Cricket: NZ vs Aus
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@barbarian said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
So outside of India and England, I'd have the Black Caps a solid third on the list for future Boxing Days.
That's about where we should be, but we seriously need to do some work on our play in Aus conditions. Hard to do when we don't get to play there I guess.
Have to also get the crowds, but it will get boring just playing the same teams. 32 years was really too long and a shame to all concerned even though the end result was a damp squib due to our players not fronting up.
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@KiwiMurph said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Not a great look for the test cricket format either.
One sided blowouts where the chance of one team winning becomes effectively nil by the end of the first day is not a great look.
I recall similar comments referring to one sided rugby matches involving a team wearing black jerseys....
Swings and roundabouts.
I’m not that upset, disappointed yes, but I didn’t have high expectations to start with based on a few factors.
But the big take away for me is that we did see a more mature Aussie side. I think we bowled pretty well but the discipline of the OZ top order was excellent to the point that surprised many Aussie fans I spoke with.
Their bowling was always going to trouble ours in these conditions and the sort of wickets that would be prepped. But we lacked patience and application and unfortunately our second inning bowling efforts was whittled down to nothing more than time wasting
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@Snowy said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@barbarian said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
So outside of India and England, I'd have the Black Caps a solid third on the list for future Boxing Days.
That's about where we should be, but we seriously need to do some work on our play in Aus conditions. Hard to do when we don't get to play there I guess.
Have to also get the crowds, but it will get boring just playing the same teams. 32 years was really too long and a shame to all concerned even though the end result was a damp squib due to our players not fronting up.
I reckon every 4 to 6 years would give us enough time to allow the scars of the previous tour to heal
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@TeWaio said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Darren said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Does Aus smashing India put our losses a little more into context? I thin Aus are just on a high and impossible to beat at home right now.
Yes, except they smashed them IN India
Oh damm, I just thought they played in Aus, wow! That is a mauling then.
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