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Tag Archives: Iain O’Brien
A Good Time To Be Indian
When the best thing you can say about a match from New Zealand’s perspective is that we avoided an innings defeat, you know it hasn’t gone according to plan. 10 wickets is comprehensive enough anyway, but the stubbornness McCullum and … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket
Tagged Black Caps, Daniel Vettori, Iain O'Brien, India, James Franklin, Jesse Ryder, Kyle Mills, Short Of A Length, Zaheer Khan
6 Comments
The Phony War Is Over
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video (video irrelevant, I was just desperately trying to find something to distract from NZ’s recent on-field performance, and this worked best) Hmmff. It seems that Short Of A … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Cricket, News
Tagged Blog War, Chickens, Coming Home To Roost, Duckworth-Lewis, Iain O'Brien, Kyle Mills, MS Dhoni, Phony War, Short Of A Length, Twenty20, Virender Sehwag, War
5 Comments
Groundhog Days
“Leaving the ball outside off stump is a waste of time.” The above quote kinda summed up a Twenty20 which more-or-less rehashed the first of the series, with the same outcome – albeit via a slightly more nervewracking methodology. So … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, News
Tagged Brendon McCullum, Cricket Banners, Iain O'Brien, Ishant Sharma, MS Dhoni, Neil Broom, Short Of A Length, Twenty20
8 Comments
Rating the Also-rans
So this oddly interminable tour is finally over. Given that only about three hours of cricket was possible between showers, there was more entertaining cricket than we had any right to expect, and the West Indian side, chiefly through the … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket
Tagged Black Caps, Brendon McCullum, Daniel Flynn, Daniel Vettori, Grant Elliott, Iain O'Brien, Jacob Oram, James Franklin, Jamie How, Jeetan Patel, Jesse Ryder, Kyle Mills, Mark Gillespie, Martin Guptil, Martin Guptill, Matthew Sinclair, Neil Broom, Ross Taylor, Tim MacIntosh, Tim Southee, West Indies
6 Comments
7 Things To Love About Yesterday’s Cricket
1. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video 2. Tim McIntosh using that let-off to carry his bat for one of the most dour, but necessary half centuries we’ve seen from a New Zealander in … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, News
Tagged Australia, Black Caps, Iain O'Brien, King Cricket, New Zealand Cricket, South Africa, Tim McIntosh
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