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Tag Archives: Short Of A Length
Seasons In The Abyss
When the darkness came, we accepted it gratefully, knowing that in its embrace lay a glimmer of hope. Hope that we might avoid defeat for a second test in a row, and thereby retain some shred of dignity and carry … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Reminiscing, Soccer
Tagged Blog War, Daniel Vettori, Dipak Patel, India, New Zealand, Paul Wiseman, Short Of A Length, Tim Southee
10 Comments
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
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
4 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
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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
7 Comments