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Cricket: Otago seamer Jacob Duffy in line for Black Caps debut 17 Dec, 2020 05:00 PM 3 minutes to read Jacob Duffy at Black Caps training. Photo / Photosport NZ Herald The New Zealand bowling stocks are set to get even deeper, with another promising paceman a chance to make his international debut tonight. Otago's Jacob Duffy is a chance to run out for the Black Caps in their opening Twenty20 match against Pakistan at Eden Park, with his opportunity coming after the New Zealand selectors opted to rest key seamers Tim Southee, Kyle Jamieson and Trent Boult for the first game of the three-match...

Duffy, who was born in Lumsden, progressed through the Southland age-group cricket system, played first XI cricket for Southland Boys’ High School, and lined up for the Metropolitan Cricket Club in Invercargill. Southland Cricket Association president Gerry Ward said he has followed Duffy’s progress from a primary schoolboy in Lumsden and was delighted to see him now get his opportunity with the Black Caps. “From a Southland Cricket Association point of view, it is great that young players can now see there is a pathway if you are persistent and work hard at,” Ward said. “He sti...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated with quotes from Wednesday's meeting as well as a statement from Board of Education intern Finley Edwards. The Cabarrus County Board of Education voted 5-2 at an emergency called meeting on Wednesday to move into fully remote learning starting Monday, Dec. 14. There is an end date set on the motion as the board hopes to bring students back to campus after Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 19. Effectively, students who are learning in a blended format right now will miss six days of on-campus learning. Students who are in Plan B currently went to sch...