The Niche Cache

Te Paeroa Wi Neera: Warriors - Rabbitohs
Isaiah Savea: Warriors - Storm
Lennox Easthope: Warriors - Knights
Albert Balchin: Bulldogs - Warriors
Ronan Byford: Warriors - Broncos

Siale Faeamani: Panthers - Titans
Haami Loza: Knights - Panthers
Phillip Lavakeiaho: Roosters - Rabbitohs
Augustino Filipo: Warriors - Broncos
George Kite: Warriors - Rabbitohs

Moala Graham-Taufa: Warriors - Rabbitohs
Edward Kosi: Warriors - Rabbitohs
Kalani Going: Warriors - Panthers
Tom Ale: Warriors - Panthers
Toby Crosby: Warriors - Panthers
Patrick Moimoi: Warriors - Panthers

Peter Hola: Dolphins - Knights
Jenson Taumoepeau: Raiders - Titans
Bunty Afoa: Warriors - Tigers
Wiremu Greig: Eels - Cowboys
Preston Riki: Panthers - Broncos
Setu Tu: Warriors - Dragons

#KiwiNRL movements that are public info stretching down to U19 level...

Dylan Brown: Eels - Knights
Leo Thompson: Knights - Bulldogs
Aublix Tawha: Dolphins - Broncos
Zach Dockar-Clay: Roosters - Sea Eagles
Asu Kepaoa: Panthers - Knights
David Fale: Panthers - Dragons

Plunket Shield
Angus McKenzie: 8w @ 27.1avg/3rpo
Jock McKenzie: 7w @ 20.7avg/3rpo
Josh Clarkson: 7w @ 22avg/3.5rpo
Michael Rae: 7w @ 30.7avg/2.5rpo

Bowlers with 7+ wickets in Ford Trophy and Plunket Shield

Ford Trophy
Josh Clarkson: 16w @ 11.3avg/3.8rpo
Angus McKenzie: 8w @ 26avg/4.2rpo
Jock McKenzie: 8w @ 26.7avg/5.6rpo
Michael Rae: 8w @ 31.6avg/5.2rpo

Plunket Shield
Brad Schmulian: 251 runs @ 83.6avg/68sr
Tim Robinson: 223 runs @ 111.5avg/86sr
Henry Nicholls: 220 runs @ 220avg/80sr

Batters with 200+ runs in Ford Trophy and Plunket Shield

Ford Trophy
Henry Nicholls: 306 runs @ 76.5avg/95sr
Brad Schmulian: 225 runs @ 56.2avg/74sr
Tim Robinson: 208 runs @ 69.3avg/98sr

Tom Latham in Blackcaps Test rankings

Most Tests: 8th
Most runs: 5th
Most hundreds: 4th
Most 50+ scores: 4th
Highest score: 6th
Most ducks: 12th

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Highest Test batting strike-rates for Blackcaps with 1,000+ runs since start of 2020

Rachin Ravindra: 63.14
Daryl Mitchell: 54.12
Tom Blundell: 52.84
Kane Williamson: 52.17
Devon Conway: 52.1

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Home: 43avg/60sr
Away: 48.38avg/68sr

Bay Oval: 68avg
Hagley Oval: 53.8avg
Seddon Park: 27.7avg
Basin Reserve: 17avg

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Rachin Ravindra round up

International career
Test: 45.25avg/63sr
ODI: 41.88avg/107sr
T20I: 20.3avg/134sr

ICC events
World Test Championship: 41.2avg/60sr
ODI World Cup: 64.22avg/106sr
Champions Trophy: 65.75avg/106sr
T20 World Cup: 8.5avg/68sr

Highest Test batting averages for Blackcaps with 1,000+ runs

Kane Williamson: 54.6
John Reid: 46.28
Martin Crowe: 45.36
Rachin Ravindra: 45.25
Mark Richardson: 44.77

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Deserved Recognition Plunket Shield & Hallyburton Johnstone Shield pockets, Tall Blacks & Breakers basketball, Football Ferns, NZ National League, Kiwi-NRL, and more

Fresh newsletter with lots of blurbs about cricket, NZ Warriors to learn about, Tall Blacks, NZ Breakers & Football Ferns

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2025 Men’s National League – Week 10 — The Niche Cache It’s an incredible situation that we’ve got ourselves into where four separate teams held their grand final fates in their own hands ahead of the penultimate weekend. Any combination of Western Spring...

