The All Sport Breakfast

NZ Herald reporter Ben Francis spoke to Hamish McKay from the World Darts Championship in London to give updates on the most promising players, and the rise in popularity darts is experiencing. "The amount of people that are starting to play darts now is amazing. Darts, if you look at some of the numbers at Sky Sports, and this is in the UK for example, it's the 2nd most-watched sport behind the Premier League football," he said. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wellington Firebirds all-rounder Logan van Beek joined Hamish McKay to chat about being 11 wickets away from becoming the all-time Super Smash wicket taker ahead of today's 4:25pm game between Wellington and Central Districts. The record is currently held by ex-Cricket player Andrew Ellis who retired from his 18-year career in 2020. "I'll be giving him a message if I do overtake him because he was, he was my, you know, my mentor back in the Canterbury days," van Beek said. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been an exciting match of test cricket so far at the Bay Oval between the Black Caps and the West Indies. After going into bat first the Black Caps put a mammoth score on the table of 575/8 before declaring spare headed by a 323 opening run partnership between Devon Conway and Tom Latham that nearly lasted the entire first day. Conway top scored with 227, followed by Latham with 137 and finally Rachin Ravindra put on an unbeaten 72 to keep the score board pressure rolling. After being put into bat to end the second day the West Indies fought back with a good batting performance ending on 110/0 heading into day three later today. Mark Richardson is a former Black Cap and broadcaster with TVNZ commentating the game and he joined D'Arcy to look ahead to the days play. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PDC World Darts Championship got underway last week and will continue through to the start of January 2026. Colin Lloyd is a former professional darts player who spent nearly two years ranked number 1 in the world. He joined D'Arcy to give a tournament update as it enters week two. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The North v South T20 series is currently underway in Nelson. The competition is a best of three series contested between the top domestic talent in women's cricket across the North Island and South Island regions. The South Island women won the first game on Thursday by 5 wickets, but the North Island side won the second by two runs in a rain affected match. It sets up an exciting conclusion that is set to get underway at 11am today. Polly Inglis is a White Fern and representative of the South Island, she joined D'Arcy to chat about the series. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.