Auckland Cricket Podcast

We're back to talk about the Blackcaps and the 'c' word; ask whether Ricky Ponting needs glasses to read the writing on the wall; try and figure out just what on earth the Indians are trying to do and round up the Aces and club action.

Yes, we're finally back in the New Year and we get thoroughly excited about the new-look Blackcaps line-up and run the rule over the newboys, as well as talk about the Aces chances in the Ford Trophy final, and ask just who is the best test side in the world?

This time around we give our assessment of the BLACKCAPS chances in Australia as well as their new selection policy, ask whether the Aces can go back to back in the one day comp, celebrate the return of test cricket to Auckland and wrap up the club scene.

We're back to salivate over the Aces first up win in the Plunket Shield and to nominate Andre Adams for PM, as well as make our picks for the Blackcaps side to face the Ozzies, wrap up the match-fixing scandal and announce the Aces new HRv Cup signing.

We rake over the ashes of the BLACKCAPS defeat to Zimababwe and ask whether it's that big a deal(apparently it is), get confused over whether England or India are now crap, look at the Plunket Shield and the Aces chances and fight to save cricket commentary!

This week we ask is James Franklin the new Jacob Oram and what does that mean for the old Jacob Oram? We talk about Pat Howard, the magic disappearing DRS system, catch up with club cricket and delve into the gutter to keep up with the match fixing trial.

The boys get busy poring over the Blackcaps sides to tour Zimbabwe, ponder on where a cv in bowls can get you, ask what disease is ravaging cricket CEO's in this country, mull over the Aces Champions League exit and delve into more wonderful weirdness from Pakistan!

It's our Champions League special as we look at every team in the competition including the qualifying tourney and run a rule over the Aces chances (hint: they're good!)

This time around we ask whether the Indian batting line-up is ready for the retirement home, whether England is the new Australia, delve into the navel gazing that is the Argus report and check out the Aces squad for the Champions League.

In this episode we wade into Bell-gate and ask is he just a plonker, sift through the ashes of Australian cricket, pore over the Aces contracts and latest Blackcaps appointments as well as sneak a peek at the Champions League.

This week the pod goes in depth as we ask: is Ross Taylor the right man for the job? And what will he bring to the BLACKCAP captaincy? Then we get out the crystal ball and make our picks for who'll get the 20 BLACKCAP contracts, and then who we would like to get them (and no, we didn't know about Styris and O'Brien when we recorded!)

It's a bumper pod this week as we discuss the new NZ coaching panel, Allan Donald, how the Blackcaps can win a World Cup, why the English top order is so good and investigate why Simon Katich is joining the dole queue.

We're back! And we pour over the biggest comeback since Lazarus, try and get excited about the IPL, bemoan the proposed qualifying tournament for the Champions League and pay tribute to the world's greatest spinner (hint: it's not an Eddie Hemmings retrospective)

It's time to wrap up the World Cup with our team of the tournament and more awards than you can shake a stick at, as well as saying goodbye to the Plunket Shield and the Aces season, whilst welcoming in the IPL for another year.

We pick over the corpse that is the Blackcaps World Cup campaign as well as making our predictions for the final and assess Ricky Ponting's captaincy and future career prospects.

We dribble over Ross Taylor's ball butchering innings, wonder how many full tosses you can bowl in a row, ponder if Kamran Akmal can possibly get worse, pick apart the intricacies of the UDRS, talk about the number 46 and decide whether the South Africans are getting their choke out of the way early this time around.

Are Ireland the new Sri Lanka? Why is the World Cup 24 weeks long? Why are the BLACKCAPS playing a specialist top order batsman at no.7? And is the tournament lacking in action so much that media need to fabricate spot fixing allegations? All these questions and more answered (well, discussed anyway) in this week's pod.

It's a World Cup-a-thon! We talk about the BLACKCAPS first up win and their chances against the Aussies, make Ryan ten Doeschate an official god, ponder whether the Indians will be dismissed for less than 300, wonder what Bryan Adams is doing in India and ask whether Nathan Bracken and Amelie Mauresmo are the same person!

It's time to go World Cup crazy! We profile every team (yes all 14 of them), pick our winners, nominate some players of the tournament as well as predict who'll be the flops of 2011 and give congrats and good luck to the Aces in the one day comp.

This week we sift for meaning from the BLACKCAPS one day efforts, have a ponder on Tim McIntosh and Lou Vincent's BLACKCAP one day chances, ask what's wrong with England and what's right with Australia, and re-enter the wonderful world of Twitter!