Catch up on all the yarns from the penultimate round of the Men's #NZNationalLeague:

👉 3 more points keep Miramar Rangers first
👉 Auckland City are on the charge after beating Western Springs
👉 Wellington Olympic braved travel delays & torrential rain

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Flying Kiwis – December 3 — The Niche Cache There were some sweaty moments for Viking FK down the home stretch of this title challenge but when it came to the final round, needing simply to win to claim the club’s first Norwegian championship s...

#FlyingKiwis - Joe Bell is a champion, Ben Old & Ben Waine took their chances, Max Mata is back on the scene, Owen Parker-Price got promoted, Rebecca Lake is moving on, Alex Paulsen is fit again, and plenty more 🇳🇿⚽️

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Zak Foulkes this year

Test: 11w @ 9.7avg/2.4rpo
ODI: 9w @ 16avg/4.5rpo
T20I: 10w @ 28.8avg/8.9rpo

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Jacob Duffy this year

Test: 7w @ 12.2avg/2.4rpo
ODI: 21w @ 21.4avg/5.4rpo
T20I: 35w @ 15avg/7.4rpo

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Test bowlers with 50+ wickets and averages below 17 since start of 2024

Josh Hazlewood: 51w @ 14.96avg
Noman Ali: 50w @ 16.04avg
Matt Henry: 67w @ 16.13avg

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Lowest Test bowling averages for Blackcaps with 100+ wickets

Sir Richard Hadlee: 22.29
Bruce Taylor: 26.6
Matt Henry: 27.12
Trent Boult: 27.49
Neil Wagner: 27.57

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2025/26 HBJ Shield: Round Two Basics — The Niche Cache Auckland, Northern Districts and Central Districts have three wins from their first four games while Otago have four losses to start their season of HBJ Shield cricket.

Kate Anderson and Caitlin Gurrey are in dominant form, while youngsters Emma McLeod hit a hundy and Xara Jetly took a baggy in the latest round of #HBJShield

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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.

Relevant reads...
5 key pockets: theniche-cache.com/gentlemanly/...
Stats: theniche-cache.com/gentlemanly/...
Ford Trophy: theniche-cache.com/gentlemanly/...
Plunket Shield: theniche-cache.com/gentlemanly/...

Matt Henry Test bowling at Hagley Oval: 23.91avg/3rpo

Bowlers in First-Class
Matt Henry: 22.86avg/3rpo
Zak Foulkes: 25.6avg/3.2rpo
Nathan Smith: 26.6avg/2.9rpo
Jacob Duffy: 32.75avg/3.1rpo
Michael Bracewell: 40.2avg/3.4rpo

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Michael Bracewell recent Test scores: 5, 3, 0, 74*, 7, 25, 6, 8, 25, 10, 9, 47

Nathan Smith Test scores: 3, 21, 14, 42, 22*, 23

Zak Foulkes batting
FC: 18.06avg/46r
LA: 27.9avg/74sr
T20: 13.2avg/125sr

Tom Blundell's recent years of Test batting
2022: 58.5avg/52sr
2023: 36avg/56sr
2024: 23.3avg/72sr
2025: 15avg/69sr

Williamson's recent Test scores: 0, 9, 17, 51, 55, 30, 7, 46, 93, 61, 37, 4, 44, 156, 52

Will Young's recent scores: 5, 0, 1, 2, 50, 25, 0, 11, 3, 1, 7, 14
2025 mahi
Test: 43avg/60sr
ODI: 18.82avg/79sr
Plunket Shield: 8 runs @ 4avg/31sr
Ford Trophy: 77 runs @ 25.66avg/71sr

Blackcaps bits and bobs...

Tom Latham
Before 2020: 42.81avg/47sr
Since start of 2020: 32.91avg/48sr
Devon Conway
Before 2020: 54.1avg/51sr
Since start of 2020: 30.08avg5/53sr
Kane Williamson
Before 2020: 51.44avg/51sr
Since start of 2020: 64.1avg/52sr

2025 Women’s National League – The Grand Final — The Niche Cache Despite the reputation that Auckland United bring with them, making them favourites everywhere they go, there was actually nothing between them and Eastern Suburbs during the National League regular s...

It was one of the most hotly-contested Women's #NZNationalLeagues in years but in the end the expected outcome prevailed as Auckland United completed their three-peat with a narrow win vs Eastern Suburbs in the grand final

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2025/26 Plunket Shield: Round Two Basics — The Niche Cache Central Districts were the only winners in the second round of Plunket Shield with a win against Wellington who are at the bottom of the ladder. Auckland’s draw with Northern Districts puts them at th...

Latest #PlunketShiel basics from round two

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