New Zealand Are World Cricket’s ‘Reverse-Chokers’
By James Rodbourn Sunday’s World Cup final saw easily the most tortured chapter added to New Zealand’s Cricket World Cup history. But it was also yet another textbook example of a[…]
Monthly Archive: July 2019
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The World Cup Final: An Alternate View
By The Spotter No trans-tasman test match from 1946-1974 The Snedden no-catch The Underarm problem Misled by Matthews Dudded by Greg Dyer Ripped off by Dick French Clobbered by Inzy[…]
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The Aftermath
By Harbour Heather The fireworks go off, the celebratory music begins. The home crowd cheer, confetti rains, and the trophy is held aloft. A moment in time captured forever. But[…]
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Better If Things Don’t All Get Left To Kane and Able
By The Spotter It’s World Cup Cricket final time this evening and finger nails certainly don’t grow back much over three days, so perhaps use the time to hunt out some aloe vera cream or[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 12 July
Cricket World Cup. Photographers at the England v Australia semi-final, and it’s not too hard to work out where they are from. The roller coaster of emotions at the[…]
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NRL 80 words in 80 minutes: Round 17
By Stephen Gallagher FRIDAY: Penrith Panthers V Gold Coast Titans, 20.00NZT – Panthers Stadium While Penrith’s surge up the ladder continues, the Titans still linger in 15th place. All things[…]
The World Cup Roller-coaster
By Harbour Heather And so the BlackCaps are in the World Cup final. What a result! If you’d asked anyone – players, fans, administrators – at the start of the[…]
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Origin 3:- The Preview
By Stephen Gallagher The fact is, New South Wales haven’t won a game three decider since 2005. On that day, Danny Buderus lofted the shield high in front of 52,436[…]
Those Cricket World Cup semi-finals: Part 2
1999 Pakistan had already beaten New Zealand by 62 runs in pool play so came into this semi-final as favourites. But not many would have predicted the comprehensive nature of[…]
