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> > Hamish Barton of Auckland will be playing his cricket for canterbury
> > next  season. I have that on good Authority.

> *sigh*

> --
> Garyth  [who lives in Auckland]

> NZ: Super Max 8's Champions!!!!!!

> Yup. My *sigh* was more of a comment on the fact that the loss of
> someone like Barton actually deserves a comment, regarding the strength
> of the Auckland team. Oh well, I'll have to make do with Brooke Walker
> getting 10wickets a game to cheer me up this summer.

> It's a
> bit scary if the loss of someone of Barton's modest achievements is a
> problem.

> > Yup. My *sigh* was more of a comment on the fact that the loss of
> > someone like Barton actually deserves a comment, regarding the
> strength
> > of the Auckland team. Oh well, I'll have to make do with Brooke
> Walker
> > getting 10wickets a game to cheer me up this summer.

> I'm also looking forward to seeing how young Walker does this season.
> From what I heard on the radio he can bowl a leg-break and a
> couple of kinds of zooter (whatever that means) but not a flipper. I'm

> not sure if he can bowl a googly. I left NZ half way through
> the shell trophy season and from what I've seen from the
> scoreboards on cricinfo when Pocock took over as captain Walker
> didn't seem to get a whole lot of bowling. Leg-spinners are
> difficult to captain because they need different fields and they
> tend to go for lots of runs. It appeared that Pocock was
> being conservative which won't help Walker's progress. Was
> that the case?