Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final
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@siam said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
That Nicholls catch!
It was such a great catch, and such an important moment. Pant was taking the game away from us quickly, another 10 overs of him and we would have been playing for the draw. There is so much to savor looking back on this test.
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But seriously: if you need to be validated by an Aussie (jeers and hooting from the gallery):
I think it is a fantastic achievement, and a reflection on NZ Cricket's ability to keep together a group of world-class players for a long period. Champion team vs team of champions etc.
Does it make up for the howler at the last CWC in Pommyland? It does not. Neither is it "justice" for that hideous mistake.
But is is well deserved and proved that the Black Caps are a better England than England are with the Duke ball. To get the victory despite the delays shows a significant amount of class, and is a bit of a fuck-you to the Aus/Eng/Ind hegemony that threatened to make everyone else second-tier.
I'm sure there are a bunch of Indian fans out there piping up with a bloody-fuckyou-play-us-on-a-dustbowl with 11 spinners and a bunch of crowds cheering for every block, but they can get fucked.
Choice bro.
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@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@nta said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@mn5 I liked your post on Facebook and one comment on this thread.
My work here is done. 😉
Sorry, I obviously missed it in all our circle jerking. Easy mistake to make.
All that bukkake blinded you. Understandable.
All of NZ gets to bask in the glory of what the national cricket team has achieved before giving precisely zero fucks starting Saturday week.
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@nta said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
But seriously: if you need to be validated by an Aussie (jeers and hooting from the gallery):
I think it is a fantastic achievement, and a reflection on NZ Cricket's ability to keep together a group of world-class players for a long period. Champion team vs team of champions etc.
Does it make up for the howler at the last CWC in Pommyland? It does not. Neither is it "justice" for that hideous mistake.
But is is well deserved and proved that the Black Caps are a better England than England are with the Duke ball. To get the victory despite the delays shows a significant amount of class, and is a bit of a fuck-you to the Aus/Eng/Ind hegemony that threatened to make everyone else second-tier.
I'm sure there are a bunch of Indian fans out there piping up with a bloody-fuckyou-play-us-on-a-dustbowl with 11 spinners and a bunch of crowds cheering for every block, but they can get fucked.
Choice bro.
So what you're trying to say is we are better then you at Rugby and Cricket now..
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@nta said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
But seriously: if you need to be validated by an Aussie (jeers and hooting from the gallery):
I think it is a fantastic achievement, and a reflection on NZ Cricket's ability to keep together a group of world-class players for a long period. Champion team vs team of champions etc.
Does it make up for the howler at the last CWC in Pommyland? It does not. Neither is it "justice" for that hideous mistake.
But is is well deserved and proved that the Black Caps are a better England than England are with the Duke ball. To get the victory despite the delays shows a significant amount of class, and is a bit of a fuck-you to the Aus/Eng/Ind hegemony that threatened to make everyone else second-tier.
I'm sure there are a bunch of Indian fans out there piping up with a bloody-fuckyou-play-us-on-a-dustbowl with 11 spinners and a bunch of crowds cheering for every block, but they can get fucked.
Choice bro.
In case it matters, all the aussie cricket fans around me are totally stoked for nz and have been supporting nz in this final for 3 months now. So many congrats messages.
Same for my Indian mates abroad.
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@chris-b said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@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!
Uruguay won heaps of shit from the 1920s to 1950s so I'd take that
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The main problem with scheduling a three-test final is actually fitting it into a crammed international calendar dominated by the **Big Three (India, Australia, England)**, alongside the Indian Premier League and other Twenty20 tournaments.Hmm, perhaps that big three tag needs to modified?
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@windows97 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
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!!
Great first post. You have set your own standard and will be booed out of here unless it is maintained. We have expectations now.
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@snowy said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@windows97 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
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!!
Great first post. You have set your own standard and will be booed out of here unless it is maintained. We have expectations now.
Expectations? Yes.
Standards? Not so much.
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@crucial said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@snowy said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@windows97 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
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!!
Great first post. You have set your own standard and will be booed out of here unless it is maintained. We have expectations now.
Expectations? Yes.
Standards? Not so much.
Oh it's his standard, not ours. That really isn't much of a challenge.
