NZ cricket

2023 - 3 - 9

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The BYC podcast: Could Jason Hoyte be a Black Caps' selector? (New Zealand Herald)

Dylan Cleaver & Paul Ford join Jason Hoyte for another episode of NZ's #1 cricket podcast.

Join us for such cutting-edge debates as “What’s sexier, a well-oiled Duncan Fearnley Magnum or a Polyarmoured Slazenger V12? Join Jason Hoyte, Paul Ford, Dylan Cleaver and a range of dubious guests for those unmistakable sounds and smells of summer. Dylan Cleaver & Paul Ford join Jason Hoyte for another episode of NZ’s #1 cricket podcast, The BYC!

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Cricket: Last chance for semifinal berth for Wanganui Marist in ... (New Zealand Herald)

The last semifinal spots are up for grabs in the final round-robin of the Coastal Challenge Cup this weekend. Property Brokers United's five-wicket win over ...

Veterans Mark Fraser, John McIlraith, Nick Harding and Christopher Stewart will need to make meaningful contributions. Property Brokers United Colts vs Wanganui Renegades Those results have created a four-point log-jam from third place to sixth, making Wanganui Vet Services Marist (fourth) vs Weraroa (third) and Kāpiti Old Boys (fifth) vs Paraparaumu (sixth) virtual quarterfinals.

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Former captain Ken Rutherford says Black Caps have 'multitude of ... (New Zealand Herald)

He says the buck stops at the top for a "stale" and ageing side that's struggling to win.

So you’ve got to look from a high-performance perspective and say ‘something’s been overlooked’.” not just personality-wise but the way we’re playing just looks stale, everything just seems very familiar, very same.” so I wonder about the captaincy in that regard but anyway, that’s another point. but very few of them have performed at the necessary level. 29 or 30 is probably the average age.” and the next four-year cycle and make some plans around it.”

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Ken Rutherford: The new Blackcaps bowlers aren't up to it (Newstalk ZB)

Former Blackcaps skipper Ken Rutherford joined the show to discuss the fall of New Zealand cricket. LISTEN ABOVE.

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Club cricket's day at Napier's McLean Park will come (New Zealand Herald)

Hawke's Bay Cricket is hoping their club players will eventually get their day in the sun at internationals venue McLean Park after the Napier venue became ...

The association was told that no events were being held at the park during the crisis, which also caused the cancellation of a one-day Ford Trophy match that was to have been played at McLean Park on February 14 and the postponement of a first-class Plunket Shield match which was to have been played between Central Stags and Auckland Aces at McLean Park on February 25-28 and which is likely to now be played at another venue. Most club players have never played on McLean Park, and the chances for players at the higher levels have also minimised, with most Central Districts and Hawke’s Bay matches in Napier now played “across the road” at Nelson Park. There has been no club cricket at McLean Park in at least 35 years, but, taking a lead from the Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union’s agreement with the Napier City Council to stage its annual finals at the park, cricket got the thumbs-up to play its Twenty20 finals on the ground.

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