Sporting pictures of the Week :- 7 February
Test cricket returns to Bangladesh for the first time in a year. They let one fan in, and it seems right it was this guy. In other Man Sitting Alone[…]
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Bruce Taylor’s Test Debut
By Andrew Dunford Bruce Taylor, who died in Lower Hutt yesterday at the age of 77, achieved a unique feat on his cricket Test debut in 1964/65. It seems reasonable[…]
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Looking Back: The 1983 Calcutta Cup
5th March 1983. Marvin Gaye is top of the New Zealand charts with ‘Sexual Healing’. Robert Muldoon is the Prime Minister. It’s Dan Carter’s first birthday. On the other side[…]
Test Cricket’s Neutrals Guide
At last test cricket is front of stage. Currently there are three fascinating test matches being played simultaneously in Asia. And, of course, in June New Zealand plays TBC at[…]
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Superbowl Preview: Sportsfreak Roundtable
By Ryan Nixon, Scott MacLean, Hamish Girvan and Stephen Gallagher The 2020 NFL season has been a unique one, thrown into disarray like much of the sporting world through the[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 30 January
At the end of each day of the Sri Lanka v England cricket test in Galle, a social game would pop up at the adjacent ground. You would expect that[…]
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That Was The Week That Was
Considering the Blackcaps and White Ferns haven’t played, it’s been quite the week for New Zealand Cricket and their partners. Last Friday a report out of Hawke’s Bay regarding[…]
Golden Summers
When Graeme Swann sealed a rare Ashes win at Lord’s in 2009 the celebration was given extra warmth by that fact that this was the first English fixture for over[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 23 January
The Goat at the end of his 100th test. Pat Cummins doing that recovery thing. Thoughts and prayers with Michael Vaughan; having to get up early to commentate a test[…]
The Anatomy of a Chase
Australia never loses at the Gabba / Gabbatoir No team ever scores over 200 in the 4th innings at the Gabba / Gabbatoir (Let’s not forget that Pakistan chase from[…]
