Caps radio network5/3/2023 They created a team whose success and behaviour are cited by people in other cricket nations as something their own test sides should aspire to. Trent Boult, left, and Tim Southee Photo: © Vipin Pawar /SPORTZPICS for BCCI 2019 These men, along with the recently retired BJ Watling, have been the architects of that team's success, not the system. When Ross Taylor goes and Williamson, Tim Southee and Trent Boult inevitably follow, I'm not sure NZC has equipped the team for continued success. The culture of the current side - created by Brendon McCullum and built on by Kane Williamson - is what serves them so well. I reckon the Black Caps succeed in spite of NZC, sometimes. You'd just about see as much of the team by driving laps of the Basin Reserve on match day, as you would trying to watch them via Spark Sport. It's the broadcasting equivalent of trying to peer through the pickets at the team you love and genuinely want to support. How is that remotely good enough? How is that value for money? How is that growing the game in this country? How is that doing justice to a side who are world Test champions? Photo: RNZ / Martin Gibson Failings at NZ Cricket Not in the sense that the games are behind a paywall, because that ship sailed a long time ago, but because our game's governing body chose a broadcaster who still can't provide reliable coverage to their (few) subscribers.Ī screenshot of the buffering rugby fans encountered in 2019. It is a disgrace that New Zealanders are not able to watch the Black Caps play international cricket at home. Well, I say "I've'' but the reality is my wife has signed me up to all of them.īut do you know what those services all have in common? They work. That was two-and-a-bit years ago and, in my own case, I've become a subscriber to various streaming services in the time since. I wrote about this stuff during the 2019 RWC - about how an ideological elite had almost emerged, who regarded watching sport on a streaming service as evidence of their own enlightenment.Īnyone with reservations about that broadcast model was condemned as backward. What's more, those who voice their confusion about how to generate a reliable stream on their device of choice, or displeasure about how poor the product might be, are invariably shouted down by those who almost have a political or philosophical point to prove here. The issue we have is that NZC threw their lot in with a niche broadcaster - in Spark - who can't actually deliver on the service that people pay them to provide. Equally, there may be networks, stations, websites and analysts that we don't particularly care for. We all have writers that we like and broadcasters or expert commentators. They can't resolve the problems, obviously, but they can at least mitigate them. No, they actually had to issue an apology to would-be cricket watchers on Monday, adding that they'd made some adjustments to "mitigate'' the issue "moving forward.'' That's a fair while ago, but not long enough it seems for Spark to actually sort their service out. The same Spark Sport whose coverage - if you could call it that - of the 2019 Rugby World Cup angered so many All Blacks enthusiasts. That's the tenor of the comments I've seen at the bottom of stories - and on social media - about exasperated cricket fans battling to watch the Black Caps play Bangladesh. And if you have any objection to watching sport on a streaming service, it's because you're living in the Stone Age. Never mind that you've paid to watch coverage from New Zealand Cricket's (NZC) host broadcaster, you actually don't deserve to if you can't get the stream to stop buffering. Yes, the only reason you're not able to watch the Black Caps play home matches is because of your own various inadequacies. This works on Google Nest devices such as Nest Mini, Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max, and all Alexa devices.įor more information, check out the RadioApp website.Devon Conway scored a first innings century in the test against Bangladesh but even those who paid to stream the match may have missed seeing a lot of it, Hamish Bidwell writes. You can also ask for a station by its frequency. To listen, just say “Hey Google, play SEN” or "Alexa, open SEN". To never miss a moment of sport, download the SEN app from the apple and google app stores. You will be able to do a free trial for 14 days, then a subscription of $4.99 AUD per month will get you all the access to the streams 24/7. SEN Expat has been set up for our global users so you can enjoy all the content from back home including SEN Melbourne, SEN Sydney, SENZ and SEN Track. If you’re outside of Australia and New Zealand and can’t hear SEN right now, you can listen to a variety of SEN streams through the SEN app. Or listen to SEN right across Australia, plus live sport and more: Where to listen to SENZ on your radio: City
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