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Tag Archives: Jacob Oram
Engine Trouble
118 balls is quite a few. It’s two less than the entire number you get in a Twenty20, and 34 more than India won by in the last ODI when Sehwag became the world’s fastest Indian. But Short Of A … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Rugby
Tagged Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder, Martin Guptil, MS Dhoni, Scott Styris, Short Of A Length
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Indian Summers
Having been shivering my way through England and Scotland these past couple of weeks, with the only cricket news being that monumentally cool (if on another level ineffably sad) Stanford scandal all across the front pages – one I’m gonna … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Cricket, News
Tagged Black Caps, Brendon McCullum, India, Jacob Oram, Short Of A Length, Sourav Ganguly, Twenty20
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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
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Guest Post: Cometh The Hour
Yesterday’s fifth day of the third and final test between Australia and South Africa tells us a thing or two about the state of world cricket. It also provides a useful yardstick for comparison with the current NZ team. First, … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Guest Post
Tagged Australia, Craig McMillan, Graham Smith, Jacob Oram, South Africa, Third Test
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The Jersey vs. The Individual
Steve Williams, perhaps New Zealand’s highest paid non-sporting athlete, drunk a little too much at a charity event the other day. Ended up calling Phil Mikelson a “prick“. He also relayed a particularly embarrassing story regarding Mickelson’s man boobs. When … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Golf, News, Rugby
Tagged All Blacks, Brendan McCullum, Communism, Craig McMillan, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jacob Oram, Kobe Bryant, Man Boobs, NBA, Phil Mickelson, Shaquille O'neal, Steve Williams, Tiger Woods
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