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[VIDEOS] Mark Chapman: Future New Zealand star?

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ODI Debutant
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Ten cricketers have scored a century on ODI debut. The group is small and distinguished, including Desmond Haynes, Dennis Amiss, Andy Flower, Phillip Hughes and Martin Guptill. On November 16, Mark Chapman became the second-youngest to join their ranks, when he hit an unbeaten 124 for Hong Kong against UAE.

It is unlikely to be his last ODI hundred. Who he scores them for is perhaps more debatable.

Charlie Burke has spent over a decade coaching in Western Australia, the East Asia Pacific region and Hong Kong, where he has been involved, with the odd hiatus, since May 2010. He has seen three players "I would put my house on to play at the highest level - Test cricket".

The first is Mitchell Marsh. The second is Sam Whiteman, who is widely tipped to be Australia's next Test wicketkeeper. The third is Chapman. "These three are carbon copies of each other as young men. They are cheeky, hard-working, want to learn, passionate, and don't take the game too seriously, but on the field they are as competitive as you will see. Chappy will play for New Zealand if all goes his way."

Chapman is qualified to play for New Zealand because his dad is from there. He has lived in the country since he was 14, first attending boarding school and now studying at Auckland University. Yet he is at least as much a product of Hong Kong, where he was born and, after his dad took him to a junior training session at the Hong Kong Cricket Club, learned the game.

For the Hong Kong Cricket Association, Chapman is not merely a poster boy because of his precociousness. He is the only player in Hong Kong's squad with Chinese blood (his mother is Chinese), and the HKCA hopes Chapman can help grow the game in the Chinese community. Even if only for a match, they would like him to captain Hong Kong Dragons, the all-Chinese side that plays in the Sunday league.

Chapman does not regard his background as significant while playing for Hong Kong, but knows it could aid cricket's development there. "We're all out there for the same cause. Because I'm half-Chinese doesn't make me any different - if people want to see it that way then so be it," he says. "If it helps grow Chinese cricket, I'm very happy with that, but I don't see it as a critical factor."


An all-format player: Chapman can pull off the odd scoop over fine leg © ICC/Sportsfile
He has no doubt cricket can make it big among the Chinese population, in China and Hong Kong alike, provided the sport gains Olympics status. "It would be huge because Olympic sports get so much more funding in China and Hong Kong. We've been in and out of funding with the Hong Kong Sports Institute. Cricket becoming an Olympic sport would give it that extra push and get it extra funding," he says. "The Chinese people are very driven. As soon as you put that carrot in front of them they're definitely striving to achieve that goal."

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Chapman has been forced to grow up while playing international cricket. When he was 16, Burke successfully pushed for his inclusion for a World Cricket League Division Three tournament. "His maturity as a young man and as a cricketer stood out to me from the outset," says Burke. After an inauspicious start, Chapman clung on to his place for the final, against Papua New Guinea, and made a match-winning 70 not out an innings he still regards as his best.

Even a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee the following year, sustained while playing rugby in New Zealand, has not stifled his progress. At 21, he is already vice-captain and a gnarled veteran of five years of international cricket. "I definitely see myself as a senior player," he says,

Increasingly, he is playing like one too. Diminutively built, Chapman is imperturbable at the crease. His game is built upon finesse, playing the ball unusually late, caressing it into gaps, and harrying fielders with his running between the wickets. The players he most admirers are Kane Williamson and Kumar Sangakkara, a fellow left-hander. But Chapman can eschew orthodoxy to suit the T20 age. He shuffles brazenly around the crease and has a penchant for the dink over fine leg, and he is deceptively powerful when hitting the ball through the off side.

"I've batted around guys a lot but I've looked to take on a slightly more dominant role, not just anchoring and fiddling the ball around. I have to push on a little bit and also guide the guys along - especially the younger guys, I've got to help them and keep them calm in situations they may have never faced before." A 39-ball half-century during Hong Kong's recent T20 against a Pakistan XI provided further evidence that he is not easily overawed.


