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Bond to return?
By Will last year, at the end of May, No Comments; be the first!
Looks like Shane Bond could return to Test cricket, possibly as early as August. The “rebel” Indian Cricket League is, a little predictably, dying on its knees, unable to equal or rise out of the Indian Premier League’s bolshy (and unbelievably successful) shadow.
Daryl Tuffey and Lou Vincent might also be back.
No Comments »Tuffey has been offered a termination and after consulting with lawyers has accepted it. The paper reports that Vincent has also quit, and while it is expected Bond will do the same, it says that might take longer in his case.
Heath Mills, the head of the NZ Players’ Association, said scrapping the existing contracts would probably mean the three would not get what was owed to them, but he added that there was no guarantee there would be another season of ICL anyway.
Bond was non committal, but said that he “hoped something will happen soon,” adding: “My training is going really well and I want to get back into it.”
A black (cap) day for Australian cricket
By Scott 3 years ago, mid-February, 10 Comments »
The scoreboard tells the story.
It must be twenty years since I’ve seen such a poor performance by an Australian side; they were second best for the entire game. This was a woeful display, lacking in any of the traditional Australian virtues of discipline, enterprise and initative.
There’s no doubt that New Zealand played very well, and they would have won against better sides then this. Shane Bond was an absolute menace, and the wicket was difficult for the batsmen. New Zealand’s openers had a lot of play and miss in the first half of their innings. But once they were settled, Fleming and Vincent had no trouble picking off the runs.
There was one particular standout moment of the day, which was Bond’s caught and bowled off Cameron White. One of the best catches I’ve ever seen.
The only thing that went wrong for New Zealand was Jacob Oram, who broke his finger while catching Mitchell Johnson in the deep.
Australia look gone to me. The injury list is bad, the confidence is shot, and there is not much time to turn things around.
10 Comments »New Zealand are crucifying Zimbabwe
By Will 5 years ago, at the end of August, 8 Comments »
Have you seen? Lou Vincent is on his way to 200. New Zealand 307/1 after 36 overs! Oh dear.
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