Bay relish CD trio's inclusion

Central Districts Stags' loss is definitely Hawke's Bay senior men's gain.
Coach Lincoln Doull and his captain, James de Terte, know that and so does anyone else worth their salt in the cricketing circles.
What would have been priceless from the Bay perspective today is having some inside knowledge on Wairarapa.
Neither De Terte nor Doull know much about the visitors except that last season's CD bowling sensation, Seth Rance, was a timely inclusion for last night's Twenty20 opener in Hamilton.
Doull said: "We know absolutely nothing except that they come from Masterton."
However, it's scant consolation for first-class Cornwall Cricket Club trio Brad Patton, Mitchell McClenaghan and Carl Cachopa found themselves surplus to requirements for the start to the Twenty20 HRV Cup campaign, which began last night in Hamilton.
"They are obviously disappointed for whatever all their reasons are but they are now champing at the bit to play for Hawke's Bay," Doull said as the Bay men host Wairarapa in the second round of the two-day Hawke Cup competition at Nelson Park, Napier, from today.
After the battle for minor union supremacy in the country, the teams will then play in the one-day Chapple Cup in the build-up for bragging rights in the district on Sunday.
De Terte, who made up the the numbers for the CD trials on Monday and Tuesday, said batsman Patton, left-arm paceman McClenaghan and allrounder Cachopa were quality players to inject more firepower in a potent line-up.
The Bay's victory over Horowhenua-Kapiti last weekend here secured eight points, putting the hosts alongside Taranaki who scored similarly in the first round with a first-innings win over Wanganui the previous weekend.
Wairarapa could only manage a draw in the opening round against Manawatu due to bad light and inclement weather.
The Bay face one other round before Christmas, away to Manawatu on December 17-19, and resume the series at home against Wanganui on January 14-16. The final round is away to Taranaki on February 11-13.
While Horowhenua played better than anticipated last weekend compared to previous seasons, De Terte felt his troops came away with some good things plus the all-important points.
"We got into two-day cricket again ... but Wairarapa will be a step up from the weekend," the Taradale premier club player.
Doull felt Horowhenua showed a bit of resolve and guts to make the Bay work much harder to get a result.
"You could say we didn't play our best cricket while they played as good as they can."
Doull said Wairarapa picked the cream of their side from their premier clubs so consequently the Bay needed to respect that.
In the Bay 13-man squad, Cornwall batsman Michael Taiaroa, after a remarkable fourth century this season, will only play in the two-day match but is unavailable for Sunday's one-dayer.
Taiaroa, who is trying to impress Ireland selectors in a bid to play for his mother's country of birth in the World Cup in the subcontinent early next year, was approached to play in the CD T20 trials but turned that down.
Doull said he had spoken to several premier club batsmen to show their mettle this Saturday for a call up on Sunday for the Bay in the middle order.
While he declined to name those players, former Bay representatives such as Craig Findlay, Josh Rurawhe, Jacob Smith and Luke Wright must be in that equation.
Central Hawke's Bay/Dannevirke allrounder Todd Astill is believed to be unavailable due to family reasons.
"They know who they are. They have had a slow start to their season with a couple of runs on the board but they need to show they want the spot and deserve it," Doull said.
He intends to rest some of his pacemen, such as Stevie Smidt and Seb Logan, to inject a marginally slower Liam Rukuwai, who is frugal when he finds a tight line.
Bowler Kurt Richards withdrew today due to an ill grandmother in Wellington for surgery.
It was drizzling this morning.
"The spirit in the team is great," said Doull, who wants this weekend's performance to set the tone for Manawatu.