Cricket

Windies Done And Dusted, Pakistan Next Up

Bring It On, Pakistan It’s easy to become over-confident.  Especially when your very recent winning streak includes having walloped the West Indies in a clean sweep without so much as raising a brow or breaking a sweat under your risen brow. Over-confidence has a way of biting you on the ….

Colin Munro Ensures Clean Sweep for NZ

A Clean Sweep For New Zealand Colin Munro is most probably the happiest man alive in New Zealand at the moment.  And no wonder as it’s not every day that a man is almost single-handedly the reason for a landmark win over the West Indies. Munro managed to smash a ….

Here’s Looking At Kenya At U19 Cricket WC

All Eyes On Kenya At U19 Cricket World Cup The 2018 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup gets underway on January 13th and will be played at a total of 7 venues across New Zealand as it makes its way to the finals.  All eyes are on Kenya this year, who ….

Stokes Pulls Weight For Canterbury

Ben Stokes Finally Pulling His Weight England all-rounder Ben Stokes has made a very obvious statement on Thursday when he hit seven 6’s in a 47 balls innings of 93 for Canterbury province in the T20 match against Otago province.  Stokes is obviously more than ready for a recall to ….

Record-Breaking First WBBL Weekend

Record Numbers On Weekend 1 Of WBBL The first weekend of the third addition of the Women’s Big Bash League has attracted record numbers in terms of viewership spectator tallies, with an average of 422,550 fans having booked out for the game between the Sydney Sixers and the Melbourne Stars.  ….

Ashes: England Whipped By Australia Again

England Suffers An Early Demise It’s almost easy to feel sad for the English.  Especially after their failed attempt at a come-back during the 2nd Test against Australia in the Ashes Series.  Australia did what they do best, won by 120 wickets and are now officially in a 2-0 lead ….

Women’s Big Bash League Develops Players

2017/2018 Women’s Big Bash League Brings the Thrills This year’s Women’s Big Bash League is expected to trump all others, with the number of matches having been increased from 32 regular season matches to a total of 40 matches.  What this means is that each BBL 07 side will play ….

West Indies Back On The Steady Rise

A Return To Glory Visible On The Windies Horizon There was a time when the West Indies were beyond reproach, smoothly moving in, taking the lead, making the win and rolling back out.  This is definitely a time past and the situation is no longer the way it was.  However, ….

Fresh NZ Side To Face Windies Squad

New Zealand Headed For Test Without Southee New Zealand will be missing out on the services of prized paceman Tim Southee during their first cricket test against the West Indies starting on Friday.  Southee will be sitting out due to the birth of his first child and will be replaced ….

Ben Stokes Headed For Canterbury Club

Ben Stokes To Possibly Play For Canterbury English cricket’s bad-boy and general all-rounder Ben Stokes, who remains unavailable for selection by England because of an ongoing investigation following criminal charges as a result of an incident outside of a Bristol nightclub, has reportedly entered into informal discussions with Canterbury cricket ….