The “Magic” of the Cup
By Richard Gordon The FA Cup Third Round draw was held at Stamford Bridge this morning. Aside from Paul Ince conducting the draw and somehow drawing two of his old[…]
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Champions of London
This season had the potential to be the most Spursy season of them all. After a strong run from Christmas they looked set for Champions League football. But a grim[…]
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Ignoring the Scoreboard
It must feel really strange going out to bat in reply to a score of 58. Obviously it’s not a batsman’s paradise but you can’t let that total overshadow everything[…]
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University Oval. The Happy Ground
Tomorrow New Zealand takes on England in a series saving ODI at University Oval. There is the momentum thing going against the home side, but then there is the record[…]
A Modern Day Stat
Midway through his innings on Saturday Ross Taylor became the 25th New Zealand batsman to score 10,000 first class runs. The 25th. At first glance this seems extraordinary for a[…]
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Tom Blundell #statchat
Eight men’s Test debutants have come in at #8 and scored a century. Half of them are @BLACKCAPS. #NZvWI #Statchat — NZ Cricket Museum (@NZCricketMuseum) December 2, 2017 More gold[…]
You take what you can get
Not many people turning up to the Basin today would have been expecting to witness the second fastest century scored by a New Zealander. It was the ninth equal fastest[…]
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Give the ball to Wags
Like every other Basin Reserve test since 2011 (nine of them) the side winning the toss has inserted the opposition. Typically the pattern has been the side batting first has[…]
Plunket Shield. Round Four Summary
This was the round of the season’s Plunket Shield when everything was expected to change; the international players were back, and sides like Northern Districts were expected to flex their[…]
