So the Tim Southee farewell tour is about to begin.  A true servant of New Zealand who, strangely, got a huge amount of criticism for his batting, which is odd[…]

Less than three weeks ago New Zealand became only the fourth side to win a test match after being asked to follow on.  “No team will ever enforce the follow[…]

What a day. This was the first time two New Zealanders had scored double centuries in the same test innings, and the 18th time overall. When he reached 91 Kane[…]

A reasonably uneventful first day’s cricket at the Basin with a delayed start due to one hell of a dumping overnight and into the morning which dried up surprisingly quickly[…]

What an extraordinary last couple of weeks it has been for test cricket in New Zealand.  Two absolute cliff-hangers with the margin being one run at The Basin, and two[…]

Tim Southee famously made 77* in his 2nd Test innings & 73 today in his 131st innings.  That is the most men’s Test inns between two 70+ scores for a[…]

A frustratingly abbreviated home test summer comes to an end with more questions than answers thrown up. A summer that was bookended by two tough defeats.  There was Bangladesh’s historic[…]

The biggest sporting rivalry that’s not really a rivalry because it’s so lopsided took a bit of a turn over the last few days. This was New Zealand’s third biggest[…]

So farewell Ross Taylor.  Here are his test highlights in rough ascending order. V India, Southampton 2021 OK, it was only 47*, but the symbolism of Taylor hitting the winning[…]