It isn't racist to want the Treaty principles more clearly defined. But that doesn't mean that what's being proposed by ACT is perfect.
Here's my take:
Hey
@ICC
or
@cricketcomau
shouldn't one of you be reaching out to Rob to offer him an official archivist position?
The man has done more for the growth of cricket globally than almost anyone else, and so far has done it all for love, not money.
Mark Nicholas said that most people would be surprised to see Shakib Al Hasan at the top of the ODI rankings list. He's been in the top 3 every single week since 14 Jan 2009. That's more than 10 years.
Who on earth would be surprised?
#CWC19
#BANvSA
#SAvBAN
As far as I know, he's managed to keep himself out of trouble ever since.
Hopefully when he's out celebrating his try against the All Blacks tonight, Bundee Aki doesn't get any grief from the police, and doesn't need anyone to take him home this time.
Tom Latham and Ben Stokes were born within a few months of each other, and made their test debuts within a few months, too.
Latham has missed only 4% of NZs tests since then. Stokes, however, has missed 22% of England's tests.
Stokes has played 22 more tests than Latham.
About 15 years ago, I saw a student of mine getting hassled by some police in Aotea Square. As I was walking down the street he shouted "sir, sir, Mr Wagener over here - that's my teacher."
I went over.
The police officer said "are you his teacher?" I confirmed that I was.
Here's the outcome of every possible scenario in the final two series of the
#WTC
, if Australia and South Africa play a 3 match series.
Colours are:
Blue: NZ vs India
Red: NZ vs Eng
Yellow: NZ vs Aus
Green: Aus vs Eng
Orange: India vs Aus
#Cricket
#Statchat
#SAvAUS
#INDvENG
New Zealand have bowled well enough that Pakistan could have easily been all out for 180 here.
The fact that they're 227/6 is testament to just how well
#AzharAli
batted.
That 93 was a much better innings than lots of test centuries.
#NZvPAK
Before he turned 28, Martin Crowe had 3384 test runs at 44.52 and with 11 centuries.
Tom Latham is almost 28.
He has 3456 test runs at 44.88 with 11 centuries.
#Statchat
#NZvENG
Remember how a couple of weeks ago, English cricket writers were all upset about Mumbai Indians bringing up the idea of offering Jofra Archer a 12 month contract...
Dutch cricketers not released from their English counties to play in The
@cricketworldcup
qualifiers next month.
Fred Klaasen
Shane Snater
Roelof van der Merwe
Paul van Meekeren
Timm van der Gugten
Colin Ackerman
Brandon Glover
It's just not fair.
Jasprit Bumrah's bowling stats
In Tests
Against New Zealand: 6 wickets at 41.16
Against teams not called New Zealand: 77 wickets at 21.36
In ODIs
Against New Zealand: 13 wickets at 36.84
Against teams not called New Zealand: 95 wickets at 23.75
Henry Nicholls has had a ridiculously good year.
He's played 3 test series.
Vs England he scored 158 runs at an average of 79.00
Vs Pakistan he scored 287 runs at an average of 57.40
Vs Sri Lanka he scored 213 runs at an average of 106.50.
Total 658 runs at 73.11.
He said: "he's being disorderly, I'm going to take him in and process him, unless you offer to give him a lift home."
From what I could see, he wasn't being particularly disorderly, and I really didn't want him to get a record for annoying a cop.
So I quickly agreed.
My wife had a really tricky birth when our twins were born. She couldn't walk for a couple of weeks.
It would have been the best thing for our family for us to be able to take leave together.
The fact that Labour is blocking this is horrendous.
There's a number of English cricket writers who were happy to say "the boundary rules were in place before the tournament, you shouldn't complain" who are now complaining about the lack of reserve days in the T20 World Cups.
#T20WorldCup
#WT20WC
A first year primary school teacher with a student loan will get $742 per week in hand (after tax and student loan)
Someone who in in their first year stacking shelves in a supermarket will now earn $753 (after tax).
Income mobility is dying in New Zealand.
Here's
@RossLTaylor
's last 10 ODI matches: (most recent last)
59 (73) vs Pak
113 (116), 10 (26), 181* (147) vs Eng
80 (112), 86 (120)*, DNB vs Pak
54 (37), 90 (105), 109 (117) vs SL
783 runs, 3 100s, 5 50s, average 130.5, strike rate 91.69
(Correct at 41 overs on
#NZvSL
Match)
Only one batsman (Gordon Greenidge) has ever hit a double century in the 4th innings to win a match.
Kyle Mayers is on 192* and West Indies need 24 more runs off 9 overs.
#BANvWI
The last 11 players to captain the
@BLACKCAPS
would make a fairly handy playing XI.
