@Duluth said in Livescoring apps/website - not just rugby:
Anyone use FotMob?
Any niche ones specialise on a particular sport - Cricket, basketball, baseball etc?
I use Cricinfo (owned by ESPN these days) for cricket - I find it adequate for following live scores and they have decent text commentary.
Andy Flower was another excellent keeper batsman who is often forgotten. Playing for Zimbabwe doesn't help boost the stats obviously, so he's particularly impressive given that.
In terms of pure glove work in the past 50 years, besides Alan Knott and Healy as mentioned, Rod Marsh and Smith were also ahead of Gilchrist in my opinion. Dujon and Parore were also handy, as was Mark Boucher. Bob Taylor was even better than Knott with the gloves (Taylor has the FC record for most WK dismissals) but Knott was a somewhat better batsman.
All that said, hard to go past Gilchrist once you add the batting into it.
@Cyclops said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
220/6 off our 20. Weird innings, got totally bogged down through the 10-16 over mark. Not sure if that's good bowling, or Allen and Seifert playing well. Feels like we're either about 30 ahead of par or 30 behind.
Good win in the end, so I guess we were well ahead of par although I think some of that was scoreboard pressure.
Was excellent weather here in Christchurch the other day when we won comprehensively - 9 wickets in 10.1 overs. Naturally, had to have the drinks break at the end of the 10th over despite NZ only needing 2 runs... Obviously there will be advertising requirements etc, but it was a bit farcical.
Looks like we got off to a good start with the ball again today as well.
@Chris said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@Chris-B said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@No-Quarter Maybe not - but, I think that's where the change would come. Hard to see them leaving out Mitchell, who averages nearly 50 in ODIs.
22 runs from wides and 15 extra balls. That needs to be tidied up.
Anyone watching late in the Bangles innings? In O'Rourke's last over, Taskin was backing away and swiping wildly - and O'Rourke was digging it in and bowling into his body - which was economical because Taskin didn't have an answer - but I reckon it was crying out for a yorker and was a bit surprised Will didn't give him one.
Yeah I was watching probably he didn’t want to miss the Yorker and get punished.
It gets used less and less these days in white ball cricket.
You can’t beat a decent inswinging Yorker at a decent pace.
Can blame BMac for that apparently - his technique of cross-batting yorkers effectively removed them as anything other than an occasional weapon.
@Kiwiwomble said in Caleb Clarke:
@MN5 i will once again admit my previous ignorance, id always assumed a diversion could only be used for something like public intoxication or taking a leak in public, maybe nicking a road sign....nothing really dangerous
Diversion happens before charging as the police opt not to charge someone, most commonly a first offender and usually in return for some level of apology, admission of guilt and some minor community service.
This has reached court and a guilty plea, with Clarke seeking to be discharged without conviction - the court's decision on that will be part of sentencing in June. The financial impact of a conviction in terms of loss of potential earnings would be massive, so that's usually a major factor for the judge to consider.
300 up in the 49th over. Phillips with 50 off 34 balls and Latham gets his 100.
If I was picking another all-rounder, I'd use that as a tiebreaker, so Kallis instead of another batter, or Sir Paddles instead of another bowler, or Gilchrist instead of another 'keeper (could pick him as an all-time keeper on keeping skills anyway, but batting is a handy tiebreaker). Imran was tremendous with bat and ball, but IMO wasn't quite as good a bowler as Sir Paddles (not that he needed to be once Wasim and Waqar were in the team...).
Always a fun exercise!
I don't have a problem with Kallis being on a greatest ever list somewhere, even if not top 5 or 10 in batting or bowling - his numbers and achievements are phenomenal. I'd put Sobers above him as an allrounder, though. I also don't think Kallis would make the all-time XI.
MCC agreed, that's why the dismissal was moved to the Run Out law to make it clear that it was the same as any other run out.
They were a bit average in the middle but Sri Lanka had a good start and finish, so 290 is a reasonable effort overall. Bit of scoreboard pressure on NZ - should be an interesting chase.
@MN5 Absolutely agree - time can give runs and 50s/100s to some degree (still need some level of quality to get selected and score runs, 50s and 100s), but it's very hard for top order batters to pad averages in the really long run.
@ACT-Crusader Can't remember if I've seen that particular interview but I've seen similar interviews where Akram says Crowe worked out how to play reverse swing quicker than anyone else, and how impressed he was with that.
Still over a year to go, but I assume there are a few tragics like me who are involved on club committees, and I'm guessing that most of them would be incorporated societies.
The history is that the Incorporated Societies Act 1908 is finally being replaced by the Incorporated Societies Act 2022. Clubs (and regional/national sports orgs) are required to reregister as an incorporated society by 5 April 2026. Failure to reregister means automatically being deregistered, requiring said clubs to cease operating and be wound up.
The main part of reregistration is agreeing to a modified or new constitution and regulations/bylaws.
Some useful information and resources (including templates) are available courtesy of Sport NZ: https://sportnz.org.nz/resources/incorporated-societies-act-2022-and-regulations/
www.societies.govt.nz is the official page of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), which is the government department responsible for incorporated societies (the Companies Office is the part of MBIE that administers all of this). Being the regulator, that page has some good resources and information.
Law firm Parry Field also has a very good information hub online with resources, explanations and occasional webinars (and recordings): https://www.parryfield.com/home/blogs/resources-for-the-incorporated-societies-act-2022/
Not sure how useful that is for anyone, but I've been helping a few places with this, so happy to answer questions (to a point).
Edit: fixed typos
I'm late as usual but excellent win today. Right call for Henry as player of the match with 4/19 off 10 - absolutely savage figures. Good on Young though, 90no is a solid day's work - score was enough that it could have been troublesome, and instead the BCs just blasted past it.
Happy New Year to the Silver Fern and denizens - I hope 2025 is excellent for everyone!
Merry Christmas! Hope it's awesome.
@MN5 said in NZ Cricket:
@Rapido said in NZ Cricket:
He's only 2 away from having the same as Crowe and Taylor combined (who have second and third most).
Can do the same exercise with Hadlee and 5-fers.
Paddles beats Vettori and Southee combined by one.
And played 86 tests compared to their combined 220 tests (113/107 respectively). Also bowled in 150 innings compared to their combined 377 innings (174/203 respectively).
@Bovidae said in NZR review:
Eight of the nine candidates were ratified. Rowena Davenport was not.
Seems a bit random - any inside oil on why she wasn't ratified?
@MN5 and @Donsteppa for a cricket discussion, ideally while there's some good test cricket on.
Update on New Zealand Rugby Board ratification process
