Normally there isn’t time to stop and smell the roses and rewatch the wonders of sporting excellence that we’ve witnessed along our merry rowing down the river of time. Can’t do it because there’s always something new happening. That’s, umm, not such a roadblock at the mo’.
At some stage during the early summer months, it dawned on me that the Blackcaps Test team was going to taste the shenanigans that a busy Test schedule offers.
Women's cricket in Aotearoa is settling down after the domestic season and a White Ferns T20 World Cup excursion, leaving me pondering about the state of women's cricket in Aotearoa.
Another Plunket Shield season passes by and we wiggle our way towards Autumn, which means that it is time for a Plunket Shield All Stars team.
While Wellington Firebirds batsmen Devon Conway blasted the most runs in all three competitions this summer, it's a vastly different scenario for the bowlers between the formats and between seasons.
The Plunket Shield has been wrapped up, Wellington Firebirds do the champions thing and Devon Conway finishes the 2019/20 summer 1st in runs across all three domestic formats.
Auckland Hearts are Aotearoa's Hallyburton Johnstone Shield champions after they defeated Northern Spirit in the final held in Hamilton on Saturday.
While Aotearoa's young batting prospects dominated the latest round of Plunket Shield cricket, with the ball it was all about the tweakers.
As always, a whole lot of funky shit went down in the latest round of Plunket Shield cricket throughout Aotearoa and this is all headlined by three of the most talented young batsmen banging centuries.
Chillin' a few days removed from the White Ferns T20 World Cup exit, removed from the hot-takes and the frustration that always exists when coming so close to defeating Australia and I've found myself in the same space I was in prior to the World Cup.
Depending on your perspective of this summer's cricketing antics, it may feel like this summer following the Blackcaps has a tumultuous exercise full of excitement, head-scratching, stink vibes and enjoyable dominance.
Wellington Firebirds snared a win over Central Districts Stags and the other Plunket Shield game wrapped up with a day to spare was Otago Volts defeating Canterbury.
Two Plunket Shield games came to an early conclusion yesterday as Wellington Firebirds were too slick for Central Districts Stags and Otago Volts defeated Canterbury, while Auckland Aces vs Northern Districts Knights heads into the fourth day in Auckland.
You can’t do a whole lot more than to knock a fella out, right? Joseph Parker and Kevin Barry always talk about how Joe’s gonna knock a bugger out before every fight but here he actually did it.
Having celebrated the beauty of watching Aotearoa flourish in home conditions with all of their modern legends in the playing 11 after the first Test vs India, it's more of the same here.
The Women's T20 World Cup goes straight into semi-finals on Thursday and while there are no quarter-finals, Aotearoa's White Ferns have wiggled into game against Australia that they have to win.
As Aotearoa's Test squad were in control at the Basin Reserve, a bunch of relevant Blackcaps were dabbling in Plunket Shield antics.
If any of you domestic cricket freaks around Aotearoa wanted big boy runs, that's exactly what round four of the Plunket Shield served up.
Three Tests in Aotearoa this summer and after defeating India in first of two Tests, the Blackcaps have two wins and a draw in the land of the long white cloud.
Plunket Shield cricket is back in our lives and with a rather interesting bunch of lads scoring centuries, that's where I'll zone in on today.