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perhaps now with ireland having a vote towards technical and rules decisions in the icc we can finally hope to get the chucker out of cricket for good
It's not about votes; it's about TV revenue, most of which comes from the sub-continent. The Murali train left the station a few years ago. He was pinged by umpires, but the ICC buckled for financial reasons. He chucks; it's not cricket, but don't expect to see it change.
3410,
In 1992 and even more in 1979 we may have come closer to a final, but ultimately we came no closer or further away this time around.
Well, that's true, of course, but not the way to judge "never fared better". The 2001 tri-series is a good example of NZ faring better. Numerous hard matches against AUS & ENG and we came out on top. As far as I can remember we didn't win one tough match this time, and got absolutely hammered twice.
Personally, I think four-yearly World Cups in any sport suck, especially cricket. It's not a good judge of quality - too much chance involved - and all it does is demote everything in the intervening years to second rank. To come full circle, it only exists to garner more TV revenue.
TV is ruining sport, and pretty much anything else it comes into contact with.
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"any another kind" ?! I'm losin' it.
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National moaning?
What's wrong with considering whether they did as well as they could've, and if not, how to improve the situation?
No other NZ team has fared better
I beg to differ.
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In our house, we prefer the sitting chair.
Is there any another kind?
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Well said, Bart.
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And why haven't nomads come back into fashion?, along with black puffy nylon bomber jackets?
Strangely, I just got myself a black puffy nylon bomber jacket the other day; a fiver from the sallies. As much to do with my nostalgic fetish for NZ manufacturing as anything else. No heat can escape it. I can't bring myself to wear it in public, due to a sneaking suspicion that I'll look like a dork. I think it's cool, but when it comes to fashion that's no huge endorsement.
Hadyn,
In those days I was covetous of my mate's Diamondback; with its totally chrome frame it was a work of art, and had footpegs AND 360 handlebars. -
I remember getting my first bike. A red "Panther" BMX (it was the 80s).
Yes! Mine (about '79/'80): red Panther w/ gold hardware (incl. V-bar) and yellow snakebellies and grips. Kick-brake, of course! Probably the coolest thing I've ever owned.
Re: shoes. What was the name of those ones with an entirely transparent sole through which you could see a kind of rainbow-coloured toxic-waste-sludge-looking pattern?
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Neil,
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OK. We're cool. thanks for your response.