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  • Veteran Vettori set for positive Test comeback against England

    All signs are pointing to veteran left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori playing his first test for New Zealand after a gap of ten months. According to Kiwi fast bowler Neil Wagner, the return of 112-Test veteran Vettori to the first eleven is being seen within the team as massive. Wagner described Vettori as a seasoned and experienced campaigner and a player who brings a lot to the team. He said ...

  • Oz pace attack shaking in their boots after ominous English swing against Kiwis at Lords

    Australia's much-vaunted pace attack had to sit up straight and take notice of England's prowess with the swing and seam bowling at the first day of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's. Although captain Michael Clarke does not want his team losing focus and getting too engaged in England's series with New Zealand, but Stuart Broad's ominous second-innings spell in the first Test ...

  • Indian-origin actor honoured in New Zealand

    Indian-origin actor Jacob Rajan has been made a member of New Zealand Order of Merit for his contributions to theatre. Rajan was honoured Thursday at an investiture ceremony by New Zealand Governor General Sir Jerry Mataparae at Government House here, local media reported. Rajan is a founding partner of the Indian Ink theatre company. He is known for collaborating with his partner in Indian ...

  • Clarke not worried by Englands winning performance against Kiwis in first Test

    Australian captain Michael Clarke has said that he is not worried by the fact that England's highly rated swing and seam bowlers demolished New Zealand for just 68 this week. England opening bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad were almost invincible as 14 wickets fell on the scheduled fourth day of the first Test, in which New Zealand, which was chasing 239 for victory in a low-scoring ...

  • Kiwi keeper Watling ruled out of Headingley Test with knee injury

    New Zealand wicketkeeper BJ Watling has been ruled out of the second and final Test against England at Headingley starting from Friday because of a knee injury. Watling injured his knee during New Zealand's 170-run first Test defeat at Lord's last week, News.com.au reports. Following Watling's injury, Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum, who deputised behind the stumps at Lord's, will keep at ...

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Spaceballs [Blu-Ray]

Spaceballs [Blu-Ray]

For most of his career, actor/director Mel Brooks has focused on lampooning the most precious genres of the classical Hollywood era. No cow was too sacred to be spared the farcical humor of Brooks pen, whether it be the western in Blazing Saddles (1974), classical horror in Young ... ...

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  • Kiwis warn starry-eyed Root not to get carried away by adulation and familiarity at debut Headingley Test

    Upcoming England batsman Joe Root has been warned to expect a fiery attack by the New Zealand side in the middle as they look to ruin his first homecoming at Headingley. Although Root is out to etch his name into Yorkshire cricketing folklore on his debut Test, however, Kiwi pace bowler Neil Wagner is of the opinion that all the adulation and familiarity of home could backfire on the youngster ...

  • NZ to manage Vettori workload

    Daniel Vettori 's distinguished Test career is not about to be "swept away", in the words of his captain Brendon McCullum, but even as he returns to fitness New Zealand have accepted they must manage the later stages of his career with care after ...

  • Taking lessons from New Zealand Chile

    Fine wines from Chile and New Zealand, though made from different grape varieties in different parts of the world, reflect the profound influence of winemaking philosophy and ...

  • Driver runs into Christchurch cycle safety class

    Source: Fairfax Ford Fribbens may have two breaks in his leg after being knocked off his bike while on a cycle safety course, but he is already raring to get back on two wheels. The 10-year-old Halswell School pupil had stopped at a kerb in Sabys Road about noon on Wednesday when he was hit by a car from behind - and in front of his horrified classmates. He was taken to Christchurch ...

  • Bidding opens for oil exploration sites

    video Bidding for permits to explore for oil and gas in eight blocks around New Zealand opens today. The Government has begun the tender to process to attract competing bids and take advantage of the country's oil and gas resources. Up for offer in the process is a total of 189,000 square kilometres of offshore area, divided into three blocks around the north and west coast of the ...

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