Bat Once and Bat Well
The two themes of the day were trying to work out how long to bat for set to the backdrop of a changing forecast for Wednesday, and marvelling at one[…]
Monthly Archive: December 2018
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Past versus Present
By Hamish Girvan Week 15 Part 2 Philadelphia Eagles at Los Angeles Rams Monday 2.20pm NZ time After the drama of Fridays big time game another Los Angeles team will[…]
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Contrasting Expectations
The morning session was dominated by what is becoming a national obsession; Will Jeet Raval score a test century today? The SKY commentators were onto it in the first over,[…]
The Annual Basin Reserve Sucker Punch
This seems to happen a lot. Teams rock up to the Basin Reserve, look at the green nature of the pitch and the captain (who is typically a batsman) gets[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 14 December
Not sure what the NSW Swifts are thinking with this promotional angle. But it’s not as bad as whatever Joe Parker is thinking. Aww. Will Somerville returning from the UAE[…]
NFL Thursday Night Football Special Preview with Hamish Girvan
How the West will be Won Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs – Friday 2.20pm NZ time Thursday Night Football (albeit Friday afternoon in New Zealand) has certainly selected[…]
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Herald Sports Department Strikes It Perfectly
By The Spotter If you regularly read the Herald sports pages, you’ll be well acquainted with the excellence of journalists like Dana Johannsen (now over at ‘Stuff’) and Dylan Cleaver. And they’ve just taken a good[…]
Bobby Robson: More Than A Manager
By Aiden McLaughlin About six months ago, I heard there was a Bobby Robson documentary being released in the UK. That’ll be a DVD purchase I thought, Amazon will come to[…]
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The Swinehound of a Sports Quiz 3
By The Spotter It’s the third edition of the ‘hound quiz, and it’s a bit of a ‘who?’ round. The first bordered on the obscure; the second seemed to be pitched about[…]
