Posted by Tony Tea on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 10:26 AM in New Zealand 2015/16 | Permalink | Comments (85)
The top is green, the undies brown, the toss critical.
Posted by Tony Tea on Friday, February 12, 2016 at 10:20 AM in New Zealand 2015/16 | Permalink | Comments (52)
Last time Australia played an ODI in New Zealand (the World Cup match at Eden Park) everyone thought road and runs, then the ball started moving. Given recent matches, though, and the hefty scores made by Australia, India, New Zealand and Pakistan you'd have to think juicy runs will be on the menu.
Posted by Tony Tea on Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at 08:45 AM in New Zealand 2015/16 | Permalink | Comments (14)
So you thought Adelaide had rarely hosted a Third Test. Idiot.
Posted by Tony Tea on Friday, November 27, 2015 at 11:15 AM in New Zealand 2015/16 | Permalink | Comments (151)
They still play Tests at the WACA? I trust the nets are up to keep the savages off the oval. (Or to keep the commentators from raving on about the pace of the WACA pitch.)
Posted by Tony Tea on Friday, November 13, 2015 at 11:20 AM in New Zealand 2015/16 | Permalink | Comments (152)
Our Phil Hughes. Their Kane Williamson: "Is New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson better than Don Bradman?" Malcolm Knox injects perspective. (Malcolm's "degree-of-difficulty loading" is also a reminder that perspective needs to be maintained when a batsman makes a big score.)
Posted by Tony Tea on Monday, November 09, 2015 at 09:40 AM in New Zealand 2015/16 | Permalink | Comments (13)
Bill Collins of film fame once said that you must keep watching films to keep in practice. The same applies to blogging: you've got to keep up the momentum. I've lost momentum.
95% of the way through a post on Stokes, Starc, Smith and obstruction, absolute grist for the AGB mill, it suddenly occurred to me that I couldn't be bothered. Couldn't even be bothered doing a post about David Gyngell and 4 days Tests. Jimmy Anderson saying the Poms fixed the pitches. The cancelled Bangladesh tour. Warner on McCullum and sledging. Yawn.
Anyway...
Posted by Tony Tea on Thursday, November 05, 2015 at 09:25 AM in New Zealand 2015/16 | Permalink | Comments (119)