New team, same patterns
There had been a bit of angst from a different direction during the week, and that was that the much vaunted bowling line-up, while being impressive, had not taken enough[…]
Tagged: Cricket World Cup
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Mellow Yellow
The tendency for New Zealanders to get wound up by a cricket match at Westpac Stadium is really quite something. And when people get wound up they tend to lose[…]
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New Questions, more answers
The whole point of these ODI build-up matches is to give the side practice in certain match situations, test the depth of the squad, and try out the venues around[…]
The build-up hits Seddon
There was something a bit retro about picking a New Zealand ODI side with Vettori batting at number 5. But, being a build-up match it was all about preserving the[…]
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Thoughts from Hagley Oval
In some ways these Cricket World Cup games are not going to tell us everything, as various strategies are tinkered with. For example, would Corey Anderson have bowled at The[…]
Sporting Pictures of the Week :- 9 January
Here is an unusual picture. The drone is cool; ask any seagull you see. The Jane McGrath / Phil Hughes memorial test. This is taken at 0630 on the opening[…]
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That New Zealand CWC15 Squad
BLACKCAPS ICC Cricket World Cup Squad Brendon McCullum (captain) – Otago Volts Corey Anderson – Northern Knights Trent Boult – Northern Knights Grant Elliott – Wellington Firebirds Martin Guptill –[…]
Sporting Pictures of the week :- 7 November
This feature is a long-time admirer of Borussia Dortmund and, in particular, their fans. With the current rise in a particularly unpleasant side of Germany, they nail it. Respect. Ah,[…]
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World Cup 2015. Here we come
The naming of the 19 (yes 19) man squad to take on Ireland and Scotland would be the first indication of the make-up of next year’s World Cup squad. There[…]
