/39 off 9.3 overs while the rest of the Aces attack chipped in as well. Martin Guptill, Rob Nicol and Craig Cachopa all hit 50's to give the Aces a rather easy win.
The Northern Districts Knights only just managed stop the Central Districts Stags reaching a healthy 297 set by the Knights. 67 from Jono Hickey and 86 from Mitchell Santner helped the Knights put the Stags under scoreboard pressure but a century from George Worker ensured that the Stags had a sniff. Will Young helped the Stags along with 65 off 58 balls but late wickets from Jono Boult (3/64 off 10) and Mitchell Santner (2/39 off 10) won it for the Knights.
The Otago Volts set the Wellington Firebirds a very competitive 286 thanks to a timely century from Nathan McCullum who hit 119 off 109. Iain Robertson chipped in with 62 while Grant Elliot picked up 4 wickets to finish with 4/46 off his 10. The Firebirds toiled hard to end up with 270 thanks to James Franklin who hit 98 with Sam Well and McCullum picking up 3 wickets each.

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Big Mitch get him some food asap! Just make sure it's paleo please.
George Worker has become a bit of a domestic battler, first with Canterbury and now with the Stags but the attacking leftie got the Stags of to a great start. I reckon a nice steak with some mushroom sauce would be a scrumptious reward for the Worker.
With a cracking century, Nathan McCullum will have to wait until tomorrow to have a bowl of Coco Pops for brekky ... nah, you deserve the old Coco Pops for dinner mate!
Jimmy Franklin, mate hard luck for coming so close but sorry mate, I've only got a few lollies left.

Guppy backed up his first up hundy with 55 off 41 balls, not bad going for the most polarizing cricketer since Jesse Ryder. I like Guppy, so it's good to see him standing up.
Big Mitch faces stiff competition for a World Cup starting spot with the key for him being wickets. If he's taking wickets, he's going to be near the front of the pack.
Big few days for the McCullums, but Nathan needs to keep performing at a supreme level to keep Daniel Vettori out of the Black Caps best ODI 11. A century and 3 wickets? That's a pretty good effort.
It's awesome to see so many younger lads performing. This round we saw Will Young, Craig Cachopa and Mitch Santner all chip in and I'm sure we'll see a few more guys continue to impress.