The @BLACKCAPS look clinical and competitive after the resumption at @HomeOfCricket. Will O'Rourke bristling with aggression and Nathan Smith asking questions just outside off stump.
Glenn Phillips warming up with the ball for @BLACKCAPS at @HomeOfCricket. Looks like he has the nod at number 7. Settled weather at present. Looking good for a start on time under patchy skies.
Martin Crowe’s portrait is officially unveiled in the @HomeOfCricket Long Room, nestled between Sir Donald Bradman and Sir Vivian Richards with the @BLACKCAPS in attendance ahead of tomorrow’s test against England. Prized real estate for one of cricket’s most innovative thinkers.
With rare intensity, Martin Greenfield suffered the wounds and won the triumphs associated with immigration to America: agony abroad, poverty in a new home, workaholic entrepreneurship, fortune, and finally, a late-life reckoning with youthful tragedies. https://t.co/aPXxKXfw9o
The @BLACKCAPS pace bowler Ben Sears provided a bright spot in the gloom of a 2-0 test series loss to Australia, via @nzherald: https://t.co/xEZqidU94p
One last sneaky late-forming rain cloud is thwarting a start to play at Hagley Oval. Looks clear after this on the rain radar for the @BLACKCAPS v Australia fourth day.
The Australians - and D.Vettori - commandeer the Hagley Oval nets in preparation for the pivotal fourth day of the second test against the @BLACKCAPS.
Patrons already in place at Hagley Oval, determined to capture a potential rare test cricket feat from the @BLACKCAPS against Australia. Sun has started to peak through the early gloom.
Few matches appear beyond the realm of restoration for the @BLACKCAPS after reconstructing from the rubble of a 162-run first innings against Australia at Hagley Oval, via @nzherald: https://t.co/351MHToFwT
Australia require 279 to beat the @BLACKCAPS in the final innings of the second cricket test at Hagley Oval. New Zealand have been dismissed for 372 in their second dig.
Matt Henry is a walking billboard for the power of home advantage in the @BLACKCAPS’ second test against Australia at Hagley Oval, via @nzherald: https://t.co/SbAHngKIIw
Australia have been dismissed for 256, a lead of 94 against the @BLACKCAPS after lunch on the second day of the second test at Hagley Oval. Matt Henry finishes with figures of 23-4-67-7. Has 15 wickets at an average of 11.53 for the series.
Another five-wicket haul for Matt Henry as he stars against Australia this summer. Removes Mitchell Marsh with a reviewed lbw for a duck. Australia 177-6, a lead of 15. Curiously, Henry is also the @BLACKCAPS' top runs-scorer...
A trip to a cricket test at Hagley Oval is only enhanced by a visit to the Christchurch Farmers’ Market on the Saturday morning. Can recommend Good Buy Pork Pie’s pork, apple and rosemary pasty and the blondie brownie.