Asking someone to “take the shine off the new ball” is a polite way of saying that we, as a team, don’t respect you as a person, nor the value of your weekends. Now get out there and chip one to cover third ball and spend the rest of your Saturday scoring.

Good luck getting me to take the luggage tags off my cricket kit before Christmas to let everyone know I averaged 26 in division 4 of some beta village league in the English Midlands this winter…. Aka being a “semi-pro” athlete

So shocked to hear of David Leggat's passing. The NZ cricket press box was the first one I worked in, and as Kim says, David went way out of his way to make the younger ones feel comfortable.

I’ve spent my entire twenties wondering if I could have played 70 Tests if I took a leg stump guard instead of middle. My parents are desperate for me to move out of home.

Wonderful piece on the soap opera that is the Bangladesh Cricket Board and its president Nazmul Hassan's handling of the Bangladeshi men's side from my good friend Mohammad Isam on ESPNcricinfo: espncricinfo.com/story/shakib-a…

“How’d you go on the weekend?”

A beautiful farewell to an absolute champion at Eden Park, Auckland yesterday. Moe mai rā ehoa. Miss you terribly already, David Leggat.

Just posted a photo @ Eden Park instagram.com/p/Ch-hDwwBzeVS…

In his final story, written for LockerRoom, the late David Leggat spoke to former Vantage Black Sticks captain and coach Pat Barwick, who continues to give back to every part of hockey, even in her 'retirement'. A special weekend read, from the Champ. #Hockey newsroom.co.nz/lockerroom/whe…

Went back to the full match replay. Charlie Dean was leaving her crease early starting with her 2nd ball at the non-striker's end in the 18th over. Ball still in bowler's hand. Dean is never looking at the bowler to see if/when the ball has been released. Basic lack of awareness.

Lastly, I don't consider leaving non-striker's end early as cheating, just as leaving striker's crease early or batting outside the crease entirely is not cheating. But just as a striker accepts the risks and consequences of leaving the crease early, so must the non-striker.

Back to back finals for the coach the One NZ Warriors didn't want. Never forget. #NRLGF

Teague Wyllie modelled his batting on Rahul Dravid, with his ability to bat for long periods. And I modelled my batting on my dad, who never actually played cricket

Sad to see this. A stalwart of the Seddon Park commentary box back in the Sports Roundup days. RIP.

In 1968 I admired BAG (‘Bags’) Murray so much I kept this clipping about his biggest first class cricket score for 55 years. He was a lovely man: I was so pleased to be part of a dozen cricketers & media who had lunch with him in November. RIP Bruce Murray, New Zealand.

13,288 runs don't tell you the real story. Nor do the 36 test hundreds. 31,258 balls and 44,152 exhausting bruising grinding minutes, nobody has spent as much time or played as many balls in the history of test cricket. HBD Rahul Dravid, for Adelaide, Kolkata and so many more

Dressing room etiquette and needling blokes after they get out, plenty to take away here for blokes trying to alpha 4th graders in 3rd grade.

The Richie Benaud memorial scoreboard Isuzu UTE A-League

#OnThisDay: Martin Crowe scored 299 in the BLACKCAPS 1991 Cello Basin Reserve Test v Sri Lanka. It would be NZ's highest Test score until 2014.