Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final
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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
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@chris-b Brutal is right - India useless will lose all 5 to Poms, lost because they are all drug addicts and thieves. Poor Kohli better up his life insurance.
Gotta love bat shit crazy Indian fans. NZ has the same reaction to an AB loss I guess but when you have a population 260 times larger it can get rather deafening.
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@kiwiwomble This is a rugby forum?
Surely not
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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.
Nothing on Fox Sport News this morning.
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@crucial said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@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.101 in WTC Finals!
Edit: That's Kane, of course, not Rossco - Ross is just 58.
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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."
That comments section is brutal.
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@crucial said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@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.It is interesting, I love stats .. if you break his average into just time..before captaincy stint, captaincy, post captaincy the average continues to increase, so not just an increase during captaincy
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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..
