black caps Archive

  • frog

    Losing more World Cups - by frog



    Following on from my previous post about the use of the highly toxic pesticide endosulfan on sports fields; I should note that also on Sue Kedgley’s list of fields that currently get a dose of endosulfan are Hamilton’s Seddon Park and Waikato Stadium, New Plymouth’s Pukekura Park and Yarrow Stadium, Rotorua’s International Rugby Stadium. These [...] read more
    October 2, 2008 11:31 am - 4 Comments
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    The inalienable right to free rugby - by frog



    I see Jim Anderton has found his own little election niche by calling for compulsory free-to-air rugby.  Now I’m a cricket fan, and not against the concept of free to air sports.  But I’m not really convinced that if we were to sit down and draw up a list of events and programmes that needed [...] read more
    July 10, 2008 9:44 am - 26 Comments
  • frog

    How about them Black Caps? - by frog



    It seems there has been some pretty impressive play from the Kiwis on tour. England currently trails by 229 runs with six wickets remaining in the 1st innings. Ross Taylor was 154 for 179 balls not out. Nice. O’Brien has taken two wickets, with this sort of gushing from the CricInfo commentary: O’Brien to Strauss, [...] read more
    May 25, 2008 7:17 pm - 25 Comments
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    Fleming on a roll - by frog



    Cricket keeps rearing its head on frogblog, so here is another post in support of the Black Caps. As I write, Fleming is giving Anderson a lesson in arithmetic by fours and will soon pause for lunch…  This is the post for BB, Toad and any other cricket fans to sort out the line up [...] read more
    March 23, 2008 12:24 pm - 37 Comments