Latham
Fleming
Williamson
Taylor
McMillian
McCullum (k)
Cairns
Vettori
Nash
Mills
Southee
It's quite surprising that a group of consecutive captains would cover all the different playing roles.
Believe it or not, that was not the first time that 3 opening batsmen remained not out in an ODI match. The last time that it happened was in the 1992 World Cup.
#CWC19
#NZvSL
That was a ridiculously clever bit of cricket there from Kohli. Bunting a ball from outside off to mid on and running 2. So good.
Unfortunately.
#NZvIND
I was looking into the achievement of Simi Singh scoring a century from number 8 in an ODI but his team still losing, and I noticed something surprising. MS Dhoni had lots of 50s at number 6 or lower that resulted in India losing.
A thread 1/n
Australia won 6 tosses. They won those 6 matches. They lost 1 toss. They lost that match.
Aaron Finch was worth his position simply for his tossing skills.
Absolutely beautiful.
Sir Dave Dobbyn just dedicated a song at the Eden Park concert to Helen Clark - the PM who (temporarily) abolished knighthoods and has led the opposition against concerts at Eden Park.
@DaleSteyn62
Our groundsman told me to look at the roots.
Green roots: there will be sideways movement, bowl first.
White roots: then bat first because no matter how green the surface of the grass is, the ball won't do much.
I'm from NZ, so I know nothing about non-green pitches.
Just a thought.
@SeanPlunket
published a story a couple of weeks ago that Jacinda Ardern was going to be going on the international speaker's circuit.
She denied it categorically.
Now she's said she'll be making some speeches overseas and at home.
Isn't that the same thing?
I hadn't noticed this before, but
@NewshubNZ
just got
@nzlabour
to say that they won't use any AI in their ad images. That means they'll have to get someone to manually do their airbrushing, pixel by pixel, rather than using the AI tools in photoshop...
I'm the pastor of Soul Church in Parnell. We've got ready to eat meals in our freezer and a wet and dry vacuum cleaner.
If anyone in the Parnell area needs a meal due to flood damage or help drying out some carpet etc, please let me know.
Wow.
The NZ supreme court just ruled that advocacy groups that don't push both sides of an issue can't be given charity status.
That's going to be bad news for groups like Greenpeace, Sea Shepherd, SAFE and the Drug Foundation.
It seems
@imVkohli
is getting close to having his wish fulfilled.
There was only a single match for first place in the
#WTC
, but the play of for 3rd and 4th is gong to have 5 tests.
They've even got a catchy name for it: the Ashes.
There was another really interesting innings in the
#IPL
match today. This time by Kane Williamson.
He scored 41(26) at Abu Dhabi. That's a strike rate of 157.7, which is the second highest for any score over 40 at Abu Dhabi this IPL. (Top was Suryakumar Yadav's 47(28) SR 167.9)
I'm not now (and wasn't at any point) anti-vax. But it seems ridiculous that parents who were caregivers for their own children were not allowed to keep living with them unless they got vaccinated.
New Zealand have just dropped the spinner with the best average of all NZ spinners in NZ since 1987 (min 100 overs) because he wasn't successful in Australia.
#NZvIND
As part of a team-building exercise, Virat Kohli took the RCB players to one of the local orphanages.
"Their situation just seemed so hopeless. I'll never forget the forlorn looks on their sad little faces" said Arun, aged 9.
#IPL
I understand why the
#WTCFinal
is just one match. I get the reasoning and agree that it's probably better than having a series on neutral territory.
But I would love there to be two more matches between these excellent and very well matched sides.
First over from Santner:
Ball 1: medium pace inswinger
Ball 2: medium pace inswinger
Ball 3: orthodox spin
Ball 4: medium pace inswinger
Ball 5: orthodox spin
Ball 6: medium pace shortish ball.
He's not really a spinner with the new ball.
#NZvPAK
Top NZ run scorer in domestic T20 matches, last 2 years: Colin Munro
Top NZ run scorer in T20 matches in UAE, last 2 years: Colin Munro
Top NZ run scorer in T20 matches in Pakistan, last 2 years: Colin Munro
Best ever average and strike rate in T20i's in Asia for NZ: Colin Munro
Adam Milne gets just over NZ$600k for the IPL. That's almost the same as the median house price in his home town of Palmerston North.
He could come home and buy a house with cash.
#IPLAuction
This can't be our statement. Surely somebody tell me this is a joke.
Our 5 major allies all released similar statements to each other, condemning the terrorist attacks and standing with Israel.
Instead, we call for a stop to all violence?
Weak, pathetic, and immoral.
Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿is deeply concerned at the outbreak of conflict between Israel and Gaza. We call for the immediate cessation of violence. The protection of all civilians, and upholding of international humanitarian law is essential.
