Michael Appleton

@PronouncedHare Your philosophy of parenthood.

I'll write a short column tonight. It helps with my stress. Any requests?

🇧🇩 in Test cricket 2000-2019 Played 117, won 13, lost 88 2020s Played 40, won 13, lost 24

19 years into their existence, @WgtnPhoenixFC are the first New Zealand club to qualify for an A-Leagues grand final They'll face @MelbourneCity across the Tasman for all the @aleaguewomen marbles next weekend Incredible scenes from the 6000 fans at Porirua Park today

At Porirua Park, party time for @WgtnPhoenixFC

On a sunny autumnal Wellington afternoon to watch some football, Porirua Park certainly beats the Cake Tin every time. @WgtnPhoenixFC @nayantarapple

Happy Mother’s Day! ⁦@nayantarapple⁩

Average number of Tests played per year 1950s🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿8 🇦🇺🇿🇦6 🏝️5 🇮🇳🇵🇰4 🇳🇿3 60s🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿10 🇦🇺7 🇮🇳🏝️5 🇳🇿4 🇵🇰3 70s🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿10 🇦🇺🏝️6 🇵🇰 5 🇳🇿4 80s🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇦🇺10 🏝️🇮🇳🇵🇰8 🇳🇿6 🇱🇰4 90s🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇦🇺11 🇳🇿🏝️🇵🇰8 🇮🇳🇿🇦🇱🇰7 00s🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿13 🇦🇺12 🏝️🇿🇦11 🇱🇰🇮🇳10 🇵🇰🇳🇿8 🇧🇩6 10s🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿13 🇦🇺🇮🇳11 🇱🇰10 🇿🇦9 🇳🇿🇵🇰🏝️8 🇧🇩6 20s🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿12 🇮🇳10 🇦🇺9 🏝️8 🇳🇿🇵🇰🇿🇦🇱🇰🇧🇩7

.@BLACKCAPS in series of 3+ Tests in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: 1931: 0-1(3) 1937: 0-1(3) 1949: 0-0(4) 1958: 0-4(5) 1965: 0-3(3) 1969: 0-2(3) 1973: 0-2(3) 1978: 0-3(3) 1983: 1-3(4) 1986: 1-0(3) 1990: 0-1(3) 1994: 0-1(3) 1999: 2-1(4) 2004: 0-3(3) 2008: 0-2(3) 2022: 0-3(3) 2 wins, 1 draw, 13 losses

Possible XI for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tests: Latham Conway Williamson Ravindra Mitchell Phillips Blundell Smith Henry Jamieson O’Rourke Should be a good, closely fought series.

This is wonderful news. I have been lucky enough to have a good number of yarns with Geoff, both here in New Zealand and in South Asia - a region where both of us have spent a lot of time. The future of New Zealand Cricket is in safe hands.

Delighted to attend the Sri Lankan Food Festival in Wellington with High Commissioner Prasanna Gamage … and to be reacquainted with my beloved egg hoppers. @PrasannaGamag13 @SLinWellington @NZinSriLanka

There is absolutely no doubt that his skilful running catch to dismiss Rishabh Pant on the sixth and final day of the World Test Championship final is the very best thing Henry Nicholls has ever done, or will ever do, on a cricket field.

The last time @BLACKCAPS batted their full 50 overs in an ODI yet didn’t hit a single six was almost a decade ago: v 🇧🇩 in Dublin in 2017.

Gladstone.

Washington DC.

The perfect place to witness the end of summer. @BasinReserve @WHITE_FERNS @nayantarapple

Hadlee, Williamson and Amelia Kerr the three greatest Kiwi cricketers?

Rarotonga.

@samuelsmith1988 @BLACKCAPS Really? That’d be wonderful news.

@michelappleton @BLACKCAPS The home India series may yet be three tests I have heard

.@BLACKCAPS are scheduled to play 14 Test matches in ten months from late May 2026 onwards: 1 in ☘️ 3 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2 v 🇮🇳 in 🇳🇿 4 in 🇦🇺 2 v 🇱🇰 in 🇳🇿 2 in 🇵🇰 To put that in context, the most Tests @BLACKCAPS have ever played in a calendar year is 14, in 2008.