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Ice Kane and the boss Taylor at Southampton. Photo: Alex Davidson / Stringer
24th June, 2021

Eat it, haters. NZ are the champions, the greatest test side in the world

Cricket tragic Samuel Flynn-Scott celebrates the remarkable achievement of our world-champion Black Caps.
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By Samuel Scott
Guest writer
Blackcaps captain Kane Williamson lifts the World Test Championship mace. (Photo: Getty Images)
24th June, 2021

We just watched the Black Caps make cricket history

A monumental overnight World Test Championship victory, and the culmination of six days of intense early-morning podcasting.
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By Alex Braae
Staff Writer
A fielding coach’s nightmare (Image: Tina Tiller)
25th February, 2021

The Offspin: World Test Championship here we come

The Spinoff's cricket podcast is back! Join Simon Day and Alex Braae on the road to Lord's with special guest, White Fern Frankie Mackay.
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By The Offspin
Podcast
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6th April, 2018

Chris Harris on Dancing With the Stars is the greatest thing to ever happen to me

Look at him. Just look at him. This is amazing.
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By Calum Henderson
Production editor
(Credit: NZ Cricket Museum/Into The White).
13th January, 2018

A definitive ranking of all the Blackcaps ODI shirts from best to worst

Someone had to do it.
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By Calum Henderson
Production editor
Get ready to weep: The Blackcaps face their T20 heartbreakers
22nd March, 2016

Get ready to weep: The Blackcaps face their T20 heartbreakers

The Black Caps have rolled India and squeezed Australia, but now it’s time to take on Pakistan – a team that almost always find a way to break our hearts.
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By Praneel Hira
Guest writer
Sports: Jeremy Wells on Sulking, Bad Calls and Pink Balls
30th November, 2015

Sports: Jeremy Wells on Sulking, Bad Calls and Pink Balls

Jeremy Wells wraps up the historic first day-night test match between Australia and New Zealand and wonders whether that completely baffling DRS call really was the deciding factor.
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By Jeremy Wells
Guest writer
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 29:  Players of New Zealand look on after the end of the match on day three of the Third Test match between Australia and New Zealand at Adelaide Oval on November 29, 2015 in Adelaide, Australia.  (Photo by Morne de Klerk/Getty Images)
30th November, 2015

Cricket: The Pink Ball Diaries, Day Three – Did We Just Watch Test Cricket Save Itself?

A close, captivating inaugural day-night test match. But was it enough to fix test cricket? Simon Day reports from Adelaide.
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By Simon Day
Commercial Editorial Director
PERTH, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 15:  Kane Williamson of New Zealand bats during day three of the second Test match between Australia and New Zealand at the WACA on November 15, 2015 in Perth, Australia.  (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
29th November, 2015

Arguing With My Dad: Kane Williamson, greatest of all time?

'Arguing with my Dad' is a new occasional column which features Greg Bruce in conversation with his father about sports. This week's disagreement: NZ's best batsmen.
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By Greg Bruce
Guest writer
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 28:  A general view at dusk during day two of the Third Test match between Australia and New Zealand at Adelaide Oval on November 28, 2015 in Adelaide, Australia.  (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
29th November, 2015

Cricket: The Pink Ball Diaries, Live from Adelaide – Day Two

On day two tradition and modernity collided at one of the world’s most beautiful cricket grounds. Simon Day reports from Adelaide.
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By Simon Day
Commercial Editorial Director
The sun sets over the Adelaide Oval during the first ever day/night test match in 2015 (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images).
28th November, 2015

Cricket: The Pink Ball Diaries, Live from Adelaide – Day One

The first day of the inaugural day-night test fell on the first anniversary of the death of Phillip Hughes. Reporting from Adelaide, Simon Day found cricket was the best tribute to his memory.
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By Simon Day
Commercial Editorial Director
PERTH, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 17: Mitchell Johnson of Australia walks out to bat past a guard of honour by New Zealand players during day five of the second Test match between Australia and New Zealand at WACA on November 17, 2015 in Perth, Australia.  (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)
27th November, 2015

Sports: How the Black Caps are Killing with Kindness

Actress, presenter and cricket tragic Sonia Gray on the stealthy way the Blackcaps have adopted reverse sledging and "respect-shaming" as tactics.
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By Sonia Gray
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