Jeet Raval and His Underground Slump
Those who follow the Kiwi County Tour closely, will know all about Jeet Raval's struggles with Yorkshire during September.
Those who follow the Kiwi County Tour closely, will know all about Jeet Raval's struggles with Yorkshire during September.
Anthony Joshua is still the number one heavyweight boxer on the planet. Alexander Povetkin was a decent enough challenger, footing it with the champ for six rounds and even leading on a few unofficial scorecards… but once Anthony Joshua spots a weakness he becomes an unstoppable monster.
The start to a kiwi summer couldn't get much more niggly for Central Districts Stags as the Blackcaps and Aotearoa 'A' tours to United Arab Emirates are going complicate first few rounds of their Plunket Shield campaign.
We're all about enjoying the present moment on the Kiwi County Tour bus, although after the latest round of cricketing funk in England, Warwickshire vs Kent in the next round will put Jeetan Patel up against Matt Henry for the Division Two championship.
This year Tom Walsh claimed Commonwealth Gold over on the Gold Coast, took out gold in the World Indoor Champs to defend his title, and regained the Diamond League trophy he first won in 2016. This is what Tom Walsh does.
Two T20 squads have been named for Aotearoa's White Ferns as they head to Australia for three T20 games, in preparation for the World T20 in the Caribbean early in November.
Quiet times on the Kiwi County Tour bus as Matt Henry and Jeetan Patel continue their dominance, leading the way for Jeet Raval and now Matt Quinn who has made a glorious return.
The retirement of Alastair Cook has gotten plenty of response over in England and around the world, Jimmy Anderson was even moved to tears talking about his old mate. And amidst all the glowing references we were treated to one last masterclass in Cookie’s final innings.
Suzie Bates has stepped aside as White Ferns skipper, after a low key niggly 12 months that saw the White Ferns slip below expectations and also saw Bates' individual performances slide a wee bit.
Everyone knows how settled the Blackcaps bowling group is in Test and ODI cricket and unfortunately for Matt Henry, he has settled on the fringes of the Blackcaps.
Having booted Kane Williamson off the Kiwi County Tour bus, the gang welcomed Jeet Raval as a lovely replacement not only for us on the bus, also for Yorkshire. Raval got his first crack at County cricket and we also had Matt Henry and Jeetan Patel swap their wicket-taking fortunes.
Matt Henry was a low key batting maestro on the Kiwi County Tour last year and after dominating with the ball for Kent this season, Henry finally flexed with the willow.
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.