In the Stuff.co.nz, Paul Holden, a New Zealand fan, writes on the cricket commentary on the wireless in South Africa.
Meanwhile, here in Aotearoa, we’ve never had a female cricket commentator, as far as I can recall. It is total man-land on both RadioSport and Sky’s cricket commentary teams with no cricket commentary suffragettes on the horizon either. Possibilities from the ranks of those of the fairer sex who have pledged their allegiance to cricket at one time or another would include effective actress Jodie Rimmer, bespectacled Basin-loving politician Marian Hobbs or the voluptuous talkback host Kerre Woodham
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Hamish McDouall dissects New Zealand's woeful performance in the first Test against South Africa.
Exactly half Michael Papps‘ test innings have finished in single figures. Apart from providing a funny nickname (“Smear”) and a ridiculous haircut, what does he offer that Lou Vincent or Matthew Sinclair doesn’t? I think it is time to take the puppy out the back and shoot it. Craig Cumming’s vaunted technique against quick bowlers looked overstated in the face of superb Protea bowling.
Poor batting technique. Balsa wood bodies. This raises two key questions – how is John Bracewell improving batting skills and fitness? (After all, we don’t need finely tuned athletes, just blokes who can turn up for work…) And what the hell is High Performance Manager Ric Charlesworth actually doing?
