sportreview.net.nz’s year in shonky mobile phone photos

Here’s a charge around the boundary of what I got up to in 2014, sport-wise. It mainly contains cricket and you can click the pictures to make them bigger if you so desire.

2014-02-01 13.23.12
Above and below – Whangarei’s Cobham Oval is a fine, fine ground, complete with its own ‘little Lord’s’ pavilion. Go visit if you can.

2014-02-03 16.41.14

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28K at Eden Park for BLACKCAPS v India – how good is this World Cup going to be?

2014-03-25 12.48.11
I got to go to the World T20 in Bangladesh and played a round at the Chittagong Country Club – there were actual snakes in the grass.

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In Dhaka airport, I found my spiritual home.

2014-03-19 16.38.19
Fatullah. Hotter than you can possibly imagine.

2014-03-23 16.48.16
Chittagong’s Hotel Agrabad serves ‘afternoon snacks’ in guest’s rooms. By god I could use this service in the office.

2014-03-22 17.59.31
Roll Taylor. He took it well.

2014-06-27 19.34.03
We visited the Forsyth Barr Stadium on the annual boy’s weekend. Recommended.

2014-01-24 08.46.07
Souvenir balls, which players get to keep after five wicket bags etc – these are verified by scorers then passed on to the players.

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New Zealander gets hands on Cricket World Cup. *Twilight Zone music*

2014-10-24 12.32.07
This is what happens when a cricket ball gets smacked into the media box and you try and take a photo of the ensuing chaos and you don’t realise your phone is stuck on panorama. I think I captured the moment.

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I liked what Harvey Norman did with their TVs here.

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Fine ropey cricket memorabilia found in Mount Maunganui second hand book shop.

2014-12-08 17.08.58
Bruce Edgar doing lawn bowls. Geddit? I thought it was cool.

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Me, post-match at the above lawn bowls event. Photo credit: @richardboock

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