Earning Respect
What is it with captains of NZ sporting teams? A few months ago, NZ soccer (sorry, football) captain Danny Hay wanted respect from the NZ sporting public. Now in this morning's Herald, NZ cricket captain Stephen Fleming is "irritated" by a lack of respect "afforded to NZ on foreign shores", and "believed winning was the only way to prompt a change".
Well here's the thing Flem. I agree to earn R.E.S.P.E.C.T. you have to W.I.N. But in order to W.I.N. you have to P.L.A.Y.
And this is where NZ cricket is let down. Cricinfo has an article on the Champions Trophy that shows NZ has played the least number of ODIs since the last Champions Trophy out of all the eight major cricketing nations - 33. Compare that to Australia's 55. And it gets worse. Even Bangladesh (38) and Zimbabwe (40) have played more ODIs than the Kiwis. And don't get me started on test cricket - our participation there is abysmal.
So if you want respect Flem, have a chat to your administrators - they are the ones who have not helped your cause by not having cricket scheduled during our winter. It is a crying shame (to put it mildly) that for the first time in ages, we have a full-strength NZ cricket team but who haven't played a game together in 6 months.
Well here's the thing Flem. I agree to earn R.E.S.P.E.C.T. you have to W.I.N. But in order to W.I.N. you have to P.L.A.Y.
And this is where NZ cricket is let down. Cricinfo has an article on the Champions Trophy that shows NZ has played the least number of ODIs since the last Champions Trophy out of all the eight major cricketing nations - 33. Compare that to Australia's 55. And it gets worse. Even Bangladesh (38) and Zimbabwe (40) have played more ODIs than the Kiwis. And don't get me started on test cricket - our participation there is abysmal.
So if you want respect Flem, have a chat to your administrators - they are the ones who have not helped your cause by not having cricket scheduled during our winter. It is a crying shame (to put it mildly) that for the first time in ages, we have a full-strength NZ cricket team but who haven't played a game together in 6 months.
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posted by Rob Crawford at 8:23 AM
4 Comments:
here here!
god i cant tell you how much it pisses me off that we dont play enough matches.
Seen more in the news about orienteering over the last few months than i have about NZ Cricket.
what? I have seen nothing on the news regarding orienteering. where have all the little sports gone?
didn't you see pulp sport
brokeback mountain biking?
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