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#HBJShield cricket is back in motion this weekend

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2025/26 HBJ Shield: First Round Basics — The Niche Cache
Auckland and Central Districts started the women’s domestic cricket season with a couple of wins, while Northern Districts and Wellington shared their weekend series with a win each.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Matt Henry and Kane Williamson are among the world's best Test players, Blackcaps have won three Tests in a row and plenty more stuff here to prepare for Test cricket in Aotearoa

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2025 West Indies Tour Of New Zealand: Blackcaps Test Stats, Form & Legendary Mahi — The Niche Cache
Blackcaps are about to start their Test series vs West Indies and that means it’s time to dive into lots of bits and bobs.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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#FlyingKiwis - Rebecca Lake is a Canadian champion, Joe Bell is one game away from being a Norwegian champion (🤞), we've got an Elijah Just goal, MLS Cup exit for Michael Boxall, Katie Bowen & Grace Wisnewski in the Europa Cup, and plenty more 🇳🇿⚽️

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Flying Kiwis – November 27 — The Niche Cache
Joe Bell’s international break came and went without damage, in fact he was even rested for New Zealand’s game against Ecuador to keep him fresh. Now the business of winning the Norwegian Eliteserien ...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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We've reached half-time in the NBL season and the Breakers are 5-0 in games where they're leading by double digits after three quarters... and 0-10 in games where they're not

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Where Are We At With The New Zealand Breakers, Halfway Through NBL26? — The Niche Cache
The past offseason ushered in a new era for the NZ Breakers with fresh ownership and a promised return to their Aotearoa identity. That switch came as a blessed relief after several years of mediocrit...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Fresh newsletter with three cricket pockets, Freddy Lussick's departure, Tall Blacks/Football Ferns vs Australia and a National League final (plus more for paid subscribers)

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Comfy Spots
Blackcaps and domestic cricket, Warriors offseason, Football Ferns & Tall Blacks vs Australia, National League football, and more
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November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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New bonus pod on Patreon chatting Matt Henry's legendary stuff, Plunket Shield, NZ20, Elijah Just, National League and a big weekend of NZ vs Australia

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November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Check in with the major themes and trends for Blackcaps between ODI/Test series vs West Indies

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2025 West Indies Tour Of New Zealand: Five Key ODI/Test Pockets For Blackcaps — The Niche Cache
New Zealand's Blackcaps have maintained their ODI excellence with a series sweep of West Indies and now they wiggle into a Test series that will be the start of their World Test Championship campaign.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Weekly offering of National League football stuff

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2025 Men’s National League – Week 9 — The Niche Cache
The blokes still have another fortnight to go. That means that there wasn’t quite the same desperate jostling for spots in the top two... although there will be soon because this whole round was bonke...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Can't find much Football Ferns coverage? Tap in

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Football Ferns vs Australia: Squad Yarns & Preview — The Niche Cache
The last time we beat Australia was in 1994 when Wendy Sharpe scored a double in Port Moresby for a 2-1 victory. There are only two players in the current squad who were even born when that happened (...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Suddenly, the top two spots in the Men's #NZNationalLeague have gone from foregone conclusion to anyone's guess:

👉 Wellington Olympic & Western Springs both upset
👉 Miramar Rangers are top after a comeback win
👉 And never count out Auckland City

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2025 Men’s National League – Week 9 — The Niche Cache
The blokes still have another fortnight to go. That means that there wasn’t quite the same desperate jostling for spots in the top two... although there will be soon because this whole round was bonke...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Five key pockets for Blackcaps including the best Mitchell Santner we've ever seen, the Nathan Smith/Zak Foulkes combo, the battle between Devon Conway and Will Young #NZvWIN

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2025 West Indies Tour Of New Zealand: Five Key ODI/Test Pockets For Blackcaps — The Niche Cache
New Zealand's Blackcaps have maintained their ODI excellence with a series sweep of West Indies and now they wiggle into a Test series that will be the start of their World Test Championship campaign.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Jam our latest podcast

