A weird and wonderful season
By Martin Hearnden While the Premier League enjoys a brief hiatus for the benefit of sundry cup competitions, it is probably a good time to try and make sense of[…]
Monthly Archive: February 2016
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 18 February
There was one home town victory of sorts at the Basin over the weekend. A group of guests from over the Tasman used the public conveniences at the Southern end,[…]
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The Single Point of Failure
New Zealand Football confirmed today the FIFA Player Status Committee had declined the application to approve the short-term loan transfer of Alex Jones from Birmingham City to the Wellington Phoenix.[…]
It ended not with a bang but…
After just under four years New Zealand has lost a cricket test at home. And convincingly too. It had been an impressive run that spanned 13 test matches. It contained[…]
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The mathematics of survival
When Adam Voges was finally given out 14 minutes before lunch today we finally got to know the equation for survival for New Zealand. A first innings deficit of 379,[…]
A Lesson in batting
Yesterday we saw batsmen struggle to play test cricket on a pitch that has some life in it. Today, on a brown flat piece of tarmac the Australian batsmen showed[…]
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At least it looked a picture
After all the build-up, a full bank before 10am, the tribute to Brendon McCullum and the most keenly observed National Anthem in cricket history New Zealand found themselves five wickets[…]
Sporting pictures of the week :- 11 February
Aw, David Warner. Where are all your friends? Maybe they are having a game of marbles on the pitch. Or maybe it’s too grassy for that. When Julian Savea gets[…]
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We Need to Talk:- 11 February
The first test against Australia starts tomorrow and we are more than a little bit excited and nervous. What do you do it you won the toss? What are our[…]
The MLB Off-season
By Scott MacLean The Spring Training part of the Major League Baseball season is just around the corner, where teams start putting the action on the field. Off it it’s[…]
