This week on the Niche Cast we begin, as we often do, with a chat about the Blackcaps following the limited overs tour of Sri Lanka... leading into some stat crunching about the young players taking international cricket by storm. From there we delve into some of the top performers in the Plunket Shield and Hallyburton Johnstone Shield and then football takes over, with a few takeaways from the latest All Whites games and the Wellington Phoenix Women's poor start. The Breakers keep winning and they also keep doing weird things so the Freddie Gillespie/Tacko Fall situation gets a few words. Then finally a few key NRL/NRLW offseason moves for you to stay attuned to, including a sneaky trend of NZ Sevens reps flocking to rugby league.

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(00:00) Intro

(03:51) Test Cricket priorities

(07:53) Mindfulness

(10:36) Blackcaps in Sri Lanka

(35:05) Emerging Blackcaps Stat Game

(52:30) Plunket Shield/Hallyburton Johnstone Shield

(01:04:37) All Whites in World Cup quals

(01:14:22) Wellington Phoenix women

(01:30:58) Breakers winning/weirdness

(01:40:13) Kiwi-NRL Corner