Rance to sweat on swining India spot

Seth Rance was as "nervous as hell" before helping the Central Stags to their spectacular national Twenty20 competition final cricket win over Auckland in New Plymouth on Sunday and he reckons those nerves are going to stay with him for a while yet.
That's because the Stags have now qualified to represent New Zealand in the rich Champion's League Twenty20 tournament in India in October and the 15 players to make the trip are unlikely to be confirmed until much nearer the time.
On performances over the last few weeks Rance, 22, should be a shoo-in but the Greytown medium pacer understands the uncertainties involved in any selection process and isn't taking anything for granted.
"Obviously I'd be disappointed to be overlooked but at the same time you can't guarantee anything....there will be players who are unlucky and I just hope I'm not one of them.".
Rance said it was "mind boggling" to watch the Stags reach 206-6 when they batted with the 133-run partnership between former Wairarapa College first XI skipper, Black Cap Ross Taylor and Kieran Noema-Barnett something to behold. They put on 100 runs between the 12th and 17th overs with Taylor smashing 80 from 30 balls and Noema-Barnett coming up just one short of his half-century
"It all happened so quickly, all you could see was balls constantly disappearing over the boundary, "Rance said,. "Personally I've never seen clean hitting like it, it was phenonomal really".
Auckland started their reply in disastrous fashion, being 9-4 before eventually losing by 78 runs.Rance bowled his allowable four overs and while he was a trifle disappointed at going for over 30 runs-most of them in his last over- he did have two wickets to show for his efforts.
"I'd have liked to have been a bit more economical but they (Auckland) were in a position where they had to throw the bat and that can be tough on a bowler at times".
Rance, who is now in the Stags one-day line-up and is currently preparing for a match against Canterbury in New Plymouth tomorrow, hopes his recent success is seen by aspiring cricketers in smaller provinces like Wairarapa as evidence they can play at the top level without having to move to the bigger centres.
"I guess I've made that something of a personal crusade....... if you are good enough you should be able to make it no matter where you live," he said. "Wairarapa cricket has been great for me and it's nice to be giving something back."
Rance's committments with the Stags meant he was missing from the Wairarapa senior men's cricket team for their Hawke Cup elimination match with Manawatu at Queen Elizabeth Park oval in Masterton over the weekend, a game which ended in a draw after the second day's play was washed out.
Earlier Manawatu had recovered from a slow start to make 309 in their first innings with the pick of the Wairarapa bowlers being medium pacers Robin James, Dean Van Deventer and Dane Buchanan and spinner Steve Coleman.
The Wairarapa first innings saw Alex Treseder (1), Brock Price (7) and John Peters (12) dismissed before Sam Curtis (29 out out) steadied the ship, taking them to 62-3 at stumps on the first day.
Selector Mark Brown labelled Wairarapa's performance as an improvement on previous Hawke Cup matches this season, especially in the bowling department where they responded well to a call to bowl one side of the wicket and maintain a consistent length.
Brown said it was likely at least a couple of changes would be made to the Wairarapa squad for their last assignment of the season, the Chapple Cup limited-overs tournament in Wanganui in a fortnight's time.
"Different strategies are required there and that means looking at players who can be best implement what we will be trying to do".