Chapman impressed against Afghanistan in the 2014 World T20, top-scoring after he was hit on the helmet © ICC
When Hong Kong played an England XI a few weeks earlier, Chapman was following the game from the library at Auckland University, cramming for the end of his third-year engineering exams. "It's not easy to be sitting halfway around a world looking at a computer screen but it's not something I can control." After completing his exams and flying 20 hours from New Zealand, Chapman arrived in Dubai two days before his ODI debut.

Just as well that self-reliance is a Chapman hallmark. "He is his own best personal coach," Burke observes. "He loved it when I introduced a team analyst, as it gave him more opportunities to develop, learn, observe and improve."

Outwardly laidback and with an impish streak - as a 17-year-old, he fired a toy rocket launcher at his coach, Burke - Chapman does not lack steeliness. During the last World T20, he was smashed on the grille by Afghanistan's Dawlat Zadran but remained at the crease and top-scored.

"Chappy has the ingredients I love in a young cricketer," Burke says. "He dreams of playing cricket but it's not the only focus. He loves life and what it has to offer, trains hard but also enjoys having a laugh, and expects and demands effort from everyone around him, including the coaching staff."

Such traits could be imbued in others in the Hong Kong set-up. While the side is brimming with talent, consistency has proved elusive: in the World T20 Qualifiers, Hong Kong beat Afghanistan and Ireland, with Chapman playing crucial innings in both games, but they also lost to Jersey and the United States.

"To be a professional cricketer you have to consistently be able to perform your skills," he says. "We haven't quite reached that level yet where we can consistently day-in-day-out perform our skills. Until we make that change and adjust to being true professionals, those sorts of inconsistent performances will happen. It's not ideal."


Charlie Burke (right): "He [Chapman] is his own best personal coach. He dreams of playing cricket but it's not the only focus. He loves life and what it has to offer" © HKCA
Since being awarded ODI status in January 2014, Hong Kong have gained funds to contract eight cricketers. Yet professionalism "doesn't just happen in an instant", as Chapman says. "There's also got to be a mental change - thinking this is what you're doing for a living. We've still got a little bit of work to do. I've seen the guys have responded really well to full-time cricket but a lot more work can still be done.

"Games like the England and Pakistan matches have been great for us - because we've had exposure against the Test nations, how they warm up, how they go about their business. Playing against true professionals is something we can't buy and something we learn so much from."

Even as he prepares for Hong Kong's second consecutive World T20, Chapman remains a part-time international cricketer who plays alongside studying for his degree. When he finishes at university next November, Chapman intends to put all his energy into cricket. The HKCA is in the process of reviewing their contracts, and plan to switch from their current deals, which are designed to allow players to do part-time work alongside, to genuinely professionals deals. "He will no doubt be offered one. It's up to him if he is interested," Burke says.

But Chapman's future is "more likely to be in New Zealand", he admits. He has trained extensively with the Auckland 2nd XI, working with former New Zealand allrounder Andre Adams. "He's very supportive of me playing for Hong Kong and getting the exposure internationally, and they're quite keen to have me in their Auckland system, which I'm delighted about.

"If you asked any cricketer what they wanted to play, nine out of ten would probably say Test cricket. That's still technically possible for Hong Kong with the Intercontinental Cup, but the chances probably aren't as great as me giving it a go in New Zealand - trying to make the Auckland side and then really putting up some numbers for them."

Hong Kong would be wise to enjoy Chapman while they can.
 
Mark Chapman performance watch

The new 23 year old Black Cap, he played a bit of international cricket for Hong Kong and is eligible to play for NZ because of his Kiwi father.

He's had a good start to his domestic career in NZ and has performed well at the international level for Hong Kong.

Hopefully he'll play the remaining games for us in the tri series, it's likely he'll come into the team in place of Tom Bruce as Kane is undroppable to the selectors.


That shot @ the 0.30 sec mark :stokes
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mark Chapman is ODI cap number #194 for the BLACKCAPS. He was presented his cap by Kane Williamson before the toss. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NZvENG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NZvENG</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZUkEQoDgq8">pic.twitter.com/ZUkEQoDgq8</a></p>— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) <a href="https://twitter.com/BLACKCAPS/status/968648183365615616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Got out for just 1 today, so not the ideal start he would have wanted at the highest level.
 
Has shown enough to be persisted with.

Nicols on the other hand..
 
