Cricket

30 Years Ago Today … this happened

If a NZer ever needed a reason to hate Australians, then the following should be in their top 5. I remember it like it happened yesterday. It still burns. They are scum. Never forget.

Geoffrey Howarth – where are you?

Just spent the last 15 minutes looking for childhood hero Geoffrey Howarth online, former cricket captain of NZ and fellow resident of the Bay of Plenty. Was mostly looking for Geoffrey’s finest moment, his awe-inspiring ‘Fresh Up’ advert from the early 80’s. From memory it involved him tonning up against the Windies, and then swigging … Read more

Snap – we did it again

The boys chased down a massive total of 336 today to win the 2nd one dayer over the decimated Aussies. Awesome stuff. Soon-to-be living legend Ross Taylor (pictured) top scored with 117. Even if it is the 2nd team we’re playing that’s still an impressive win. Boding well for the world cup then. NZ 337 … Read more

Australia crushed by New Zealand

Australia crushed by New Zealand “New Zealand have handed Australia their first ever 10-wicket defeat in one-day internationals with a crushing victory in the opening Chappell-Hadlee series match in Wellington. The Kiwis raced to victory with 23 overs to spare after fast bowler Shane Bond had destroyed the Australian batting line-up by taking 5-23 in … Read more

NZ destroy Poms

It’s a great day to be alive as the boys bounced back from those devastatingly close losses to the aussies and delivered a mightly blow to England. Oram back into the team and at last we start to have more options in bowling and batting. Now we have more than one chance of scoring runs … Read more