Michael Cummings

Kiwi making his way in Melbourne. Comms dude. Views are mine.

[Michael Appleton @michelappleton]

.@BLACKCAPS’ record across their last 100 Test matches, back to mid-Dec 2013, is: won 54, lost 32, drew 14. In those 12.5 years, only 🇦🇺 (won 71, lost 33) has a better win/loss ratio:

1🇦🇺 2.15
2🇳🇿 1.69
3🇮🇳 1.67
4🇿🇦 1.51
5🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1.05
6🇱🇰 0.85
7🇵🇰 0.78
8🇧🇩 0.50
9🏝️0.44
10🇿🇼 0.18

1/🧵

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

@ATRightMovies

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

Do we still get to live rent free in Indian cricket supporters’ heads?

[Christopher Luxon @chrisluxonmp]

Today, we mark a historic milestone in the relationship between India and New Zealand: the signing of our Free Trade Agreement.

It was only 13 months ago that I travelled to India to meet with Prime Minister Modi and launch Free Trade Agreement negotiations. India is one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing economies, but our trade relationship has only begun to scratch the surface of its potential. Prime Minister Modi and I could see that an FTA would be a massive opportunity for both our two countries.

Since my visit last March, Ministers Piyush Goyal and Todd McClay, and their officials, have worked tirelessly to negotiate a deal. The outcome of that hard work is a deal that delivers for India and for New Zealand. My congratulations to Minister Goyal, Minister McClay and all the negotiators who made this possible.

For New Zealand, this FTA opens the door to one of the world’s most dynamic markets and creates unprecedented opportunities to trade, invest, innovate and connect. This deal will help diversify New Zealand’s export markets, support the goal of doubling the value of our exports over 10 years, and put New Zealand exporters on a more level playing field with competitors already enjoying preferential access in India.

For India, this deal means growth, innovation and new opportunities. It gives Indian exporters tariff-free access to the New Zealand market from day one, and it gives Indian consumers improved access to our high-quality exports. It creates new ways for India to partner with New Zealand on agricultural productivity and benefit from New Zealand’s world-leading agri-tech and food-production expertise.

This agreement matters not just because of what it does economically, but because of what it says strategically. At a time of global uncertainty, this FTA is a clear commitment by both sides to stable, predictable, and rules-based trade.

And the India-New Zealand story is about more than trade. New Zealand and India are building a relationship that is bigger, deeper and more exciting every year – across trade, investment, defence, sport, and innovation.

New Zealand’s vibrant Indian diaspora is central to the strong relationship between our two countries. In Prime Minister Modi’s words, the diaspora is a “living bridge” between New Zealand and India. The contribution of the Indian community to New Zealand is immense: in business, in science, in education, in health, in the arts, in sport, and in communities right across the country.

While today is a big milestone, it is also just the beginning. We are excited about the next chapter in India-New Zealand relations.

[The Big Guy get 10% @RobGerundo]

@JackPosobiec For the Democrats that are blindly voting for Kamala....I hope you're preparing your kids or grandkids to fight in overseas wars!!

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

Mitch Santner, you’ve come a long way baby.

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

People politely walked around Mitch Santner’s bowling figures as they left the MCG at the end of play in the #BoxingDayTest

[Matt Richens @mattrichens]

To put Santner's effort in perspective... he's taken 13* wickets in this test (with two left on the table at time of tweeting). In 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 - he took 14.
Extraordinary.

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

Indian cricket twitter having a normal one rn

[Mangleshwar @CrickTak]

@MichaelVaughan They are winning since the best team in the world is playing bad cricket and more than New Zealand winning it is India who is losing.

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

@dannews @BLACKCAPS Yup, flicked on Kayo and couldn’t believe they didn’t have it!

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

@leeannewakefie1 @nytimes Um, the nice people of St Lucia would beg to differ.

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

This one is for all the disappointed Kiwis out there. This map featuring two New Zealand’s should make up for all the maps where New Zealand was missing... Source: https://t.co/dvfglFNjIH

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

“In rugby that would be a knock on” 🤦‍♂️

[Rob Moody @robelinda2]

@Peter_Fitz I’ve gone through footage of every catch he has taken for Aus that is I’ve recorded, posted a few but none seem to match your description, I only have one left that comes close-

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

@gingeralana22 @tmurphyNZ @NZStuff Sure, but isn't that the point she's making? Redundancies have been happening at news orgs for years because their business models were upended by SM, loss of advertising revenue, etc.

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

@chrishydejourno If the story about me taking 9/26 in Manawatu premier club cricket is gone I’ll be calling for hikoi to Stuff’s offices in Wellington!

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

@FPayne100 Lol, is there any score between 50 and 100 Flemo wasn’t dismissed for?

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

@ilikefunnywords @kayosports @BLACKCAPS Thanks! 🙏

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

‘Sleigh it ain’t so’: Melbourne’s most baffling Christmas decoration is back to bemuse the masses once more.

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

@CathyKoo Commiserations Cathy. Ireland absolutely outstanding in every way. What a team, what fans, so unfair they haven’t gone further in this tournament.

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

There were certainly some pretty poor results in that time as well but, coming into 2023, they looked like a side that was building nicely towards the RWC.

Then Rugby Australia got distracted by a shiny object and here they are.

[Michael Cummings @yesmrmc]

In the 6 months before Rennie was sacked the Wallabies:
- Beat Scotland away
- Lost by 1 to the best team in the world (Ireland) away
- Got within 3 points of the 2nd best team in the world (France) away
- Beat Wales away
- Lost to Italy by 1

World ranking was 6. Now it's 9.

[news.com.au @newscomauHQ]

Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has been booed off the field after an “utterly dreadful” World Cup loss not seen for 69 years. https://t.co/kOAtNkbxHs