Aotearoa vs Pakistan: Test Summer Over
For those who have been tapped in on Aotearoa Blackcaps Test matters for the past five years, the 2020/21 Test summer saw the same consistent domination of touring teams that we seen served up each summer.
For those who have been tapped in on Aotearoa Blackcaps Test matters for the past five years, the 2020/21 Test summer saw the same consistent domination of touring teams that we seen served up each summer.
As Aotearoa's Blackcaps stack up records on records in Christchurch, the Super Smash is on pause for a couple of days ahead of what will be a splash of T20 mayhem to take us deeper into 2021.
All of which has led the Blackcaps and us kiwi cricket fans to this moment where everything is tremendous with one common factor throughout he growth of the Blackcaps being Tim Southee.
Where does thou begin when five days of Test cricket contained so much juice? Aotearoa's win over Pakistan wasn't just compelling viewing because it was five days of pure Test cricket delight.
After a double-double dose of Wellington Firebirds and Blaze to start Aotearoa's Super Smash, the next cluster of games saw Otago Volts and Sparks play a couple of games each.
Nothing about Neil Wagner's antics yesterday in his local Bay of Plenty abode was new to kiwi sports fans, nor cricket fans around the world.
Throughout this summer's Super Smash, these update thingys will pop up every couple of days to cover various funky notes on both sides of Aotearoa's Super Smash.
The summer of Blackcaps domination in Aotearoa may continue tomorrow as the kiwis host Pakistan.
Having dispatched West Indies in both T20I and Test cricket without much resistance, Aotearoa's Blackcaps rode the wave of a more challenging Pakistan outfit and at this stage of the T20I sorting period, that's exactly what the bush doctor ordered.
Some White Ferns made their first Hallyburton Johnstone Shield appearances over the weekend leading into Super Smash action later on this week and while Wellington Blaze unleashed 14-year-old leggy Kate Chandler, Chandler is one of many young kiwi wahine dominating Aotearoa's HBJ Shield.
As we are seeing every time the Aotearoa Blackcaps play a bit of cricket, the seeds of change planted last summer continue to blossom into fresh foliage.
The Aotearoa Blackcaps take on Pakistan in the second of three T20I series in Aotearoa this summer and while the net being cast far and wide is all good under the umbrella of preparing for two T20 World Cups; holy guacamole things are a bit strange.
One of the joys of being part of Aotearoa is enjoying a Blackcaps team steamrolling their opposition, in Test cricket, in the summer months.
Every summer in Aotearoa, there is a batsman or bowler who emerges to be the undisputed 'best that no one talks about' or otherwise known as the underground king and so far this summer it is looking as though Canterbury's Ken McClure is this geezer.
Another Test in Aotearoa and another dose of Blackcaps at their best in kiwi conditions - chur Aotearoa.
Canterbury wahine are cruising at the top of the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield ladder are two wins over the weekend saw them maintain their unbeaten start to Aotearoa's 50-over women's competition.
Plenty of funky and lovely things happened as Aotearoa's Blackcaps defeated West Indies in the first Test, although the absence of a few lads spiced things up in a variety of different ways.
"Umm, aw yeah, look, uh firstly it's for the team ... haha it always is ya know".
With no kiwis in the Women's Big Bash League final, Suzie Bates battling shoulder issues and enticing Hallyburton Johnstone Shield performances to start this summer, it feels as though the funk that has swept over the men's kiwi cricket landscape is here to shake things up across both the lads and ladies sides of kiwi cricket.
If you've dabbled in deep excursions into the Aotearoa cricket mangroves, this summer appears to be the perfect period to take that to a nek level as there are all sorts of enticing yarns to be had.