Best win over the weekend?

Windows97

Had to give it to the White Ferns really, lost 10 on the bounce and then win a WC is some sort of Cinderilla story and a WC is a WC, they are notoriously hard to win.

But yes we were certainly spoiled for choice this weekend!!

Rapido

@SBW1 said in Best win over the weekend?:

What is really cool is that there is a wider variety of sports we are doing well at and a number of others we are starting show real promise at.

Cricket, cricket, netball and sailing.

New frontiers for nz sport.

Well, being good at cricket is actually quite novel, tbf.

volublefox

No Wayne Smith involvement

booboo

@WoodysRFC said in Best win over the weekend?:

Couldn't care less about the A Cup now that it's never coming back to NZ. The Silverferns win over Australia, particularly after their series loss to England is pretty impressive, particularly as wins over Aus are so rare.

Welcome aboard

Hooroo

Black caps as we are going to get fucking crushed in the next two games.

voodoo

I can't understand all the love for the netball. It was 1 game, against Australia, who we used to beat plenty frequently (60 of 167 according to this website, with a couple of draws https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/netball-history-australia-v-new-zealand/)

It's played indoors, with neutral officials, there is bugger-all home court advantage compared to the cricket.

The sailing also had all the global $'s chasing it and we shut that down.

And the T20, while a bit of a hit'n'giggle, is still a bloody world cup that required composure and quality.

I'm cricket, T20, sailing and the netters a distant last

DaGrubster

@nzzp said in Best win over the weekend?:

For me, Caps with $25 odds to win a test get it. Ridiculous - probably harder than winning in Australia these days.

Then World Cup, TNZ and then Netball

Sorry @Toddy, only looked at international events

I think winning a World Cup trumps the other achievements.

Especially for a team that had just lost 10 games in a row

mimic

I didn't even know the Silver Ferns played, let alone won on the weekend.
I only saw that the White Ferns were in the finals because I was checking up on the Black Caps on cricinfo..

Sailing, Mens Cricket, Women's Cricket, Netball

antipodean

@DaGrubster said in Best win over the weekend?:

@nzzp said in Best win over the weekend?:

For me, Caps with $25 odds to win a test get it. Ridiculous - probably harder than winning in Australia these days.

Then World Cup, TNZ and then Netball

Sorry @Toddy, only looked at international events

I think winning a World Cup trumps the other achievements.

Especially for a team that had just lost 10 games in a row

Precisely the reason I picked them. To win a WC with their form going in is an amazing turn around.

reprobate

Did anyone voting for the T20 watch the game, let alone the tournament?

dogmeat

@DaGrubster I'm not saying the WT20 Final wasn't a fantastic achievement and a great back story especially for the veterans in the side, but my caveats are.

The standard was pretty poor this Cup
We got trounced by Australia and the draw opened up for us
Most importantly it's a bogus WC. It's played every fucking year

nzzp

@dogmeat said in Best win over the weekend?:

Most importantly it's a bogus WC. It's played every fucking year

holy shit! For real?

canefan

@dogmeat said in Best win over the weekend?:

@DaGrubster I'm not saying the WT20 Final wasn't a fantastic achievement and a great back story especially for the veterans in the side, but my caveats are.

The standard was pretty poor this Cup

We got trounced by Australia and the draw opened up for us

Most importantly it's a bogus WC. It's played every fucking year

Still never won one, until now

dogmeat

My understanding is its now an annual event

Bovidae

I think it's every 2 years for T20s and every 4 years for the ODI tournament. Covid affected the sequence of recent tournaments. The next T20 is in 2026 hosted by England.

dogmeat

@Bovidae Thanks My bad I thought it had moved to annual because there was so little international cricket for women

ACT Crusader

@voodoo said in Best win over the weekend?:

I can't understand all the love for the netball. It was 1 game, against Australia, who we used to beat plenty frequently (60 of 167 according to this website, with a couple of draws https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/netball-history-australia-v-new-zealand/)

And heading into the CC match our record was 7 wins, 9 losses since 2021. By our own very high standards since the late 1990s, this recent period we have been a little up and down but our record against Oz has still held up.

Test win in India
T20 WC win
Americas Cup
CC win.

dogmeat

@ACT-Crusader said in Best win over the weekend?:

And heading into the CC match our record was 7 wins, 9 losses since 2021

The Constellation Cup is like the AB's v Springboks for netball.

NZ has won 2/13 last series. We were coming off a home series loss to England. Imagine if that was the record in rugby. I reckon a trouncing of the favourites would be getting a lot more love in this poll given that scenario.

Anyways the Silver Ferns backed it up last night.

We now go across the Ta$man and try and clinch the series with matches in Perth and Melbourne. If Oz square it, Game 4 goes to extra time.

ACT Crusader

@dogmeat if we get the series win, yes it will have a higher standing, however on the individual win alone it wasn’t as high as the others because we have been able to get wins in all but 2 of those 13 series.

Kiwiwomble

the really interesting thing re the netball, im in melbourne...no idea it was happening until i saw the results, even in a relatively quiet time for sport (no afl, rugby or league) it didn;t seem to register

The Silver Fern

Best win over the weekend?