Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final
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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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@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.
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@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!!
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@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@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.
Actually first. Smith is probably a better bloke than Bradman.
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@rotated said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@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.
Actually first. Smith is probably a better bloke than Bradman.
I do recall hearing Bradman was a fluffbunny, but i dont recall hearing about him cheating and breaking down on national tv for sympathy.
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@windows97 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
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!!
Windows97?..
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@virgil i hadn't heard about bradman, will have to google
@Windows97 first post on a rugby forum is in the cricket thread, nicely played
