Count it at 22.60m. Seven centimetres back on his personal best set in Auckland in March but four centimetres beyond Joe Kovacs’ Diamond League record, one more record to stash on the Wikipedia page for Tomas.
Rachel Priest and Sophie Devine were both in action on finals day of the Women's T20 Super League, which unfortunately followed the general vibe of our Kiwi County Tour Super League excursion.
The Kiwi County Tour lads are back on the bus, as the return of County Championship cricket overlaps with women's T20 Super League.
There’s a regular old tale in cricket that left-handed batsmen are just better to watch. A flowing cover drive rarely looks as good as when it’s being dispatched as if through a mirror.
Finals time for our Kiwi County Tour ladies and with Sophie Devine's Loughborough Lightning already in the final, along with Rachel Priest's Western Storm in the semi-final, we could be treated to a KCT match up come grand final time.
Aside from a couple of Blackcaps Battlers making a change, the domestic cricket landscape in Aotearoa is fairly settled heading into the 2018/19 season. Settled and close, ranking the six domestic cricket clubs ain’t easy.
Yet another loss for Southern Vipers, although this game did feature some impressive performances from our kiwis.
Farewell Mike Hesson and welcome Gary Stead. Aotearoa's Blackcaps have a new coach in Stead, who is a veteran of kiwi cricket coaching and appears to have earned this job through his already-established connection with NZC and vast experience of domestic cricket.
Despite minimal contributions from Rachel Priest, Western Storm are sitting at the top of the Women's T20 Super League table after all six teams have played eight games.
It may not look like it at the top of kiwi cricket with an extremely settled Blackcaps bowling stable, but there is a delightful wave of bowlers steadily building their cases for higher honours.
This isn't about the best prospects, or those who you need to watch out for. This is simply a few cricketers that I am most interested in.
The Kiwi County Tour bus is finally buzzing as Amy Satterthwaite and Sara McGlashan hit half-centuries, Rachel Priest whacked a few boundaries and Sophie Devine chimed in with more wickets in the Women's T20 Super League.
The sleeping beast that was Amy Satterthwaite has awoken on the Kiwi County Tour and it seems as though there is a Southern Vipers curse as all the other kiwi cricketers are putting in solid shifts, except the Vipers kiwi trio of Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr and Sara McGlashan.
Finding opponents is the easy part. It’s finding opponents that match Duco’s vision for where Parker now stands and how marketable he should be that might be tricky, depending on how realistic their view of those things are.
Flying under the radar of the Blackcaps squad dumping last week was BJ Watling sneaking into the Blackcaps ODI squad for their series against Pakistan in United Arab Emirates
Whyte was able to get into the fight after a slow first because he was able to throw heavy counter punches and force Parker to slow down to a more relatable pace. But when Parker needed to alter the flow of the fight he just couldn’t manage it.
Having had a rough ol' time against the English in T20 and ODI cricket recently, a bunch of our White Ferns stayed on in England to play in the Women's T20 Super League.
Ain't nothing like an Aotearoa 'A' cricket squad right? Prior to the Blackcaps hitting up Pakistan for some cricket in United Arab Emirates, a squad of fringe Blackcaps and a few up and comers will play T20s, one-dayers and four-dayers against Pakistan A.
If you've missed having the Blackcaps shenanigans of Lesson in your life, Mike Hesson and Gavin Larsen combined one last time to squeeze out Blackcaps Test, ODI and T20 squads as well as an Aotearoa A squad, all of which will tour United Arab Emirates later this year.
There's this thing that the NBA and even closer to home, the NRL has done very well in recent years and that's building up a year-long news cycle. Unfortunately kiwi cricket and the Blackcaps haven't quite got the memo.