Birmingham to Palmy, it's the Navin path.

The Niche Cache Cricket Crew has batsmen, three of them to be exact and I'm eager to see them in action. Have a geeze and what I thought about those batsmen here, as it's time to trundle to the crease and drop the bowling group of the NCCC. Again, this group has youth on its side and each member of the bowling group intrigues me for a different reason.

Keep in mind, as you should/did when looking at the batting group of the NCCC that I've narrowed it down to just three bowlers. There's many more bowlers out there in domestic cricket who are worthy of such great honours, these three just interest me and I can't stress enough that any difference in our opinions regarding this matter is absolutely fantastic. That there are more than three bowlers who interest cricket fans around Aotearoa, who aren't already in the New Zealand Cricket contracted group, simply shows the depth of kiwi cricket.

Ponder to yourself which bowlers you'd have in your group. Check their stats, think of what intrigues you about those bowlers and then kick ya feet back and toast to kiwi cricketing depth.

First up we have Cantabrian Edward Nuttall, commonly known as Ed, Ed Nuttall. We were robbed of seeing Nuttall feature heavily in the Plunket Shield as he only played two games last season, however in those two games, Nuttall took 11 wickets at an average of 18.36 and while it's from a very small sample size, Nuttall's average was actually the best of any bowler to take over 10 wickets last season.

A lefty, similar to Trent Boult with his classic swing into a right-hander's pads, Nuttall is probably behind a lad like Ben Wheeler from Central Districts in the BLACKCAPS lefty depth-chart. Only 22-years-old, the future looks to be pretty dam bright for Nuttall and he was even more impressive in the Ford Trophy last season where he played 10 games and took 18 wickets at an average of 18.66 (2nd to Seth Rance's freakish season in which he took 19 wickets at an average of 13.78).

Nuttall averaged 18 with the ball in Plunket Shield and Ford Trophy cricket. He's been playing FC cricket since the 2011/12 season and he enjoyed a breakout season in 2014/15 when he took 21 wickets at 22.42. The wickets are obviously of great interest to me, which stems from the natural swing in the air that Nuttall enjoys. There's a rawness that has me interested in what Nuttall could produce with some fine-tuning and as we've all seen how beneficial a left-arm swing bowler is, there's plenty for Nuttall to aim for.

Scott Kuggeleijn is an easy choice for me as he was the leading wicket-taker of non-spinners in the Plunket Shield last season. At 24yrs, Kuggeleijn has taken at least 20 wickets in all five of his kiwi summers in the Plunket Shield and last season was definitely his best, with 38 wickets at an average of 25.81.

I want to see Kuggeleijn up close and personal, maybe even jump in a net and face him to see if he scares me. That's what I'm looking for with Kuggeleijn as while I'm definitely no FC batsman, from what I've seen with Kuggeleijn, he is a skiddy customer that can hurry a batsman up. I'm not saying that Kuggeleijn is express pace, he's no Adam Milne or anything but he's clearly run through domestic batsman last season and I just want to pin-point what it is about Kuggeleijn that saw him explode with wickets.

There's also a FC average of 31.12 with the willow, two centuries and 11 half-centuries so there's some batting in him as well. Up until last season, Kuggeleijn was a solid domestic cricketer and he broke the shackles last season, are there greater heights awaiting Kuggeleijn? That's what we're looking for.

My last pick is a bit of a wildcard, someone who I wasn't on my radar before last season but after making his debut with CD this season definitely caught the eye. Navin Patel is 21yrs and offers some right-arm swing, he took 27 wickets last season in six Plunket Shield games at an average of of 27.55. The funk with Patel lies in the fact that the only played six games, while he was ranked 10th in wickets last season, everyone ahead of him played more games than him so we can guess that if he had featured in more games, he would have taken over 30 wickets.

There's the way in which Patel burst on to the domestic scene with only spinner Ajaz Patel taking more wickets for CD than Navin. Then there's the way in which Patel bowls, offering up some lovely swing away from the right-hander and if you're a smart cookie, you'd note the trend here; I love swing. Nuttall swings it, so does Patel and I want to see if Patel bowls quick enough to trouble better batsmen and if he's able to alter his line and length if the ball isn't swinging.

We haven't seen much of Patel, so the need to see him bowl over after over of consistent, probing medium pace will be crucial. Pace isn't everything, I just want to know if Patel has the tricks up his sleeve to pose a threat regardless of whether it's swinging/nibbling around. Most notably though, I just want to see Patel bowl as much as I can.

I like that group; left-arm and right-arm swing plus the hustling Kuggeleijn. Both Nuttall and Patel have shown glimpses of what they can do, now it's up to them to show that they can build on that and dominate domestic cricket. As for Kuggeleijn, we've gotta see if there's potential there for him to step into international cricket as he's shown that he can do a job at domestic level but does he have the skills to trouble batsmen who love that little bit of extra pace and bounce.

Full NCCC: Will Young, Bharat Popli, Ben Smith, Ed Nuttall, Scott Kuggeleijn and Navin Patel.