Bat Once and Bat Well
The two themes of the day were trying to work out how long to bat for set to the backdrop of a changing forecast for Wednesday, and marvelling at one[…]
Category: cricket
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Contrasting Expectations
The morning session was dominated by what is becoming a national obsession; Will Jeet Raval score a test century today? The SKY commentators were onto it in the first over,[…]
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The Annual Basin Reserve Sucker Punch
This seems to happen a lot. Teams rock up to the Basin Reserve, look at the green nature of the pitch and the captain (who is typically a batsman) gets[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 14 December
Not sure what the NSW Swifts are thinking with this promotional angle. But it’s not as bad as whatever Joe Parker is thinking. Aww. Will Somerville returning from the UAE[…]
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The Swinehound of a Sports Quiz 3
By The Spotter It’s the third edition of the ‘hound quiz, and it’s a bit of a ‘who?’ round. The first bordered on the obscure; the second seemed to be pitched about[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 7 December
The feel-good story of the year. The U17 Football Ferns winning the bronze medal at a FIFA World Cup. Their synchronisation was impressive throughout too. Mascot Watch. That’s Capybara –[…]
The Great Girls and the Year of the Teen
By The Spotter Uruguay. A country with a population equivalent to New Zealand’s in about 1982; pioneering host of the inaugural Football World Cup in 1930, and the second-ever repeat champion after[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 30 November
Shaun Johnson’s week / year / career in one photo. A football messiah arrives at Fulham. It takes skill for a photographer to portray Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold as a Hindu[…]
Hamish Bennett on Wellington making Ford Trophy final
Wellington has made the final of the Ford Trophy with a slightly nervy home win over Auckland at Eden Park Outer Oval. Captain Hamish Bennett talking about something called Finals[…]
