White Ferns In England: Another ODI Series Loss
Aotearoa's White Ferns displayed improvements across their ODI series in England, although a 1-2 T20I series finish and losing 1-4 in the ODIs continue to tell the story of an under-performing group.
Aotearoa's White Ferns displayed improvements across their ODI series in England, although a 1-2 T20I series finish and losing 1-4 in the ODIs continue to tell the story of an under-performing group.
Same old, same old for Aotearoa’s White Ferns after losses in the first two ODIs vs England.
Folks from Aotearoa are rather insecure about how other countries view us kiwis.
After his win over Junior Fa back in February, Joseph Parker spoke about getting back to his old rhythms of fighting 3-4 times per year. Something he felt contributed to his rise up the rankings around 2016.
Aotearoa's White Ferns put up a hearty performance in their T20I series decider vs England in a game that went down to the last couple of balls as England chased down Aotearoa's target of 145.
Aotearoa's Blackcaps wrangled a win in the last game of their T20I tour of Bangladesh to lose the series 2-3.
Having been deep in White Ferns woes, the first two games of their England tour don't provide much clarity as to how the Fernies are tracking.
Three games down and Aotearoa's Blackcaps clawed their way back into this series with a win overnight after two T20I losses to Bangladesh.
I'd love to be typing up how important and relevant the NZC Women's Development Contracts are, although being deep in Aotearoa wahine cricket mangroves only has me puzzled about the whole situation.
The most intriguing Blackcaps T20 yarn won't be in Bangladesh over the next few weeks, no matter how many fun kiwi cricket prospects are rocking the black cap.
Tom Walsh didn’t do a whole lot worth bragging about at the Eugene Diamond League meet in Oregon, USA over the weekend – the resumption of the Diamond League circuit after the Olympics. He was probably still suffering from a bit of emotional Olympic hangover syndrome.
Aotearoa's White Ferns played a 50-over warm up game against England 'A' overnight and this was their first fixture of the England tour.
Blackcaps caps were handed out like a free feed for the upcoming tours of Bangladesh and Pakistan, although there was a quiet absence of Northern Districts Knights
As Aotearoa's White Ferns tune up for their intriguing series against England, they will again be tasked with the balance of relying on the senior world-class players and getting the most out of the young group plugging holes in the squad.
No one in the kiwi cricket whare would have been surprised that Colin Munro and Ross Taylor were left out of the Blackcaps T20 World Cup squad.
Aotearoa's Blackcaps squad for the T20 World Cup was announced and while it doesn't serve as a straight up representation of Aotearoa's best T20 cricketers, there is a core group of slick cricketers ready to chase more major tournament success.
Aotearoa's Blackcaps will play five T20I in Bangladesh and three ODIs in Pakistan before shuffling the deck, ushering in a fresh crop of kiwi cricket troopers to share the good word in Pakistan and United Arab Emirates.
Leading into the T20 World Cup, Aotearoa's Blackcaps will tap into Asian conditions with tours of Bangladesh and Pakistan concentrated around T20I cricket.
The strangest yarn in Aotearoa sport that no one really wants to acknowledge has been and still is the White Ferns dip in form from competing among the world's best to struggling for a win.
Another summer of domestic cricket lurks on the horizon and the recent confirmation of contracts dished out has a fresh crop of young talent moving into the domestic cricket circuit.