Kiwi County Tour #5 (Royal London One Day Cup)
Ross Taylorgot his Royal London One Day Cup off to a slick start, Lord Jeetz was at his wicket-taking best and Matt Henry? Well, new format but ain’t nothing changed with Matt Henry.
Ross Taylorgot his Royal London One Day Cup off to a slick start, Lord Jeetz was at his wicket-taking best and Matt Henry? Well, new format but ain’t nothing changed with Matt Henry.
It was almost the Miracle of Malahide. Ireland’s first ever Test match and after being bowled out for 130 and forced to follow on, they somehow recovered to set Pakistan a half-decent target as Kevin O’Brien scored a superb 118 in the second innings.
Matt Henry, well what more is there to be said about Matt Henry’s County Championship dominance? Suzie Bates is going alright for Hampshire as well.
Auckland Aces seamer Jamie Brown burst on to the domestic scene last summer and answered a few questions for El Niche Cache.
Four levels of kiwi cricketing funk of the 50-over variety via the the Niche Cache.
Lockie Ferguson put together another strong season as the leader of Auckland’s bowling attack as well as settling into the Blackcaps squad, so he answered some questions for El Niche Cache.
Matt Henry racked up another swash-buckling performance with the ball for Kent, Lord Jeetz is leading by example for Warwickshire and Ross Taylor is on a hot streak for Nottinghamshire.
Four levels of kiwi Test cricketing funk from the Niche Cache.
White Ferns skipper Suzie Bates took a moment out of her non-stop cricketing schedule to answers questions for El Niche Cache.
Kieran Noema-Barnett and Ross Taylor were in action on the Kiwi County Tour bus, putting in typical performances.
Central Districts spinner Ajaz Patel has taken 40+ wickets three seasons in a row and has been part of a slick Stags outfit, who made Super Smash and Ford Trophy finals and won the Plunket Shield. Ajaz Patel answers questions for El Niche Cache.
Matt Henry is on fire for Kent in County cricket, Ross Taylor scored some runs and Lord Jeetz is back amongst the wickets.
Ross Taylor is back onboard the Kiwi County Tour bus, playing for Nottinghamshire, Lord Jeetz is captain of Warwickshire and we've got two kiwi seamers battling against each other for Fish n Chips.
The Test summer began a very long time ago with a couple routine wins against the West Indies, took a long break so that fellas could give a white ball a good whack, then resumed with an instant classic series victory against England.
Jokers in the respectful sense, that is. There are no muppets at the very top of the heavyweight division, despite what Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder might make a few of them look like, and there are always plenty of willing scrappers out there.
Lockie Ferguson had another brilliant Plunket Shield campaign and he wasn't even close to being the best seamer this season.
Ish Sodhi's willow helped save a Test for Aotearoa after being overlooked because of his batting and the Blackcaps are a lovely Test cricket team, in Aotearoa.
The judges scored it 118-100, 118-110 and 119-109 which is probably more skewed than it needed to be but nobody’s gonna argue that the judges gave him a raw deal on the result. AJ was too good. He was better on the day. Parker said so himself.
It’s so close now you can almost smell it. The squeak of the canvas, the thump of the gloves as they pound against flesh and bone. The roar of the crowd. Anthony Joshua against Joseph Parker at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff in front of 80,000 people and millions more watching on television.
England got a hiding from Aotearoa's Blackcaps in the day/night Test at Eden Park as Aotearoa's best cricketers again dominated on home soil.