Black Caps vs Windies Series
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Catch a million is a stupid promotion. Completely non family friendly.
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We had small kids in our group so deliberately sat at the very top of the embankment to avoid the potential for six hitting Tui carnage.
I remember it being talked about the last time they did the promotion, it’s just this time they’ve started it at grounds where there is even more room for people to charge over the top of others.
A large bloke after a few beers and wearing a Tui shirt may not be too concerned about who is around them if they see the potential for 50k coming their way...
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@baron-silas-greenback said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@mn5 said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@booboo said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
How does Munro get enough on those mishits to get yhem for 6?
Modern cricket bats and small NZ grounds play a big part.
Bay Oval is not small at all.
According to Rutherford, though, it is unlikely to get cricket tests because there is already a test venue in the province - in Hamilton.
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@chris-b said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@baron-silas-greenback said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@mn5 said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@booboo said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
How does Munro get enough on those mishits to get yhem for 6?
Modern cricket bats and small NZ grounds play a big part.
Bay Oval is not small at all.
According to Rutherford, though, it is unlikely to get cricket tests because there is already a test venue in the province - in Hamilton.
Well if a Sky commentator says so... if must be true.
I have talked to people far more in the know than him about ND match allocations and he is off base.....way off base.Happy to take a bet on Bay Oval getting a test in the next 3 years.
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A bet - that the Bay Oval in the Waikato won't get a test?!!!
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@chris-b said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
A bet - that the Bay Oval in the Waikato won't get a test?!!!
Que?
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@hooroo said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
I think @Chris-B has missed that Rutherford is referring to ND as the cricket province
You're right - and the joke becomes a lot less amusing.
I guess I just never think of CD as being a "province" - nor Ta$man for that matter.
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@hooroo said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
Prett cool to watch.
Not very cool this Tui catch a million thing. If someone crushed my little girl, I don't think I would care about the camera and just start laying into the fluffybunny.
I think they should just have two or three zones where the catch can be taken so that people can then choose to sit away from that carnage.
They have taken your suggestion and their will now be zones for the catchers.
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@baron-silas-greenback said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@hooroo said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
Prett cool to watch.
Not very cool this Tui catch a million thing. If someone crushed my little girl, I don't think I would care about the camera and just start laying into the fluffybunny.
I think they should just have two or three zones where the catch can be taken so that people can then choose to sit away from that carnage.
They have taken your suggestion and their will now be zones for the catchers.
Not too mention a new clause stating any catches taken in a reckless manner wont count.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11970171
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@MN5 it really hurts when it comes to Kane. Potentially an all time great but unlikely to get the chance to score enough runs to be in the very top echelon. Sucks.
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@no-quarter said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@MN5 it really hurts when it comes to Kane. Potentially an all time great but unlikely to get the chance to score enough runs to be in the very top echelon. Sucks.
Yeah but I guess that comes down to whether a guy is 'great' due to performance or cos of longevity. Not sure I'd rate Cook as one of the best of this or any era. Gooch and Boycott were probably better than him by virtue of the bowlers they faced.
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@mn5 said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@no-quarter said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@MN5 it really hurts when it comes to Kane. Potentially an all time great but unlikely to get the chance to score enough runs to be in the very top echelon. Sucks.
Yeah but I guess that comes down to whether a guy is 'great' due to performance or cos of longevity. Not sure I'd rate Cook as one of the best of this or any era. Gooch and Boycott were probably better than him by virtue of the bowlers they faced.
It's definitely both, which puts Kane behind the 8 ball compared to his peers.
It also makes it harder to hit form when you play two tests at the very start of the season and two at the very end.
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