Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final
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@kiwimurph said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@kiwiwomble said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
aussies works mates claiming they didn't know the WTC was a thing
Well if Aus aren't in it - it gets no coverage.
Just like America's Cup, Super Rugby Trans Ta$man Final etc etc etc
Yep, on Sunday morning I had Sky News Australia on and they covered AFL, NRL, A League, international tennis and golf but didn't mention the WTC. Fucken sad.
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@chris-b said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@bayimports said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
wow.. what a win! This really is a milestone moment for all those involved. Champions of test cricket (in my mind real cricket). For those retiring or about to retire this would undoubtebly be right up there in terms of highlights. Really happy for them and hopefully puts to bed some demons from previous games.
Hopefully this also leads to enhanced tours in the future and opportunities to show how good this team is.
Well done!
I think Ross said this is the absolute top highlight of his career.
This should be (is in my eyes) the new pinnacle of cricket, probably hasnt sunken in for a lot of them yet. Even making the final is significant when you think of the results that we have had to ensure we got there. Even for India to make it was not easy, both teams deserved to be there. This result is a big deal, really happy for them!
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@shark said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@kiwimurph said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@kiwiwomble said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
aussies works mates claiming they didn't know the WTC was a thing
Well if Aus aren't in it - it gets no coverage.
Just like America's Cup, Super Rugby Trans Ta$man Final etc etc etc
Yep, on Sunday morning I had Sky News Australia on and they covered AFL, NRL, A League, international tennis and golf but didn't mention the WTC. Fucken sad.
Fucking BBC didn't cover it on the news this morning. Fucking fluffybunnies.
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@gt12 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@shark said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@kiwimurph said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@kiwiwomble said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
aussies works mates claiming they didn't know the WTC was a thing
Well if Aus aren't in it - it gets no coverage.
Just like America's Cup, Super Rugby Trans Ta$man Final etc etc etc
Yep, on Sunday morning I had Sky News Australia on and they covered AFL, NRL, A League, international tennis and golf but didn't mention the WTC. Fucken sad.
Fucking BBC didn't cover it on the news this morning. Fucking fluffybunnies.
They can all look at the scoreboard bitchez
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@bayimports I agree completely.
When we won the RWC in 1987, I can recall it was nowhere near as big of a deal as it had become by 2011!
We have become the Uruguay of test cricket!
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How good is that pic!
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@nepia said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
Any room on the train? I want to talk smack to my Indian (and Australian) mates.
Hop aboard
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@paekakboyz said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
How good is that pic!
the list of better servants to NZ cricket than those two blokes is pretty small
taylor is 37 and kane is 30, how good is it to think kane could be around for several more years if he wanted
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@kiwiwomble said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@paekakboyz said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
How good is that pic!
the list of better servants to NZ cricket is pretty small than those two blokes
taylor is 37 and kane is 30, how good is it to think kane could be around for several more years if he wanted
With the players coming through, the future looks bright.
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@kiwiwomble said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@paekakboyz said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
How good is that pic!
the list of better servants to NZ cricket than those two blokes is pretty small
taylor is 37 and kane is 30, how good is it to think kane could be around for several more years if he wanted
Taylor especially. I genuinely though he was gone after the captaincy saga. That was almost ten years ago.
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New Zealand beat India to win inaugural World Test Championship | Cricket News - Times of India
Cricket News: India's revered superstars failed to dazzle on the 'D-Day' as New Zealand's canny operators and their classy skipper Kane Williamson deservingly walke
The Times of India giving us plenty of credit.
The comments section is fairly brutal - summed up briefly by some guy called Paulie - "All Kholi Hype Burst.... useless fellow."
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@rotated said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@kiwiwomble said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@paekakboyz said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
How good is that pic!
the list of better servants to NZ cricket than those two blokes is pretty small
taylor is 37 and kane is 30, how good is it to think kane could be around for several more years if he wanted
Taylor especially. I genuinely though he was gone after the captaincy saga. That was almost ten years ago.
Both players have higher averages as captains than as non-captains as well.
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@crucial really? i had in my head taylor dropped in form when he was made captain, i will correct myself
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@chris-b said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
New Zealand beat India to win inaugural World Test Championship | Cricket News - Times of India
Cricket News: India's revered superstars failed to dazzle on the 'D-Day' as New Zealand's canny operators and their classy skipper Kane Williamson deservingly walke
The Times of India giving us plenty of credit.
The comments section is fairly brutal - summed up briefly by some guy called Paulie - "All Kholi Hype Burst.... useless fellow."
actually my favourite comment was... "Remove Idiot Kohli. Send him to Pakistan." lol
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@kiwiwomble said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@crucial really? i had in my head taylor dropped in form when he was made captain, i will correct myself
45.61 as non cap.
47.26 as cap. -
@crucial said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
Here's an interesting stat. If you look at the top 30 on the 'runs scored as captain' list, Kane has the third highest average behind Bradman and Steve Smith.
As a cap KW has averaged 61.4
And 2nd highest non twat/cheat.
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Well how good!
A tremendous day for NZ Cricket, a wonderful day for New Zealand.
For me personally there's a couple of reasons why I watch sport, of course there's the love of the game and the enjoyment of watching skilled people do something really well . But there's also a part of it which is just enjoying the triumph of the human spirit.
I watch sport for those moments of enjoyment when perhaps people/teams aren't as talented, or aren't as good but the people who just work a little bit harder, give a little bit more and succeed.
After the true heartbreak of the ODI final I wouldn't have blamed any of them for not being able to get out of bed or succumb to the thinking that "were just not meant to win one". I'm so glad that so many of those people that were there in 2019 on and off the field were there today share and enjoy the moment. Because it's a great story, it's a great moment of a team overcoming adversity and bad luck, of picking themselves up off the floor and succeeding.
It is a true story of the triumph of the human spirit.
I'm immensely proud of this team and the manner in which they won and the values of hard graft, humility and the simply dogged determination to keeping grinding out a result no matter how grim it is. It's just really nice to see the "good guys" win.
Admittedly I'm a new poster and must forewarn that future posts certainly wont be as poetic as this but dammit!! Today is a special day!!
