2021 Kiwi County Tour: T20 Blast Update #2
Credit to the Blackcaps legends who don't need T20 cricket gigs. Double down on that and chur to the true avant-garde Test cricketers who are chillin' in isolation - as true artists tend to do
Credit to the Blackcaps legends who don't need T20 cricket gigs. Double down on that and chur to the true avant-garde Test cricketers who are chillin' in isolation - as true artists tend to do
Winning the World Test Championship as a lovely achievement for Aotearoa's Blackcaps. This marked the climax of a treacherous journey through self-awareness and development, plenty of mahi boiled down to six days and one trophy.
Monday 28 March, 1955. The New Zealand cricket team were bowled out for 26 in a Test against England in Auckland – to this date still the lowest ever score in a completed Test innings.
I hope the skies over Southampton were clear enough for the full moon to peak through and illuminate celebrations for the Blackcaps. T
The first round of domestic cricket contracts have been dished out and there is little movement between the teams again this winter as most promote from within.
Beneath the joy of Blackcaps vs India, England's T20 Blast roles on and a bunch of our favourite kiwi cricketers are already making a mark on the competition while a bunch more will link up with their teams after the World Test Championship Final.
Having dismantled England on their home turf, we now have a World Test Championship Final between the greatest cricketing nation in the world (India) and the best sporting nation in the world (Aotearoa).
Aotearoa's Blackcaps have played eight Tests against England since the start of 2015 with four wins, three draws and one loss.
It's a battle between the Ashes and World Test Championship for greater narratives, maybe ECB dramas sprinkled on top. All of which feels as though it is waltzing around the most notable yarn from this Test series; are we sure England is a superior cricketing nation than Aotearoa?
To understand what the Blackcaps are doing, we have to understand how they fit into the Test cricket landscape and nothing about Test cricket is fair.