Auckland score unlikely Plunket Shield victory over Northern Districts on penultimate ball


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Auckland Aces have pulled off one of the great domestic run chases on a dramatic and history-making day in the Plunket Shield.

The Aces have clung on for a one-wicket win - with just one ball to spare in the four-day match - over Northern Districts at Eden Park's Outer Oval on Wednesday.

Auckland began the day needing an unlikely 371 to win with 10 wickets in hand but a delayed start due to overnight rain, further rain delays reducing the day's play and an early flurry of wickets made for a disastrous start. And made an Aces victory the most unlikely of scenarios.

But a brilliant and brisk 205 run partnership for the sixth wicket between Mark Chapman and Ben Horne thrust the Aces back into winning contention after Black Caps Martin Guptill, Jeet Raval and Glenn Phillips all fell cheapl

Chapman's 146 helped create a unique first in 113 years of Plunket Shield cricket.

On a flat and batsman-friendly pitch, Northern Districts captain Joe Carter became the first batsman since Jesse Ryder (Saxton Oval in November 2017) to score a century in each innings of a Plunket Shield match.

Chapman joined Carter with his stunning second innings knock coming on the back of his 143 in Auckland's first turn at-bat.

It is the first time in the history of the Plunket Shield - the national first-class championship that began in 1906/07 - that two batsmen have achieved the feat in the same match.

But it will be Chapman who remembers the high-scoring match most fondly after a tight and tense finish.

Northern bowler James Baker, who took 2-55 in Auckland's first innings, ripped the heart out of Auckland's top order on Wednesday with four quick wickets to reduce the Aces to 4-72.

When Scott Kuggeleijn removed Sean Solia, Auckland was in all sorts of trouble at 5-108.

But his dismissal brought Horne in to join Chapman.

The pair blasted 205 runs in just 31.3 overs before Horne was dismissed for 107 from just 102 balls.

When Chapman went just a couple of overs later with 53 runs needed at almost a run a ball, an Auckland win again seemed unlikely.

Matt McEwan was the eighth wicket to fall when he made just 12 before he was caught and bowled by Kuggeleijn.

But Black Caps speedster Lockie Ferguson once again showed he is no mug with the bat.

Ferguson (19) and Louis Delport (24no) put on a 41 run partnership for the ninth wicket that seemed certain to guide Auckland to victory until Ish Sodhi removed Ferguson on the first ball of the last over of the day's play.

Number 11 Ben Lister survived one ball then hit a single to tie the scores before Delport - who nervously got through a dot ball - struck a four from the second to last ball of the match to hand the Aces the victory.

Auckland captain Robbie O'Donnell set up the victory when he declared at 351-5 despite being 87 rounds behind Northern's first innings score on day three. He was then backed up by his bowlers who removed Northern Districts for 283 in just 74 overs on day three.

Auckland's win lifts them from fifth up to second on the Plunket Shield ladder, with Northern remaining at the bottom of the table.

The Wellington Firebirds sit on top of the Plunket Shield ladder with three rounds remaining after wrapping up a nine-wicket win over the Central Stags at the Basin Reserve on Tuesday.

Otago also wrapped up a 62 run victory over Canterbury at Queen's Park in Invercargill on Tuesday.

At Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland: Northern Districts 438 all out and 283 all out lost to Auckland Aces 351-5 dec and 374-9 (Mark Chapman 146, Ben Horne 107, Louis Delport 24 not out; James Baker 4-83, Scott Kuggeleijn 4-91).

Plunket Shield points table: Wellington Firebirds 65, Auckland Aces 52, Central Stags 52, Canterbury 40, Otago Volts 37, Northern Districts 24.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/crick...y-over-northern-districts-on-penultimate-ball
 
Auckland score unlikely Plunket Shield victory over Northern Districts on penultimate ball


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Auckland Aces have pulled off one of the great domestic run chases on a dramatic and history-making day in the Plunket Shield.

The Aces have clung on for a one-wicket win - with just one ball to spare in the four-day match - over Northern Districts at Eden Park's Outer Oval on Wednesday.

