Bravery in the face of nerves
By Michael Pulman One of the great things about Test cricket is how it punishes lack of judgement and rewards bravery. Tom Latham, in his brilliant 105-run contribution, had flirted[…]
Monthly Archive: November 2019
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 30 November
Jacques Kallis doing Movember. Not sure that’s how it works. Not to mention the hair plugs; more on hair plugs later.Not sure Bumble gets it either. Soon to be sacked[…]
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Stats drive English decisions at lovely Seddon
By Michael Pulman Threats of rain were forecast on day one, but by first ball at 11:00am the sun was out albeit with the odd tendency to take respite behind[…]
In Defence of the Languid Jofra
By Paul Montague From another era, when Javed Miandad suggested Ewen Chatfield would make the ideal bowling machine for his Karachi backyard, it was a type of nod to Chatfield being the kind[…]
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When Good Nostalgia wasn’t that Great
By Paul Montague Retro should by rights equate to an escapist ramble through a yearned for, sepia-tinted past. Not always though. ‘We never had it so good’ on closer inspection could at times actually mean the complete opposite. If you thought the dire ‘Melody[…]
From an England Perspective
By Martin Hearnden Plenty has been written in the aftermath of an excellent test victory at the Bay Oval. It was in fact the 99th such win so we sit[…]
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An Apology
Remember last Thursday when the New Zealand selectors picked the most conservative XI for the first test and we all thought that was really disappointing? Five sun baked days later[…]
NZ 1st Innings Statchat
Statchat tends to come in clumps. Today’s statchat replaced some pretty famous records. Highest total against England Previous highest was 551/9dec at Lords in 1973 in the series where Congdon[…]
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The Bay Oval
By Harbour Heather There are 227km between Auckland’s North Shore and Mount Maunganui’s Bay Oval, and it’s worth totally the drive. I live in the country’s biggest city, and understand[…]
Climbing the Hill
Day three started off with the home side under a cloud of gloom. They were 4 down and over 200 runs behind, they lost some careless wickets yesterday, Williamson was[…]
