Three Quicks right on target

• Published date: 27 March 2024
• Publication title: Stratford Press

by Trevor Auger, Mary Egan Publishing, $40

Subtitled the road to the World Test Championship, Trevor Auger takes us on the successful journey to the inaugural ICC World Test Championship. Central to the eventual winning of the title were the performances of Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Neil Wagner.

Richard Hadlee was the pinnacle of New Zealand’s bowling attack returning astounding bowling figures and feared by pretty much every batsman who faced his fiery deliveries. Of course there’s only one Hadlee so when a new and raw trio of Kiwi bowlers were at the sharp end of a memorable defeat of Australia in 2011 every Kiwi cricket fan took notice. The three quicks offered a new dimension to the Kiwi bowling attack. Over the next 10 years or so, Southee...