Black Caps v Bangladesh 2021
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Our biggest problem is our population size. There's just not as much money to be made in TV rights when we are playing, do we often just get minnows. I'd say us making the championship test final was a bit of a disaster for a lot of broadcasters.
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@no-quarter It seems to be either Sri Lanka, Pakistan or Bangladesh...COVID aside SA haven’t been here since 2017.
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@no-quarter said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
Our biggest problem is our population size. There's just not as much money to be made in TV rights when we are playing, do we often just get minnows. I'd say us making the championship test final was a bit of a disaster for a lot of broadcasters.
Broadcasters would have loved England v India at Lord's.
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@no-quarter said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
Our biggest problem is our population size. There's just not as much money to be made in TV rights when we are playing, do we often just get minnows. I'd say us making the championship test final was a bit of a disaster for a lot of broadcasters.
All true.
The best way to beat that is to be the best I suppose. Aus don't have a huge population but I generally watch them play anyone, because they are always good and to see if they get knocked over. Same with the AB's, they draw big crowds, and TB audiences because they are damned good - and entertaining. I don't watch much NBL anymore but I watched MJ and the bulls.If we can lose our own "minnows" tag we will go some way to negating our population based financial issues.
Back to back ODI WC finals helps. A win in the TWC would help even more. Throw in a T20WC...We might get some respect, some more viewers and be more attractive to visiting teams and broadcasters alike.
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@snowy said in Black Caps v Bangladesh
Back to back ODI WC finals helps. A win in the TWC would help even more. Throw in a T20WC...We might get some respect, some more viewers and be more attractive to visiting teams and broadcasters alike.
I reckon we would have to be successful over a couple of generations of players for us to get true respect. See what we are like when the likes of Boult, Southee, Taylor gone and we have an aging Williamson. If we replace those players and stay near the top other countries will start to take notice and perhaps believe that the current team is not an anomaly.
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@crazy-horse Sure, it's not going to happen overnight. Hopefully having a great team now inspires the next generation as well though, so success breeding success.
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@snowy said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
@no-quarter said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
Our biggest problem is our population size. There's just not as much money to be made in TV rights when we are playing, do we often just get minnows. I'd say us making the championship test final was a bit of a disaster for a lot of broadcasters.
All true.
The best way to beat that is to be the best I suppose. Aus don't have a huge population but I generally watch them play anyone, because they are always good and to see if they get knocked over. Same with the AB's, they draw big crowds, and TB audiences because they are damned good - and entertaining. I don't watch much NBL anymore but I watched MJ and the bulls.If we can lose our own "minnows" tag we will go some way to negating our population based financial issues.
Back to back ODI WC finals helps. A win in the TWC would help even more. Throw in a T20WC...We might get some respect, some more viewers and be more attractive to visiting teams and broadcasters alike.
When the Big 3 set up their cartel to siphon off more ICC money and promise to tour each other all the time. It didn't matter that the Proteas were the best in the world (and had 4th largest tv rights market).
So, I dont think much matters. Nothing gets u in that club except being as big as the 3rd largest market (Aus) and being good.
However, South Africa have had way better itineraries than us, and that is a legacy of being good for so long.
Long winded way of agreeing with you but pointing out the ceiling does not go beyond best or most attractive of the non 'big 3'.
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@rapido No doubt. "Best of the rest" i.e non cartel, should get us some improvements in tours and opposition, hopefully. Not that that would be hard to improve on.
Those three are going to have a circle jerk anyway. Got to wonder if they are going to overdo it and lose appeal to the their audience due to repetition.
