Black Caps Black Book .../Diary - On To The Nek
Game one against Sri Lanka, we won. Yey.
Game one against Sri Lanka, we won. Yey.
7 ODI's is a lot of cricket against the same blokes and it resembles tournament cricket where everyone's watching, scheming, nutting you out.
We have a 15 man squadron ready for action, ready for World Cup domination or at least doing better than we have in recent times.
Test cricket, more importantly the Black Caps playing Test cricket. Just as we finish the warm up, getting in to the five day grind of watching the best form of cricket, it's all over
Honestly Kane, the Prince, I love you.
Will Young, whatever you eat won't be as good as a century.
Any time Kane Williamson is batting, you watch. It's a glorious thing seeing the Prince score runs, but today his leaves and defensive shots were equally as enjoyable to watch.
The Mystery Doctor's Domestic Cricket All Stars From Aotearoa will embark on a tour of Dingo-land, playing a few Test's (yeah we've got international Test status, what's up!?), a few ODI's and a few Twenty20 games.
Kumar Sangakkara's art is more commonly found in Test cricket than that of our skipper's style, it's the mastery of a Test cricket innings that ensures Sangakkara keeps rare company in the record books.
Watching the Big Bash and all the little situations that come about thanks to the Big Bash and Twenty20 cricket shows that this format is emphatically a snug fit in world cricket.
The green top almost tricked us, but after seeing a Sri Lankan side bowl well and a Black Caps side take 5 wickets in 25 overs, the green top struck.
I told you about Craig Cachopa, I told you.
The retirement of MS Dhoni is perfect. It was done in typical Dhoni style but it gives the Indians a small window to figure out how this Dhoni-less-Test-cricket thing is going to work.
Big Mitch get him some food asap! Just make sure it's paleo please.
Imagine, showing up for the first day of the first Test in New Zealand with the vivid colours of the blue skies and greenery catching the eye.
Here's the bats that have been used by the best willow wielders in the past few days.
As expected, Sri Lanka have proven to be much harder to dismiss in their 2nd dig but it's nothing worth get your knickers in a twist about.
It's usually the case that when an Asian side travels to Aotearoa, they struggle to come to grips with the change in conditions - as we do when we travel the opposite way.
The Plunket Shield is the bread and butter, but this Ford Trophy will be very interesting as it will give many a player an opportunity to make their case for the upcoming World Cup.
Well if you wanted the perfect start to the international cricketing summer in Aotearoa, you got it.