Black Caps tour of England 2022
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@Chris-B said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
We have played like fluke-artists ever since.
while it was certainly not a fluke, some shit did align for us to win it
We won everything at home
The test win in Sri Lanka was huge
We got absolutely lamped in AustraliaIndia were the best side, but we beat them in NZ pretty well. Them beating Australia at home was the driver. Then Covid hits and Aus don't go to South Africa where they would have won. And a slow over-rate penalty.
Then it's a one off game, and we won it.
And it was all on the back of a bunch of our All Time XI playing awesome.
Since then Rossco and BJ are gone. Williamson has finally had a slump. Our old bowlers have got older (how the fuck are Anderson and Broad still doing it?). And a couple of guys had form they may never replicate in their careers.
The stars fucking aligned in a massive way.
No way was it sustainable. This wasn't some new dawn of NZ cricket. It was our best ever team all playing amazing at the same time. We have reverted to the mean. -
@mariner4life 100%, and that's why I'm still and always will be fucking salty about the CWC. That group of players was out best shot of winning the thing, I don't think we'll get another chance like that. And, technically we won the bloody thing but it was handed to England due to an inexplicable "boundaries hit" rule which was in place for just that CWC and was immediately disacrded afterwards. Not to mention the umpires giving England an extra run when the ball deflected off Stokes bat.
A CWC and Test Championship would have been a fucking sweet way to cap off a golden era for us.
Still, winning the first test championship was fucking epic and other fans, particularly the Indians, are still crying about it.
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@mariner4life Yeah - surprisingly, we also prepared better than the Indians for that one-off test and it was played in conditions more suited to us.
On Kane's slump - is his elbow becoming the equivalent of Marty Crowe's knee - without all the accompanying Women's Day articles?
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@Chris-B said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@mariner4life Yeah - surprisingly, we also prepared better than the Indians for that one-off test and it was played in conditions more suited to us.
On Kane's slump - is his elbow becoming the equivalent of Marty Crowe's knee - without all the accompanying Women's Day articles?
How’s his love life and his hair line ?
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@mariner4life 100%, and that's why I'm still and always will be fucking salty about the CWC. That group of players was out best shot of winning the thing, I don't think we'll get another chance like that. And, technically we won the bloody thing but it was handed to England due to an inexplicable "boundaries hit" rule which was in place for just that CWC and was immediately disacrded afterwards. Not to mention the umpires giving England an extra run when the ball deflected off Stokes bat.
A CWC and Test Championship would have been a fucking sweet way to cap off a golden era for us.
Still, winning the first test championship was fucking epic and other fans, particularly the Indians, are still crying about it.
Bad Indian cricket fans are the absolute worst and that’s saying something.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
And, technically we won the bloody thing but it was handed to England due to an inexplicable "boundaries hit" rule which was in place for just that CWC and was immediately disacrded afterwards. Not to mention the umpires giving England an extra run when the ball deflected off Stokes bat.
Let it go bro. Let it go
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@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@No-Quarter said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
And, technically we won the bloody thing but it was handed to England due to an inexplicable "boundaries hit" rule which was in place for just that CWC and was immediately disacrded afterwards. Not to mention the umpires giving England an extra run when the ball deflected off Stokes bat.
Let it go bro. Let it go
Never!
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@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@No-Quarter said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
And, technically we won the bloody thing but it was handed to England due to an inexplicable "boundaries hit" rule which was in place for just that CWC and was immediately disacrded afterwards. Not to mention the umpires giving England an extra run when the ball deflected off Stokes bat.
Let it go bro. Let it go
The trauma of that event will be passed to my children, my grandchildren, and my great grandchildren and will live on for generations to come
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@mariner4life said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@Chris-B said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
We have played like fluke-artists ever since.
while it was certainly not a fluke, some shit did align for us to win it
We won everything at home
The test win in Sri Lanka was huge
We got absolutely lamped in AustraliaIndia were the best side, but we beat them in NZ pretty well. Them beating Australia at home was the driver. Then Covid hits and Aus don't go to South Africa where they would have won. And a slow over-rate penalty.
Then it's a one off game, and we won it.
And it was all on the back of a bunch of our All Time XI playing awesome.
Since then Rossco and BJ are gone. Williamson has finally had a slump. Our old bowlers have got older (how the fuck are Anderson and Broad still doing it?). And a couple of guys had form they may never replicate in their careers.
The stars fucking aligned in a massive way.
No way was it sustainable. This wasn't some new dawn of NZ cricket. It was our best ever team all playing amazing at the same time. We have reverted to the mean.absolutely, but this is also why I can never understand we don't play our best players if they're available ..wagz!
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Oh yeah.
There's a test.
Will ignore anything from last time I looked at this thread ...
... which was about when I got the shits about 12 days ago ...
And even going to bed didn't work...
But have become biggest fanboy of Mitch Jr.
And am warming to Blundell. He's no BJ but he's batting like him.
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Jesus Christ Booboo
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I think that would have ended up umpires call under DRS, but was leg sidish
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@Chris said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
Terrible decision big inside edge plus it was missing leg,Blundel shafted.
They were very light on the replays and I'm watching on my phone so wasn't sure about the edge. Blundell definitely looked like he'd been shafted with his reaction
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
Typical jammy England cricket. DRS is conveniently offline despite two reviews in the bank...
What's worse is hardly any reviews or proper looks at it...seriously home town
