Sporting pictures of the Week :-21 March
Starting with a couple of renaissance style paintings. First of all that mad scramble at Hagley Oval; there’s a lot to take in there. And six nations rugby laid bare.[…]
Category: cricket
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Sri Lanka “PULL” themselves to defeat
By Rahul Patil New Zealand 1st innings 580/4 declared (Conway 78, Williamson 215, Nicholls 200*, Rajitha 2/126). Sri Lanka 1st innings 164 all out (Karunaratne 89, Henry 3/44, M Bracewell[…]
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Enforcing a Follow on
Less than three weeks ago New Zealand became only the fourth side to win a test match after being asked to follow on. “No team will ever enforce the follow[…]
Double Double Statchat
What a day. This was the first time two New Zealanders had scored double centuries in the same test innings, and the 18th time overall. When he reached 91 Kane[…]
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Shortened notes and Statchat
A reasonably uneventful first day’s cricket at the Basin with a delayed start due to one hell of a dumping overnight and into the morning which dried up surprisingly quickly[…]
Cricket polygamy
By Harbour Heather My name is Heather, and I’ve come to this safe space to talk about something that has been deeply troubling me. What do you do when you[…]
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The Close Ones
What an extraordinary last couple of weeks it has been for test cricket in New Zealand. Two absolute cliff-hangers with the margin being one run at The Basin, and two[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :-12 March
So much to unpick here. India and Australia’s Prime Ministers getting driven around the ground in Ahmendabad in a specially made thing before play commenced in the fourth test. […]
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Nonsensical
Ah Cricket. A sport where home advantage counts for more than most others. Pitch conditions, climate, and familiarity. Pig pen rubbish tips in India, the Duke ball in England, and[…]
NZ Test squad reselected
By Andrew Dunford New Zealand Cricket’s national selection panel has today re-selected the squad for the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka, in an attempt to better reflect the opinions[…]