That googly from Sodhi was not his normal one. He kept his wrist cocked longer than normal, then the ball came out higher than normal. It would have looked very much to Kohli like the leg break, without the clues that he would have been looking for. What a stunning ball.
#NZvIND
My notifications are now full of English fans telling me how the boundaries rule was totally fair because it was based on playing better cricket, while a team progressing because they won more matches is inherently unfair.
Delicious.
There's a number of English cricket writers who were happy to say "the boundary rules were in place before the tournament, you shouldn't complain" who are now complaining about the lack of reserve days in the T20 World Cups.
#T20WorldCup
#WT20WC
I'm really disappointed to see National's policy to keep the fees free first year at university.
It costs $300M and achieves nothing except to give people who study a shorter time paying off their loan.
There's no evidence that it achieved anything other than that.
Wayne Brown waited until official advice to declare a state of emergency (about 5 hours after the first weather warning and 4 hours after the flooding started).
Kieran McAnulty waited until official advice to declare a state of emergency (2 days after the flooding started)
People are asking what the "squeezed middle" means in context.
Here's an example.
A full time minimum wage worker with 2 kids and no student loan gets $961 per week, after tax, WFF, ACC and 3% kiwisaver.
A production manager on $90k with student loan, takes $1195.02 per week
@nz_hill
For me Pakeha is a term that has a New Zealand origin to describe people who are white but feel at home here in NZ rather than feeling like they come from Europe.
I'm not European. My family's been here for generations. This is home. I don't want to be called European.
It's because they're not actually a green party. They're a socialist party who have green values as a small part of their values.
It's really that simple.
Here's the short version of how to know who gets to play against New Zealand in the World Test Championship final:
England need to win 3+ matches.
India need to win 2 and not lose both of the other 2.
If neither of those teams get there, then Australia make it.
#WTC
In 2019 a review was done into why roughly 700,000 people didn't fill in the census.
Like most Labour reviews, the answer came back that there wasn't enough money spent.
So we spent almost 3 times as much.
At last count, roughly 700,000 have yet to fill in the 2023 census.
Michael Bracewell has just played one of the greatest ever ODI innings in a chase, and almost nobody will have seen it. 127* (82) tells some of the story, but it doesn't do it justice.
#IREvNZ
@eyepatchjack
@Mitre10HV
This guy has just published video of him not complying with a public health act and of him not conplying with a trespass order.
He's going to go to prison. And he deserves it.
He also seemed to walk into the Mitre 10 staff member - so it's unclear who instigated the assault.
Eden Park has ridiculously good drainage. It's designed to handle 75mm/hour. That's reasonably close to most rain ever recorded in an hour in New Zealand.
#NZvEng
I know some people on here believe that the Kiri Allen story is just a beat up, and an unjustified attack by the press.
But I feel that once we get to 4 senior public servants complaining about her behaviour that it's probably time to side with the victims over the bully.
The best thing about the Devon Conway innings was that it wasn't spectacular.
It didn't look like a first century, with a mixture of brilliance and nervousness .
Instead it looked like a century from Ross Taylor, Angelo Matthews or Faf du Plessis: a veteran just doing his job.
This is the fickle nature of cricket, and part of what makes it worth watching. Almost all batters fail more than they succeed. In the 626 times that a player's batted at least 6 times in the top order in a world cup, only 26 have scored 50 in more than half their innings.
Shreyas Iyer was out for a duck edging the same no-footwork poke that Travis Head happened to play and miss twice in a row early in his innings. It's how batting works. It doesn't diminish Head's innings, and it shouldn't diminish your estimation of Iyer's talent.
Hagley Oval are going to recognise the "4 first ships to arrive" with their lights.
I thought there were 7 waka that came here first, not 4. Or do they still only count white people as people in Christchurch?
One thing that's a bit misleading with cricket stats is that some players retire at their peak, some players get picked before they're ready, and some play on too long.
If we look at just between the ages of 25 and 35, it comes out like this
Finally I put them together to see a fuller picture.
These stats suggest that India has produced the best ever finisher, but his name is Yuvraj Singh, not MS Dhoni.
5/5
I can't help thinking that Kane Williamson would have been a better option that almost anyone in the world on that pitch. If you're not going to play him there, why have him in the squad?
#IPL
Martin Crowe was pretty sharp when he named the fab 4. Here's the players who have scored 5000+ test runs since that article came out. The 4 he named sitting in places 1-4
Do Indians actually like cricket?
There are roughly 6 million people living in Ahmedabad. 1% of them would have the stadium more than half full.
It isn't even a quarter full.
The Russell Domingo effect.
Here are the test averages of the Bangladeshi batsmen in the 2 years before Russell Domingo became coach, and since then.
#NZvBAN
ICC score predictor expects Bangladesh to score less in the second half of their innings then in the first half. I wouldn't think that's happened too often in history.