Uriah Heap 481 Report post Posted June 18, 2021 If you're going to hold a Cricket Grand Final, surely you'd want to schedule it in a country that has decent weather. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uriah Heap 481 Report post Posted June 24, 2021 Love the English summer. Conditions suited Black Caps down to the ground. Memorable victory, by what history will judge to be the best NZ team ever. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis3 1,261 Report post Posted June 24, 2021 Ha ha yeh worked out in the end. Brilliant win finally in s major. Been sooo close. One to savour. We were just the better team , bowling batting and fielding. A good example was the great catch Nicholls took to dismiss Pant. India had a similar hard catch and decked it. Kudos to Kohli what a champion skipper and bloke  he is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogo(aus) 876 Report post Posted June 24, 2021 one to savour indeed memphis briiliant result. Memphis3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasman man 742 Report post Posted June 24, 2021 Great to see this result.... Maybe interest among Kiwi kids will pick up again ! Memphis3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,719 Report post Posted June 27, 2021 Not as long as mobile phones, i pads & the like are around, Tassie! chevy86 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevy86 2,704 Report post Posted June 27, 2021 22 minutes ago, eljay said: Not as long as mobile phones, i pads & the like are around, Tassie! I coached junior cricket in the days before cellphones Eljay and even then it was difficult to find kids who wanted to be committed boundary riders for a day.They mostly resorted to studying/destroying the surrounding flora. Wicketkeeping was where the action was. Different world today as cricket, tennis, swim, rugby clubs are finding. Sad. tasman man 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasman man 742 Report post Posted June 27, 2021 8 hours ago, chevy86 said: I coached junior cricket in the days before cellphones Eljay and even then it was difficult to find kids who wanted to be committed boundary riders for a day.They mostly resorted to studying/destroying the surrounding flora. Wicketkeeping was where the action was. Different world today as cricket, tennis, swim, rugby clubs are finding. Sad. Agreed ...but there seems to be enough enthusiastic parents ,teachers and professional coaches around to maintain a pretty good but small bunch of elite talent . Plenty of talent spotters around too it seems , along with our diverse population and the odd "Import" moving to NZ. One of the last High School teams I took sometimes had a boy playing who recently became an All Black....Ethan Blackadder...he was there to just enjoy the comradery and had little interest in Rugby while at High School ! And it was a "rugby' school ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stodge 1,938 Report post Posted December 28, 2021 I'd welcome any suggestions on how to revive the corpse that is English Test Cricket after this morning's disaster in Melbourne. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey 2,037 Report post Posted December 28, 2021 2 hours ago, stodge said: I'd welcome any suggestions on how to revive the corpse that is English Test Cricket after this morning's disaster in Melbourne. Bring some batsmen with you next time! Having said that Bolands performance was freakish! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