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Time At The Crease (Blackcaps/A-League/Warriors)
Podcast Episode · The Niche Cast · 25/11/2025 · 2h 22m
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November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Final week of the Women's #NZNationalLeague and there were goals upon goals:

👉 Eastern Suburbs did what needed doing to make the final
👉 Wellington United beat the champs but still fell short
👉 Canterbury United & Western Springs went out with a bang

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2025 Women’s National League – Week 9 — The Niche Cache
Sorry to say this but we’ve come to the end of the Women’s National League. This was the final round of the regular season (with just the grand final next week to follow)
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November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Fresh newsletter doing what we love

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Buffering Perils
Blackcaps ODI gold, Pia Vlok & Wellington Phoenix Women, domestic cricket, National League footy, Christchurch x NRL, Flying Kiwis, and more
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November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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There have been a few more departures from the NSW Cup Warriors since this was published so there will be even more young talent sliding into reserve grade #UpTheWahs

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A Summer Of Transition For New Zealand Warriors In NSW Cup Ahead Of The 2026 Season — The Niche Cache
New Zealand Warriors did the NSW Cup and State Championship double this year, which was their third consecutive year finishing in the NSW Cup top-four during the two Andys era.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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In depth All Whites & Football Ferns coverage...

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All Whites vs Colombia/Ecuador: The Reaction — The Niche Cache
We got what we should have expected from these games. The All Whites were competitive enough to hang around against two of South America’s current best, but not good enough – especially with half thei...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Lots of domestic cricket stuff here for the eager beaver kiwi cricket folk...

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2025/26 Ford Trophy: Round Five Basics — The Niche Cache
Canterbury are top of the Ford Trophy ladder after their win vs Central Districts and Auckland claimed the second spot after defeating Wellington, while Northern Districts vs Otago was washed out.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Will Young is the only Blackcaps ODI batter with 100+ runs this year averaging below 25 and with a strike-rate below 80. Here's his ODI batting by year...

2022: 45.6avg/92sr
2023: 45.6avg/87sr
2024: 65av/84sr
2025: 18.8avg/79sr

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November 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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2025 has been Kyle Jamieson's busiest year in ODI/T20I

2020: 2 | 4
2021: 3 | 4
2022: 3 | 0
2023: 5 | 5
2025: 7 | 10

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November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Kyle Jamieson ODI bowling by year

2020: 31.6avg/4.7rpo
2021: 45.5avg/3.5rpo
2022: 18.3avg/4.8rpo
2023: 71.6avg/6.7rpo
2025: 30avg/5.4rpo

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November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Devon Conway ODI batting by year

2021: 75avg/88sr
2022: 28.5avg/66sr
2023: 45.6avg/99sr
2025: 46.1avg/83sr

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November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Blackcaps 2025 ODI Stats

Batting
Daryl Mitchell: 761 runs @ 54avg/86sr
Rachin Ravindra: 604 runs @ 43avg/107sr
Kane Williamson: 446 runs @ 49.5avg/85sr
Devon Conway: 369 runs @ 46avg/84sr
Michael Bracewell: 368 runs @ 30.6avg/99sr
Mark Chapman: 368 runs @ 73.6avg/107sr
November 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Matt Henry's best years of ODI bowling

2025: 31w @ 18.5avg/5.1rpo
2014: 19w @ 15.2avg/5.1rpo
2022: 18w @ 23.1avg/4.7rpo
2023: 25w @ 30.6avg/5.2rpo
2019: 24w @ 30.6avg/5rpo

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November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Most ODI wickets in 2025

Matt Henry: 31w @ 18.5avg
Adil Rashid: 30w @ 23.6avg
Bernard Scholtz: 30w @ 10.3avg
Jayden Seales: 27w @ 18.1avg
Mitchell Santner: 25w @ 26.8avg

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November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Zak Foulkes international bowling mahi so far

Test: 8.3avg/3rpo
ODI: 16avg/4.5rpo
T20I: 26.2avg/8.6rpo

Hasn't been dismissed in 3 ODI innings, T20I batting strike-rate of 140

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November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM