Australia's cricketers (and rugby league players) are pushing back against the authority, resulting in a lockout. Could the same happen with Aotearoa's cricketers and the national body next year?
This is boxing, it doesn’t matter how well you win a round; unless you get that knockdown it’s still 10-9 on the scorecard. Ultimately, unfair though it may have been, that’s why Manny Pacquiao lost his belt.
Amelia Kerr took a couple wickets and Suzie Bates hit a half-century in her 100th ODI, but those Aussies were too good for Aotearoa. The White Ferns keep on building though...
Guess who hit another half-century? Lord Jeetz! And we're also loving the Pakistani cuzzie Mohammad Amir as he takes over from Neil Wagner at Essex.
White Ferns skipper Suzie Bates went to the Olympics to represent Aotearoa in basketball and then came back to cricket. She's dominated the cricketing world ever since and it rather sensational fashion.
Jeetan Patel made his return to represent Aotearoa, with the aim of adding his English experience to the Blackcaps' Champions Trophy campaign. He didn't play a Champions Trophy game though.
Joseph Parker and his team probably hoped they’d washed their hands of Hughie Fury after their initial fight fell apart but pretty soon after beating Razvan Cojanu it became clear that they hadn’t.
Aotearoa's White Ferns dominated Sri Lanka in their opening Women's World Cup game, sending a message to their opponents that they have heard about the Niche Cache making Aotearoa the favourites.
Jeetan Patel cracked a 70-odd, Neil Wagner still dominates and James Franklin? Well, James Franklin is the slickest skipper in world cricket.
Despite a pregnancy-induced hiatus for Queen Val, the kiwi Diamond League contingent has actually grown without its long-time pioneer. Tom Walsh is back to defend his crown and he’s been joined by Olympic bronze medallist Eliza McCartney.
Aotearoa's White Ferns are the best cricket team in the world and they are going to win the Women's World Cup. Embrace the vision and get the low-down as the Ferns gear up for their opening game vs Sri Lanka this weekend.
After laying down the situation facing Aotearoa cricket, we make a few changes to the Blackcaps Test and ODI teams. You know that Ross Taylor's gonna be there and he'll play a key role in taking this group forward.
The Champions Trophy wasn't rock-bottom, it was the culmination of a summer that was nothing but madness. So where to now for the Blackcaps?
Kieran Noema-Barnett opened the bowling, Matt Quinn had a niggly back spasm and James Franklin went back to back with crappy scores. Welcome to the Kiwi County Tour!
Would Colin de Grandhomme have done worse? Would Jeetan Patel have offered something? Do we need to rethink the all-rounder situation? Is this all too many questions for an excerpt?
There’s always a bit of debate with national team selections, it’s all part of the fun. But the Blackcaps over the last twelve months or so it feels like everyone’s had something to moan about.
Playing with a new partner (but old mate) on his least favourite surface, New Zealand's Michael Venus just won the French Open Mens' Doubles tournament. This is as brilliant as it is unprecedented.
One Blackcap was fantastic, Ross Taylor, Tim Southee and Trent Boult were solid, Guppy was out of form and the rest is a culmination of a terrible lack of clarity and planning.
The Blackcaps gotta beat Bangladesh and every team's rollin' out a different set of all-rounders. Aotearoa just needs one all-rounder to stand up and say "yo I'm the mantis, y'all suck".
James Franklin was a lonely figure on the Kiwi County Tour, he's among the best all-rounders in County cricket though so no dramas. And could Lord Jeetz have a young gun waiting to clip his wings at Warwickshire?