A two-nil test series win in the first home series of the year isn't a bad result is it? As fans, we found ourselves celebrating many aspects of the Black Caps performances yet still longing for more and bemoaning another West Indies team which again, failed to deliver on our shores. So what can we take from the series? Well quite a lot really, we'll start with King Rosco...
The lads from the Carribbean are here. They have limped to our shores, with half the squad having a romantic hit out with some of our finest cricketers while the other half were toiling away in India. With both Shane Shilingford and Marlon Samuels both having had their bowling actions looked at with coach Gibson, I could give you what every other media outlet has said – The Windies haven’t had the best build up and will struggle without Chris Gayle. Any keen eye would note that the Black Caps and the West Indies are on a similar level, which is why I’ve got a bit of a tingle going on.
In hindsight, Canelo Alvarez never stood a chance. The early buzz was that we were in for a close fight. This man would pose the biggest threat that the champ had seen in years. The young Mexican pugilist prodigy. But on Saturday night in Vegas, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Canelo was taught a brutal lesson by the greatest boxer of the millennium: Floyd “Money” Mayweather.
Roger Federer is one of my very favourite athletes. And it pained me to watch him lose like he did yesterday at the US Open. This was an off day of unprecedented levels, where the Fed Express showered his opponent, Spaniard Tommy Robredo, with error after error, and threw away break points like a young millionaire might dollar bills. He made it rain free points. Such profligacy is painful to watch from a player always regarded for his clinical gameplay and his guile, grace and finesse. But even...