Only at the Basin
There was a bit of chat earlier in the week about the wind at the Basin Reserve on what turned out to be the last day of the test match[…]
Tagged: basin reserve
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The Doctor, the Author and cricket
Yesterday I was privileged to be in a project to help explain cricket to a couple of recent Aotearoa immigrants from the US. Dr. Judy Melinek is a forensic pathologist[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 21 June
Beach cricket from around the world. The Basin Reserve gets an overhaul. A great achievement in Lego history. An unusual meeting of a couple of Crusaders and Hurricanes legends. Peak[…]
Same but Different
The scheduled day three arrived and finally we had some cricket. It was pretty bleak and dank, but at least there was cricket. And it was cricket played on a[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 8 March
In another tough week there’s something cool about a photo of Afghani girls practicing taekwondo. What a night for Sergio Ramos. Missed the 2nd leg because he got deliberately yellow[…]
The Everlasting Stand
By Jamie Bell As Tom Latham and Jeet Raval steadily grew their partnership in the opening BLACKCAPS v Bangladesh Test, cricket social media turned to #statchat to chart the milestones[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 15 February
Former Manchester United flop Di Maria returned to Old Trafford this week in the Champions League. The locals threw some sponsors’ product at him, and he handled it really well.[…]
The Psychology of Wind
It has been well documented that test cricket is increasingly becoming a contest favouring the home team. And there are few environments favouring the home team quite like the Basin[…]
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 11 September
Rowing prize-givings are becoming their own genre. At the World Champs in France last week there were some gingham tablecloths and lots of figgy puddings. Tiger Woods at the tennis[…]
