Sporting pictures of the Week :- 17 October
The Pakistani cricket team is off to the World T20 Champs. While the sock wearing memo seems to have confused, they sure got the one about how to cross legs.[…]
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Test Match Therapy: Those That Stopped a Nation 4
By Euan McCabe Pakistan at Dunedin, February 9-14, 1985 Pakistan 274 & 223 NZ 220 & 278/8 New Zealand won by 2 Wickets On a recent trip to Dunedin I[…]
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Test Match Therapy: Those That Stopped a Nation 3
By Euan McCabe: Part 3 of a 6 part series West Indies at Dunedin, February 8-13, 1980 West Indies 140 & 212 NZ 249 & 104/9 New Zealand won by[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 8 October
NRL Final corner. Aw shucks; thank you Benji. Wayne Bennet showing emotion. Play test cricket on the Gold Coast. Never rains there. Once again, Gritty gets it. Well, they say[…]
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Bad Sport: Fallen Idol
By Aiden McLaughlin On 11th October, it will be exactly 21 years since Hansie Cronje received a life ban from any involvement in cricket, from the United Cricket Board of[…]
Test Match Therapy: Those That Stopped a Nation 2
By Euan McCabe. Part 2 of a 6 part series India at Wellington, February 14-18, 2014 NZ 192 & 680/8 India 438 & 166/3 Match Drawn I remember the[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 26 September
Sometimes headlines write themselves. The European Ryder Cup team in an attempt to get some locals on their side, because it’s said they love their cheese in Wisconsin. Each badge[…]
Test Match Therapy: Those That Stopped a Nation
By Euan McCabe It’s drawing rather a long straw to suggest that any game of cricket has ever actually brought this country to a stop. But what else could I[…]
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An appreciation of Jack Phillipps
Sometimes it takes an outsider to tell a story about a prominent New Zealander. This is David Battersby’s 17th Monograph. He is a lifelong Glamorgan fan with an interest in[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 12 September
Maria Sakkari leaps in view of an oversized racket behind, during her US Open win over Bianca Andreescu. What a thoroughly bleak way for the England v India test series[…]
