Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020
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@Chris-B said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@No-Quarter Plenty of truth in what you say.
But, it is Spark that has bought the rights without the technical capacity to deliver the cricket to a significant proportion of the country.
Which is a fuck off attitude.
So fuck those guys right back!
Just like they did with RWC, TVNZ is their fallback. But who will do the actual filming and production?
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@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Chris-B said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@No-Quarter Plenty of truth in what you say.
But, it is Spark that has bought the rights without the technical capacity to deliver the cricket to a significant proportion of the country.
Which is a fuck off attitude.
So fuck those guys right back!
Just like they did with RWC, TVNZ is their fallback. But who will do the actual filming and production?
Wonder if they have an Indian company lined up?
Think CWC15. The host broadcaster was brought in from outside.
Surely holding the rights to sell into Asia is worth a bit?
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@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
Just like they did with RWC, TVNZ is their fallback. But who will do the actual filming and production?
Remember when SKy started, they had on outdoor broadcasting capability. They bought (I think) a bunch of cameras from TVNZ
also, if you are digital first, that probably means different cameras. Sky have been diabolical to deal with for years for minor sports - hopefully some competition means we can get some moderate production quality broadcasts of more minor sports; domestic cricket, softball, volleyball, table tennis, etc. If the cost barrier to broadcast is low, people will find a way. Previously you had to pay Sky a massive sum for the privilege of broadcasting.
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@Chris-B said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
In other cricket news - the White ferns have messed up the T20 World cup and been eliminated.
Lost to both Australia and India by about 4 runs apiece - by leaving too much to do late.
In both instances, Amelia Kerr and Katey Martin launched strong late charges, but were left with too much to do.
To be fair Martin helped leave herself too much to do and taking 10 runs off the last 2 deliveries was closing the door after the horse had bolted.
Groups seemed a little unbalanced with India, Aus and NZ together given they are 3 of the top 4 in the world.
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In the spirit of KP, here's a quick cricket quiz for the downtime.
Of the 10 guys with the highest ever batting averages in NZ first class cricket, six could readily form the top order of our greatest XI (I'd be pretty happy with it). Three are pretty much household names, but had pretty minor test careers. And one is obscure as fuck (at least to me).
Can you name them (bonus point if you can get them in order)?
No googling!
(Edit: minimum 3000 runs and also edit - must have played test cricket to exclude newbies like Conway)
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@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
I suppose guys like Kane haven't played much first class cricket
Test matches count for First Class don't they?
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@booboo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
I suppose guys like Kane haven't played much first class cricket
Test matches count for First Class don't they?
do they? I would imagine there guys back in the day who tore it up during the non-international season, much easier to average high in home conditions against non-test attacks
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@Hooroo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Chris-B Mr Booze, Jesse Ryder?
Actually, he's not one of the 10 on my list, but double-checking against the list (which is evidently a bit out of date), Fat Jesse just sneaks into 10th place. So it's a list of 11.
Promisingly, if I didn't exclude Devon Conway, he'd also be on it.
In case it helps....
- Crowe
- Colin Munro!!!
- Turner
- Skippy Sinclair
- Williamson
- Donnelly
- Sutcliffe
- Chris Harris
- Jesse Ryder
- Dempster
