Cricket
White Ferns
The White Ferns got their T20 world cup off to a great start by beating India by 58 runs. India are the number 3 ranked T20 side so that would have been confidence boosting for the team. Unfortunately, the White Ferns got smacked by 60 runs to the number one ranked side Australia in their second game.
They face Sri Lanka (7th ranked) tomorrow night before facing Pakistan (8) on Tuesday. Sri Lanka have lost both of their games in group A so far. Anything less than a win by the White Ferns would be a disaster for their chances of progressing to the semi-finals.
Expectations are the White Ferns will make the semi-finals unless the weather or a horror game gets in the way.
Black Caps
The Black Caps kick off their tour to India with the first test starting on Wednesday at 5pm NZT. The current problem for the team is not being able to take enough wickets or score enough runs. Once they fix these issues the team could become competitive. We do not expect them to win the test and hope they can avoid an innings defeat.
Football
All Whites
The All Whites take on Tahiti in the first game of their World Cup qualifiers today at 3pm NZT. The game is held in Port Vila, Vanuatu and can be watched for free on FIFA+.
The All Whites have welcomed the services of Chris Wood and other overseas based players to strengthen the squad. They beat Tahiti 5-0 in June’s Nations cup and will hope to do the same later today.
The World Cup Qualifiers feature two draws of 4 teams, with the top two group finishers playing semi-finals.
The All Whites host Malaysia on Monday 14 Oct in an international friendly at North Harbour Stadium.
The World Cup qualifiers will then resume in November.
For the full schedule you can view https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/fixtures/all-whites
Yachting
America’s Cup
Team NZ will take on challengers Brittania for the Auld mug in Barcelona, Spain.
The winner is the first team to win 7 races. They will race twice each day on Oct 12,13,16,18,19. The decider will be on Oct 21 if it is required (Local Times).
Rugby
NPC
The NPC finals kick off tonight with Wellington hosting Counties Manukau. Wellington finished top of the table with only 2 losses and should be strong enough to win.
Fourth placed Bay of Plenty host Hawke’s Bay at 2.05pm Saturday before second placed Taranaki host Waikato at 7.05pm.
Sunday sees third placed Tasman host Canterbury in Nelson at 2.05pm.
Motor Racing
NASCAR
Shane van Gisbergen crashed out in the second finals race and will need to score points to stay in Championship contention. He is currently sitting 10th while only the top 8 progress. His next race is 8.30am Sunday NZT.
Bathurst
The great race is running this weekend and starts at 1.30pm NZT on Sunday. Buildup of the race will start from 9am on Sunday.
Qualifying coverage starts from 6.05pm tonight while the top ten shootout starts from 6.50pm Saturday.
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