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@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@nta said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
But seriously: if you need to be validated by an Aussie (jeers and hooting from the gallery):
I think it is a fantastic achievement, and a reflection on NZ Cricket's ability to keep together a group of world-class players for a long period. Champion team vs team of champions etc.
Does it make up for the howler at the last CWC in Pommyland? It does not. Neither is it "justice" for that hideous mistake.
But is is well deserved and proved that the Black Caps are a better England than England are with the Duke ball. To get the victory despite the delays shows a significant amount of class, and is a bit of a fuck-you to the Aus/Eng/Ind hegemony that threatened to make everyone else second-tier.
I'm sure there are a bunch of Indian fans out there piping up with a bloody-fuckyou-play-us-on-a-dustbowl with 11 spinners and a bunch of crowds cheering for every block, but they can get fucked.
Choice bro.
So what you're trying to say is we are better then you at Rugby and Cricket now..
This is SUCH a @Virgil post…..
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@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@nta said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
But seriously: if you need to be validated by an Aussie (jeers and hooting from the gallery):
I think it is a fantastic achievement, and a reflection on NZ Cricket's ability to keep together a group of world-class players for a long period. Champion team vs team of champions etc.
Does it make up for the howler at the last CWC in Pommyland? It does not. Neither is it "justice" for that hideous mistake.
But is is well deserved and proved that the Black Caps are a better England than England are with the Duke ball. To get the victory despite the delays shows a significant amount of class, and is a bit of a fuck-you to the Aus/Eng/Ind hegemony that threatened to make everyone else second-tier.
I'm sure there are a bunch of Indian fans out there piping up with a bloody-fuckyou-play-us-on-a-dustbowl with 11 spinners and a bunch of crowds cheering for every block, but they can get fucked.
Choice bro.
So what you're trying to say is we are better then you at Rugby and Cricket now..
They do say, Virg, that you never forget your first.
It is the second and third that can be the problem, and by four, well....
When it gets to five? Fuck who can remember?
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@nta said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@nta said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
But seriously: if you need to be validated by an Aussie (jeers and hooting from the gallery):
I think it is a fantastic achievement, and a reflection on NZ Cricket's ability to keep together a group of world-class players for a long period. Champion team vs team of champions etc.
Does it make up for the howler at the last CWC in Pommyland? It does not. Neither is it "justice" for that hideous mistake.
But is is well deserved and proved that the Black Caps are a better England than England are with the Duke ball. To get the victory despite the delays shows a significant amount of class, and is a bit of a fuck-you to the Aus/Eng/Ind hegemony that threatened to make everyone else second-tier.
I'm sure there are a bunch of Indian fans out there piping up with a bloody-fuckyou-play-us-on-a-dustbowl with 11 spinners and a bunch of crowds cheering for every block, but they can get fucked.
Choice bro.
So what you're trying to say is we are better then you at Rugby and Cricket now..
They do say, Virg, that you never forget your first.
It is the second and third that can be the problem, and by four, well....
When it gets to five? Fuck who can remember?
Fuck there’s some absolute legends in that last pic.
It was nice of them to pose with Michael Clarke for a photo too.
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@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
Fuck there’s some absolute legends in that last pic.
It was nice of them to pose with Michael Clarke for a photo too.
He's a street ahead for my least favourite captain, I must say. TBH Ponting isn't far behind - both talented as fuck, but could whine.
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@nta said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
Fuck there’s some absolute legends in that last pic.
It was nice of them to pose with Michael Clarke for a photo too.
He's a street ahead for my least favourite captain, I must say. TBH Ponting isn't far behind - both talented as fuck, but could whine.
Yeah Border and Waugh just had that hard edge which seems to dilute with each successor.
Both of them were so easy to admire.
Then again there’s loads of articles about how “nice guys can finish first” so maybe the Black Caps are starting a revolution.
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@nta said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
He's a street ahead for my least favourite captain, I must say. TBH Ponting isn't far behind - both talented as fuck, but could whine.
Very tough choices there. Just saying.
Still, actual, real, proper cricket now has a world champion.
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It was a great effort. As a result, I reckon the top Halberg award will go to some random rower who finishes third in the repecharge.
