Cricket: Ten Doeschate returns for Champions League qualifier

Ryan ten Doeschate
Ryan ten Doeschate
The good news is Otago's prospects in tonight's Champions League qualifier against the Kandurata Maroons has improved with the arrival of Dutch international Ryan ten Doeschate.

The bad news is Volts coach Vaughn Johnson has to make a tough call about who to leave out of the starting XI.

Otago was impressive in its eight-wicket win against the Faisalabad Wolves in game one last night. Brendon McCullum whacked an undefeated 83. The seam attack of James McMillan, Ian Butler and James Neesham picked up two wickets apiece in a disciplined effort with the ball.

Ten Doeschate was in devastating form for Otago during the the HRV Cup, scoring 401 runs at an average of 50.12. He will play unless bad luck strikes before the toss.

With Otago playing so well, no-one deserves to miss out but the unlucky player probably shapes as Aaron Redmond.

He is one of only three players in the Otago team to score a twenty20 hundred and can be devastating on his day.

Neil Broom is an obvious candidate but seems to enjoy the faith of Johnson and McCullum.

Broom has been in good touch on the tour but is a notoriously slow started and nicked out second ball last night.

Nathan McCullum failed to enhance his reputation with a poor bowling performance, but he is an experienced and proven performer who is capable of winning matches with the ball and bat.

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