In Search of more than Valliant
There was a sad predictability about how the White Ferns T20 World Championship hopes came to an end. Australia (they even claim exclusive ownership of the Southern Stars term) had[…]
Category: cricket
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Ben Wheeler’s 27th Birthday
Wheeler, in just his second match returning from spinal fusion surgery (the same operation that was performed on Shane Bond) achieved his best List A (domestic one-day) haul of four[…]
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The Sporting Week’s MTV Chart Toppers
By The Spotter It’s been a very eventful sporting week. Here is a top ten hit parade of all the goings on/highlights: @ 1: ‘Blinded by the Light’ (for ‘light’, read ‘buckets of moola’)- Manfred Mann’s[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 9 November
Now that Chelsea has changed its kit sponsor the All Blacks need to find other promotional activities leading up to a London test. Welcome the McLaren Technology Centre Tour. But[…]
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The Beginning of the Beginning
Bilateral ODI series are well known for being lacking in context, and another one of them starts in the UAE overnight. But this is different in that this marks the[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 2 November
It’s been one of those weeks when sport has been put into perspective. There is no justice when the one football club owner who was genuinely loved by his community[…]
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“I’m not embarrassed”
The Cricket Australia internal review is out and there are recommendations all over the show. 42 of them even. Arrogant, bullying and dictatorial. That’s the headline defining the review, but[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 26 October
Let’s get the photos you’ve possibly seen before out of the way. Pakistan and Australia playing for a T20 trophy that takes the biscuit. Or is it sandpaper? Jose’s argument[…]
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Plunket Shield Round 2
Round 2 of Plunket Shield is done, and now we wait until December, briefly, and then late February for it to resume. Two games finished within three days. Defending champions[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 19 October
At last, Australia’s Peter Norman is remembered in a mural in Melbourne. Anna Peterson making a statement on the new Auckland Hearts’ new training kit. Say what you like about[…]
