Blackcaps Test Championship: Squad For Sri Lanka
Glorious Test cricket is back and with a whole new dose of context sprinkled on to them whites like chicken salt.
Remind Me Again What This Test Championship Is All About?
You’ve already heard all about it and it’s been in the works for about a decade now. But that was all in the conceptual stage. Now we’re about to get into the actual cricket… so what’s going on here? Please, take a seat my friend and let us discuss this bad boy.
Domestic Cricket Daily: Central Districts Stags 2019/20 Contracted Player List
Another cricket season, another Central Districts Stags squad that is stacked with talent.
The Intriguing Upside Of Lockie Ferguson and Jimmy Neesham
In working through a 'winners and losers' idea from the Blackcaps World Cup campaign, it became rather clear that such a yarn wouldn't be all that interesting.
Domesitc Cricket Daily: Auckland Aces 2019/20 Contracted Player List
Auckland Aces have sorted out their contracted players group for the upcoming season, led by recruiting Kyle Jamieson and Corey Anderson, with a strong foundation of now established domestic troopers.
2019 Cricket World Cup: Blackcaps Bowling Stats
Now this is where the fun stuff happened. The Blackcaps bowlers began the 2019 World Cup by bowling Sri Lanka out for 136 and then pretty much carried on from there, slicing through a pretty dangerous Bangladesh batting lineup to bowl them out for 244 and then skittling Afghanistan for 172.
2019 Cricket World Cup: Blackcaps Batting Stats
Well, if boundary countback was gonna be an issue then no surprises that we struggled there, considering that only three teams hit fewer boundaries than the Blackcaps throughout the entire tournament and they were: Sri Lanka (played three fewer games), South Africa (played two fewer games), and Afghanistan (played one fewer game and was only a single boundary behind our tally).
2019 Cricket World Cup: Gutted
How do you even begin to comprehend something like that? To have been so close to something so special only to come away empty-handed, it’s excruciating. The Blackcaps gave it a little bit of everything and it wasn’t quite enough, not by the tiniest of margins, and I’m afraid that this one is going to sting for a very long time.
2019 Cricket World Cup: Drawing Upon The Legacy Of Their Predecessors, This Blackcaps Team Is Different
As the Blackcaps came to terms with a famous victory, Tom Latham completing a routine catch behind the stumps off the bowling of Jimmy Neesham to dismiss Yuzvendra Chahal and book a place in the World Cup final, captain Kane Williamson had a look on his face like he couldn’t quite remember if he’d put his phone on charge before he left the hotel.
A (Progressively More Positive) History of the Blackcaps in Cricket World Cup Semi-Finals
Somehow the Blackcaps have made eight World Cup semi-finals including four in a row - they’ve even won two of them! - so here’s a bit of a breeze through and a history lesson all in one.
2019 Cricket World Cup: The Greatest ... And Matua.
At the time of writing this, England have just won their semi-final against Australia to set up a World Cup final between England and Aotearoa.
2019 Cricket World Cup: The Beauty Of Being Kiwi
There is no plan or script that the Aotearoa vs India World Cup semi-final can fit into, yet in a freestyle sense, everything fell beautifully in favour of the Blackcaps snatching victory.
2019 Cricket World Cup: Wait On
The hope remains after Aotearoa crawled their way to 211/5 vs India in the World Cup semi-final with play to start again tonight.
2019 Cricket World Cup: All Hail The Underdogs
Forget the weird blue cheese taste left from the last three games and banish the long list of shenanigans from selectors and NZC, Aotearoa's Blackcaps are in the Cricket World Cup semi-final.
2019 Cricket World Cup: Mr Guptill
One of the weirdest yarns to be rolled out prior to the World Cup revolved around comparing the 2015 CWC Blackcaps roster to the group of 2019.
2019 Cricket World Cup: Are The Blackcaps Actually Good?
Three reasonably big World Cup games and three losses for Aotearoa's Blackcaps after they were smoked by England overnight.
2019 Cricket World Cup: Who Are The Step Uppers?
There is no better finals cricket preparation for Aotearoa's Blackcaps than their last round robin fixture against England.
It Wasn’t Pretty But Joseph Parker & Junior Fa Both Tasted The Sweet Nectar of Victory On the Weekend
It took all of about fifteen seconds for Joseph Parker to take control of his scrap with Alex Leapai. He came out looking sharp, throwing those quick hands around and looking to hit in combinations. Parker trapped Leapai on the ropes later in that first round and copped him with a few mean hooks while his jab was a constant force from the opening bell.
2019 Cricket World Cup: Changes? Just Be Better (pt. 2)
Two big games with the World Cup hitting a nek level and two losses for Aotearoa's Blackcaps as Australia gave the kiwis a hiding.