Who’s Winning?
One of the great things about cricket, especially test cricket, is that it is often very subjective to say which side is winning a test at any given stage in[…]
Monthly Archive: November 2019
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Understanding a Pitch
The silos sparkled in the sun. There were queues for tickets, but not at the gate, outside. The Barmy Army cleared their lungs early, the bars selling pink gin had[…]
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NZ Test Grounds on debut
This Thursday Bay Oval becomes New Zealand’s ninth venue for men’s cricket tests. It made its ODI debut five years ago and has steadily developed into one of New Zealand’s[…]
Breaking Bad
By Scott MacLean For the best part of a decade, the New Zealand Breakers were a synonym for success, not just in the Australian National Basketball League on the court[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 16 November
This was a quality 2 Degrees promo at Eden Park last weekend even though it kind of backfired at the end. There is no context to this. You wonder what[…]
Talking Points: 2020 Super Rugby Squads
By Richard Gordon Blues Five first fives? While I could imagine having four as Beauden Barrett will miss half the season, five is too much. It appears that either Leon[…]
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From Flemington
By Scott MacLean It’s the biggest horserace in the southern hemisphere, one of THE events on Melbourne’s sporting calendar, and The Race That Stops A Nation (or two). But what’s[…]
Plunket Shield: Round 3
The Rain Round. While the ambitious November T20 series passed mostly unscathed things weren’t so lucky in the last round of the Plunket Shield. It is not often you get[…]
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The Swinehound Quiz: 10th anniversary ed.
By Paul Montague The tenth version of ‘the Swinehound’ sports quiz. Last time wasn’t good- absolutely no-one had a go. Be good if someone could at least have a crack this time. Defending champ[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 10 November
Mascot corner. Remembrance Day round in the EPL, and the West Ham mascot seems to be quite enjoying it. Not to be outdone; who signed off on this idea at[…]
