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Still in the hunt
Well, what a wet and wild Christmas break that was… While you guys were enjoying the holiday festivities, the Knights had four games at Mount Maunganui and, unfortunately, all bar one of those was affected by rain. I have to say it was nice being in one spot for a while and being clo...
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Knights off to a great start in HRV Cup
Well, the HRV Cup competition is finally here and the Yahoo! Northern Knights had a great start against Canterbury with a five-run win. I think it’s really important to get some momentum going early on in the competition, because if you fall during the first few games pressure can build...
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What a week for NZ cricket!
Well, what can I say? It has been one hell of a week for New Zealand cricket, and, for many of us, it seems Christmas has come early. The BLACKCAPS have beaten Australia on Australian soil for the first time in 26 years and it’s been 18 years since the last New Zealand test victory ...
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It's Business Time
Well, we’re at the business end of the first part of our campaign here at the World Cup. A win over Sri Lanka will see us finish top or second in the group but what a game to finish the first round of this world cup. The Sri Lankans thrashed both Zimbabwe and Canada by considerable sc...
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On The Board!
It’s no secret I’m pretty happy to finally be off the mark and on the board with a few runs in this World Cup? To be honest I’m ecstatic! There’s nothing worse than being on tour and not being on the scoreboard, you can imagine the grief I’ve been copping from ...
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News from the World Cup
Well it’s fair to say Ireland threw the cat amongst the pigeons here at the World Cup. WOW – what a performance. For those of you who haven’t seen the match you have to and for those who have I’d say watch it again, Kevin O’Brien’s century was simply outs...
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Thoughts With Christchurch
It’s hard to blog about the Cricket World Cup with everything that is going on in Christchurch. And I have to say my thoughts and those of all of the members of the Black Caps squad go out to the people of Canterbury. What happened on Tuesday has left us shell-shocked and extremely sa...
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World Cup
It’s nearly time for the ICC One Day World Cup to start for us here in India. We get things underway on February 20 against Kenya and anyone who thinks this game is an easy win for us and just a warm up is dreaming. We need to get things going from the first ball and more importantly ...
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One ODI to go
Since I last checked in we’ve managed to fit in three One Day Internationals and come Tuesday we’ll be on the plane and heading for India for the World Cup. It hasn’t been a great week in terms of results. The series was there to be won before the game in Hamilton and I th...
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Rain Rain Rain
Rain, rain, go away. We’ve certainly been dogged over the past few weeks by the weather on the cricket pitch. It’s tough and it’s disappointing because a six match series leading into the World Cup would be the perfect preparation especially against a sub-continent team wi...
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From inside the camp
This blog comes to you direct from within the BLACKCAPS camp as we gear up to take on Pakistan. We all came in to camp on Thursday and while the guys who played in the Test series were looking a bit tired after the second Test they’re in good spirits. The enthusiasm within the team is...
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Knights, BLACKCAPS and Chennai Super Kings
It’s been a good start to the One-Day competition for the Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights. We’re two from two and to be perfectly honest we probably deserved to win neither of them the way we played. That’s a good sign for the team and our character fighting through when we lo...
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End of 2010
It’s fair to say that I didn’t have the best finish to 2010. It was all looking pretty good up until last week. Then both the Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights and the BLACKCAPS slipped up in their respective Twenty20 games. For the Knights it felt like we fell off a cliff ...
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Fourth Equal
Twenty20 is a game where even if you’re losing you have to keep playing without any fear. You must try to win the game yourself, take the game by the scruff of the neck and not be timid in any way. On Tuesday we notched up our second win and took the Twenty20 series over Pakistan at t...
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A Simple Equation
It’s a simple equation for the Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights over the next three weeks in the HRV Cup - we need to win. There are only three games left including today when we face off against Central Districts. I think if we get two out of three we’ve probably done enough to get ...
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