Tag Archives: Cricket

Baseball vs Cricket Averages

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Duncan

So I decided to go ahead and try and create my baseball style averages for cricket, reverse engineering Henry Chadwick‘s conversion of the key cricketing statistic to baseball, to try and get a sense of a batsman’s worth from something … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Current XI

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Duncan

Tonight’s match in Adelaide (man we must be low-rating to be playing on a Tuesday!) looms ominously over the Black Caps. While we’re 2-1 up in the series and gave the Australians an almighty fright with only 10 1/2 men … Continue reading →

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A Tour For the Ages

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Duncan

You have to give credit to Australia. This afternoon’s victory, with a ragtag team of passable cricketers, a couple of debutants and only Ponting as an all-time great was testament to the sheer willpower that resides in the Australian cricket … Continue reading →

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. 3 2 1 4 4 | . 2 1 4 1 1 | 1 2 6 2 1 1

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Duncan

The above numbers are the West Indies last three overs, pure, raw, hopeless pain for New Zealand. I was listening to Brian Waddle and co on Radio Sport while driving today, at about 28 overs and 120/2, talking up New … Continue reading →

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A Don At The Cricket

Posted on December 30, 2008 by admin

Images from the Boxing Day Twenty20 at Eden Park by Duncan Greive and Justin Warren. Words excerpted from The Godfather by Mario Puzo.

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Bio-Logy: Mad As I Wanna Be

Posted on December 27, 2008 by Duncan

Danny Morrison’s Mad As I Wanna Be was released in 1997, when Morrison had recently been dropped from the Black Caps, a situation which hangs heavy throughout. There’s no ghost-writer credited, but I presume one was involved, because it’s relatively … Continue reading →

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Strange Ritual, That One

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Duncan

Test cricket just threw down the gauntlet to all other sports with a riveting start to the day’s play in Dunedin. Due to dampness in the run up some Southern man decided that cat litter (Budget brand no less – … Continue reading →

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The Prat Without A Hat Comes Back

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Duncan

Former England cricketer Chris Lewis (no relation to our tennis star of the same name, thankfully) has been bailed up on drug charges, being caught with nearly 4kgs of liquid cocaine at Gatwick (even the airport’s low-rent!) on Monday. This … Continue reading →

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Rod Latham: A Dead Ball Icon

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Duncan

You know a player looms larger in your mind than the nation’s collective consciousness when you’re not able to find a single image of them online. When googling him In fact, you swiftly come into contact with the author of … Continue reading →

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The End of a Blighted Era

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Duncan

I guess it was only fitting that Bracewell’s final test as coach ended in the sort of humiliating, inexcusable capitulation that we’ve become inured to over the past five years. It seems almost quaint to think of that period in … Continue reading →

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