#KiwiWBBL03 Tahi: Suzie and Sophie Show
Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine dominated the opening weekend of WBBL03, while the rest of the kiwis kicked back.
Domestic Cricket Daily: Ford Trophy #3 (Mark Chapman's Aiiiite)
Mark Chapman hit a century for Auckland Aces and his steady 2017 domestic cricket season continues to roll out, plus Dane Cleaver hit his first funky Ford Trophy score of the summer.
Domestic Cricket Daily: Ford Trophy #2 (Time For Adam Milne To Dominate)
Adam Milne took a few wickets in his first Ford Trophy game of the season for Central Districts, setting up a swash-bucklin' battle between him and Lockie Ferguson.
Domestic Cricket Daily: Ford Trophy #2 (The Emerging Shawn Hicks)
Shawn Hicks took Jimmy Neesham's #3 batting spot for Otago Volts and led the Volts to victory over Wellington Firebirds. Oh, and Neil Wagner's not Aotearoa's best Test bowler.
#KiwiWBBL03 Preview
Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates will team up together for Adelaide Strikers, Amy Satterthwaite's linking up with Lea Tahuhu for Melbourne Renegades and we've got a few more kiwi cricketers sprinkled throughout WBBL03.
Domestic Cricket Daily: Women's One-Day Competition #2
Maddy Green and Holly Huddleston have been dominating the Women's One-Day Competition, unfortunately we hit pause after two rounds which is a bit downbuzz.
An Appreciation Of Neil Wagner, New Zealand’s Best Test Bowler
It’s still an illogical fact about Neil Wagner’s international career that he’s never played an ODI or T20 for the Blackcaps. His international resume consists entirely of his efforts with the red ball - and effort definitely feels like an appropriate word.
Domestic Cricket Daily: Ford Trophy #1 (Otago Volts Openers Fire Emoji)
Hamish Rutherford and Rob Nicol were too slick for Canterbury, after wrapping up two very different Plunket Shield campaigns. Plus a cheeky squiz and which batsman could break out during the Ford Trophy.
Domestic Cricket Daily: Ford Trophy #1 (Dem Spinnerz)
Ish Sodhi and Todd Astle have been re-united with their leg-spinning nemesis Tarun Nethula in the Ford Trophy, meaning we've got the full gang of kiwi spinnerz on deck.
Dometic Cricket Daily: Ford Trophy #1
The Ford Trophy is underway and before going any further, let's set the scene with how the teams lined up and which players were injected into limited-overs cricket.
Domestic Cricket Daily: Fuckin' Stoked Bro
Aotearoa's favourite ranga Ben Stokes is back to play some cricket for Canterbury in the Ford Trophy. They kinda need his all-round cricketing brilliance.
Kiwi County Tour: Jeetan Patel Named Warwickshire Bears Captain
Jeetan Patel has been named captain of Warwickshire Bears and will lead Warwickshire into a new era as they switch things up, hoping to get back into County Championship Division One.
Domestic Cricket Daily: Keeping Up With Da Wicket-Keeperz
Tim Seifert and Dane Cleaver have been in rampant run-scoring form throughout the first stanza of Plunket Shield cricket, while Cameron Fletcher and Ben Horne have been simmering away as well. What will 50-over cricket dish up for our wicket-keepers?
Domestic Cricket Daily: Women's One-Day Competition #1
Suzie Bates and her White Ferns homies are back in Aotearoa playing domestic 50-over cricket, it wasn't the White Ferns who dominated the opening weekend's action though.
Blackcaps vs West Indies: Sussin' West indies Jah Bless
Shai Hope announced his arrival in Aotearoa with a hundy and there are a few intriguing pieces to the West Indies puzzle ahead of the first Test vs Aotearoa.
Domestic Cricket Daily: Plunket Shield #5 (The Return Of Ish Sodhi)
Stumps skittled, wrongies ripping and lifting leggies saw Ish Sodhi slide back into Plunket Shield glory with Northern Districts Knights.
Joseph Parker vs Anthony Joshua: The Talk Talk Talk-ing Has Begun
Prepare yourself for a massive heavyweight slug-fest. The boxing world will be watching with fascination, the boxing media will be dangling on a string. And hopefully once David Higgins and Eddie Hearn are done with all that...
Domestic Cricket Daily: 2nd XI Tingz (North Island T20 Tournament)
Aotearoa's 2nd XI cricketers gathered in Taupo to play the North Island 2nd XI T20 tournament and here's the Domestic Daily's notes, from Willem Ludick to Vishi Jeet and back around to Josh Clarkson and Raja Sandhu.
Domestic Cricket Daily: Da Blackcaps Mixer #4
Tom Latham was a stroppy bugger, Mitchell Santner and Colin de Grandhomme scored runs and there's a splash of funk around that Blackcaps #5 spot in the wash up from the Blackcaps battlers in Plunket Shield.
Domestic Cricket Daily: Plunket Shield #4.5
Despite Derek de Boorder's lapping, Central Districts churned out the perfect batting game and Wellington's batsmen are doing enough. Just enough isn't usually good enough, but for Wellington it's doing the trick nicely.