Auckland began the day needing an unlikely 371 to win with 10 wickets in hand but a delayed start due to overnight rain, further rain delays reducing the day's play and an early flurry of wickets made for a disastrous start. And made an Aces victory the most unlikely of scenarios.

But a brilliant and brisk 205 run partnership for the sixth wicket between Mark Chapman and Ben Horne thrust the Aces back into winning contention after Black Caps Martin Guptill, Jeet Raval and Glenn Phillips all fell cheapl

Chapman's 146 helped create a unique first in 113 years of Plunket Shield cricket.

On a flat and batsman-friendly pitch, Northern Districts captain Joe Carter became the first batsman since Jesse Ryder (Saxton Oval in November 2017) to score a century in each innings of a Plunket Shield match.

Chapman joined Carter with his stunning second innings knock coming on the back of his 143 in Auckland's first turn at-bat.

It is the first time in the history of the Plunket Shield - the national first-class championship that began in 1906/07 - that two batsmen have achieved the feat in the same match.

But it will be Chapman who remembers the high-scoring match most fondly after a tight and tense finish.

Northern bowler James Baker, who took 2-55 in Auckland's first innings, ripped the heart out of Auckland's top order on Wednesday with four quick wickets to reduce the Aces to 4-72.

When Scott Kuggeleijn removed Sean Solia, Auckland was in all sorts of trouble at 5-108.

But his dismissal brought Horne in to join Chapman.

The pair blasted 205 runs in just 31.3 overs before Horne was dismissed for 107 from just 102 balls.

When Chapman went just a couple of overs later with 53 runs needed at almost a run a ball, an Auckland win again seemed unlikely.

Matt McEwan was the eighth wicket to fall when he made just 12 before he was caught and bowled by Kuggeleijn.

But Black Caps speedster Lockie Ferguson once again showed he is no mug with the bat.

Ferguson (19) and Louis Delport (24no) put on a 41 run partnership for the ninth wicket that seemed certain to guide Auckland to victory until Ish Sodhi removed Ferguson on the first ball of the last over of the day's play.

Number 11 Ben Lister survived one ball then hit a single to tie the scores before Delport - who nervously got through a dot ball - struck a four from the second to last ball of the match to hand the Aces the victory.

Auckland captain Robbie O'Donnell set up the victory when he declared at 351-5 despite being 87 rounds behind Northern's first innings score on day three. He was then backed up by his bowlers who removed Northern Districts for 283 in just 74 overs on day three.

Auckland's win lifts them from fifth up to second on the Plunket Shield ladder, with Northern remaining at the bottom of the table.

The Wellington Firebirds sit on top of the Plunket Shield ladder with three rounds remaining after wrapping up a nine-wicket win over the Central Stags at the Basin Reserve on Tuesday.

Otago also wrapped up a 62 run victory over Canterbury at Queen's Park in Invercargill on Tuesday.

At Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland: Northern Districts 438 all out and 283 all out lost to Auckland Aces 351-5 dec and 374-9 (Mark Chapman 146, Ben Horne 107, Louis Delport 24 not out; James Baker 4-83, Scott Kuggeleijn 4-91).

Plunket Shield points table: Wellington Firebirds 65, Auckland Aces 52, Central Stags 52, Canterbury 40, Otago Volts 37, Northern Districts 24.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/crick...y-over-northern-districts-on-penultimate-ball

I watched Rachin Ravindra in a practice match against India A,he looked good,what do you think about him,will he able to join the squad in future.
 
I watched Rachin Ravindra in a practice match against India A,he looked good,what do you think about him,will he able to join the squad in future.
Black Cap in waiting and will probably get called up in a year or two given he continues to improve.

Young, Chapman and Rachin are the future of NZ's batting.

Unfortunately Young and Chapman are in their mid 20s already and haven't had many chances due to Kane and Taylor at 3 and 4.
 
Brilliant throughout this series.

I cannot believe he is not in the ODI squad against Pakistan.
 
Seems to be a lot better in the SC.

Should be definitely given a shot for a lower order WC spot but he doesn't seem to be on the selectors radar for the WC.
 
I'd be surprised if he's not picked up in the IPL because he's available and not picked for the ODIs.
 
He is a brilliant player. At 28, he is entering his peak phase and New Zealand should make him their permanent 3 in white ball cricket. Williamson needs to retire from white ball.
 
