Ranking the top 5 greatest New Zealand batsmen ever The Black Caps have always punched above their weight, so to speak, in international cricket. They won the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy, against all the odds and recently reached back-to-back ICC Cricket World Cup finals, in 2015 and in 2019. A combination of great fast bowling […] READ MORE
The greatest T20 batsman currently playing for New Zealand New Zealand are currently ranked as the 6th best team in T20I by the ICC. Despite this, the Kiwis always tend to punch above their weight in T20I Cricket, especially in tournaments, having reached the World T20 Semi-Finals in 2016. Batting is an art in T20 […] READ MORE
Picking New Zealand’s All-Time Test XI Have you ever wondered how New Zealand’s all-time test match XI would look like? In recent times, New Zealand has been a fantastic test match team, especially at home. Plus, they have travelled reasonably well, due to having adaptable players and an astute captain. Their bowling attack has always […] READ MORE
SRH vs DC, will the key players matter or will cricket prove otherwise? Let us look at today’s game. SRH vs DC and the key players plus match ups in IPL 2020 game 11. Will Warner fire this game? Does he have the matchups he favors? What about Stoinis, will he target a particular bowler? […] READ MORE
Is there an opportunity for India to recover? New Zealand‘s record at the Hagley Oval, in six completed games, is: won four, lost one and drawn one. Only Australia has triumphed at this venue. All three Asian teams have lost. That does not make good reading if you are an Indian fan. Especially if you […] READ MORE
Despite the rise of the T20 format over the last decade and as great as the ODI World Cup was recently, the five-day version of test cricket still creates a buzz around it unique to the sporting calendar. While its popularity has undoubtedly waned in recent times, Test cricket is still considered by many as […] READ MORE
With Summer fast approaching Down Under, the floppy hats in the New Zealand dugout will be out sooner than expected as they will battle out much more than just high mercury levels on their tour to the UAE. In-Form Pakistan Pakistan have clearly marked their territory at their “home” and have proved to be the […] READ MORE
The Greatest of All Time Debate: What’s In A Batting Average? In sports it is always hard to make accurate comparisons with current players and their former counterparts. This is no different in the ever-changing climate of international cricket. A key indicator, which is commonly used to make comparisons, is a batsman’s average. However, without […] READ MORE
IPL 2018: Team Of The Tournament After 51 days of breathtaking T20 cricket and 60 matches laden with brilliant performances, the eleventh edition of the Indian Premier League ended with MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings beating Kane Williamson’s Sunrisers Hyderabad. With almost half the games finishing in the last over, IPL 2018 was arguably the […] READ MORE
Every Batsman Has Their Weakness, But What About “The Fab Four”? Every batsman is usually a bunny to at least one bowler. Only an elite few are exempt from this. There are some very famous ‘bunny combinations’: Graeme Smith and Zaheer Khan, Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson. This begs the question of who can easily […] READ MORE