When it comes to deciding what to do in our free time, there’s plenty of choice. For some, a stroll on the beach or reading a book can be exactly[…]
Monthly Archive: December 2020
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Four Things from Day Four
Two tests at the Bay Oval and it looks like both are going to go deep into the fifth day. Blundell Day This is a busy time of the year[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 24 December
A scoreboard for the ages. See what the ICC did there? People love a good ski jumping photo. Engleberg, Switzerland. The slightly depressing story of Charlie Woods; child prodigy with[…]
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Sir Bob Charles: The Biography
By Aiden McLaughlin ‘Bob is one of the finest gentlemen I have had the privilege of knowing. He has been a phenomenal ambassador for New Zealand and for the game[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 18 December
Where to start with this. Apparently this is how Steve Smith relaxes before a test series. Noting there is nowhere for the coffee to sit. It’s the uncosiest chaise you[…]
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Beaudy: Skills, drills & the path to the top
By Aiden McLaughlin Beauden Barrett’s new book isn’t the typical sports autobiography that you might expect in the buildup to Christmas. Teaming up with Rikki Swannell, ‘Beaudy: Skills, drills & the[…]
The Bannerman Number
By Scott MacLean Most sports nuts have a random statistic or factoid that amuses them and can rely on for conversation and pub quizzes alike. Likewise when it comes to[…]
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The Doctor, the Author and cricket
Yesterday I was privileged to be in a project to help explain cricket to a couple of recent Aotearoa immigrants from the US. Dr. Judy Melinek is a forensic pathologist[…]
That BLACKCAPS Healthcheck
It is such a kiwi thing to look back at this test series and say Well the west Indies weren’t very good, were they? While this was not the strongest[…]