A lot of players have enjoyed success against Pakistan's over rated bowling attack. Lets see if he can replicate his success against attacks which actually matter and don't wet themselves under assault.
 
[VIDEOS] Mark Chapman - Talented New Zealand batter

Player of the Match (5th T20I vs Pakistan) and Player of the series (T20I vs Pakistan)

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Mark Chapman looks like a batter custom made for white-ball cricket

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Highlights of his match-winning 104*(57) vs Pakistan in the 5th T20I

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ODI average of 52.

He’s going to enjoy these 5 upcoming matches. Pakistan’s only hope is Chapman is suddenly picked up in the IPL
 
Was a very good player for Hong Kong a few years ago, good to see him making it at the very top
 
He has now been added to the ODI squad for the series against Pakistan

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Mark Chapman has been added to the BLACKCAPS ODI squad for the five-game series against Pakistan which starts in Rawalpindi on Thursday.

Head coach Gary Stead said Chapman’s performances throughout the T20 series have been extremely compelling.

“The way Mark’s played against one of the best T20 bowling attacks in the world has been nothing short of outstanding.

“His match-winning knock in the fifth and deciding match was particularly special and we’re happy to have someone in such strong form added to our ODI squad.”

Chapman’s total runs tally of 290 is the most by any player in a five-game T20I series.
 
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April 25 (Reuters) - Mark Chapman's red-hot Twenty20 form in Pakistan has revived the New Zealand batter's One-Day International career in a World Cup year but the 28-year-old is taking nothing for granted.

Initially selected only for the T20 leg of the Black Caps' tour, Chapman had checked out of his hotel room in Rawalpindi and was preparing to leave for home after helping his team draw the series 2-2 on Monday.

Then came the news he was staying on for the five-match ODI series starting in Rawalpindi on Thursday.

"I had to check back into my room," Chapman, who made his international debut for Hong Kong in 2014 before moving to New Zealand, said. "I already had paid my bill and checked out.

"I got back here, had to get another room key ... Same room, thankfully. So, it feels like home."

Chapman was dismissed only once in five innings and racked up 290 runs - a record tally for a five-match T20 series - and was named Player of the Series.

The middle-order batter smashed 104 off 57 balls on Monday to secure New Zealand's six-wicket win in the final match, a knock which head coach Gary Stead called "special".

New Zealand are touring without regular skipper Kane Williamson, who is sidelined with a knee injury sustained in the Indian Premier League, while several others are busy honouring franchise commitments in that tournament.

Chapman played the last of his seven ODIs against Scotland in July last year.

Sustaining the prolific run against Pakistan's formidable attack would boost his selection chances for the one-day World Cup in India later this year but Chapman is not thinking that far ahead.

"To be honest, I haven't really thought too much about that," he said.

"We've got a five-match one day series ahead of us. That's our primary focus at the moment."
 
The big mover on the latest rankings for T20I batters was New Zealand dasher Mark Chapman, who moved up 45 places to career-best 35th overall, following his match-winning century in that final game of the series in Rawalpindi.
 
Man… this guy looked bang average in the t20 series in NZ last year pre WC and p average in the WC itself.

Yet another player transformed into a beast eventually by playing against Pak :afridi
 
Man… this guy looked bang average in the t20 series in NZ last year pre WC and p average in the WC itself.

Yet another player transformed into a beast eventually by playing against Pak :afridi

He got out once in the 5 matches against Pakistan’s full strength bowling
 
He was dropped.

Let's see what Mickey and gang plan for him in the ODIs.

Yes but he probably should have smashed that for six too

Unless the plan was to get him out on a full toss?
 
50 now - and more than likely leading them to a memorable win.
 
T20 sensation Mark Chapman leads the way among overseas players with the highest strike rate in Pakistan.

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Mark Chapman, the danger man from New Zealand against Pakistan. Can he mull the Pakistan bowling again today?
 
Mark Chapman leads New Zealand's fightback in Pallekele with a fluent fifty 76(81) in 2nd ODI against Sri Lanka
 
Another utility player... good addition.

Mark Chapman has signed up for the HBL PSL Season 10 Draft
 
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