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Final – India v New Zealand – Sunday, March 9 – Dubai

Sunil1z

Sunil1z

International Regular
ImpatientLime said:
pressure and the way it impacts your composure is not linear. some handle it, some don't. regardless of whether its 1 billion or 1 person invested.
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Not true when other Teams supporters don’t even show up . This is 3rd consecutive time in last 3 years that 95 percent supporters were Indian in ICC tournament final . Other side can perform more calmly when they know that Cricket is not the no.1 sports of their country . Majority of NZ supporters will forget this tournament in next 3 days .
 
SkyBlue

SkyBlue

State Regular
NZ have Rugby, SA too. England have football, Aussies have so many sports to choose from

Indians only have cricket which unite us as a country. The only 'mass' sport that we get to see the country compete for trophies. Our hockey team fell apart so it's cricket or nothing.

I hope it changes and we create our footprint in other sports too but that will remain a dream sadly.
 
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SteveNZ

International Coach
SkyBlue said:
Rayudu is delusional. Star Sports have found their ideal bootlicker I guess.

Comparing this Indian team to Aussie team of early 2000s? Gtfo. Aussies were routinely making the finals one sided too.
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Not even close. Did Mr Rayudu take 2023 off in terms of paying attention to major tournaments?
 
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HVHC

Cricket Spectator
SkyBlue said:
NZ have Rugby, SA too. England have football, Aussies have so many sports to choose from

Indians only have cricket which unite us as a country. The only 'mass' sport that we get to see the country compete for trophies. Our hockey team fell apart so it's cricket or nothing.

I hope it changes and we create our footprint in other sports too but that will remain a dream sadly.
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can’t cheat in other sports.
 
LangleyburyCCPlayer

LangleyburyCCPlayer

State Vice-Captain
Sunil1z said:
A massive appreciation from my side to NZ who consistently play so well in ICC tournaments with a population of 5 million 👍
IPL franchises should study what NZ do so well .
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Crickonomics dedicated a whole chapter to their rise in recent years, which the BBC reported on here:
www.bbc.co.uk

England v New Zealand: The five factors behind Kiwis' Test transformation

There are five major factors behind New Zealand remarkable rise in the world of Test cricket. England have been paying attention.
www.bbc.co.uk
1. Governance that puts cricket first
In 1995, three prominent New Zealand cricketers admitted to smoking marijuana on their tour of South Africa. One of those, Stephen Fleming, later said "more than half the squad were involved".
The turmoil that followed led to something that seldom promises major change: a governance review.
The old New Zealand Cricket (NZC) board comprised 13 members, all drawn from the country's six provincial associations and all unpaid. The Hood Report recommended a trimmer board of paid administrators, who would be the best people for the job, rather than part-timers selected by provincial associations. Remarkably, the old board effectively voted themselves out of existence.
NZC was now empowered to take decisions based on the best interests of the game in New Zealand, not the parochial interests of the provincial associations. The new board swiftly innovated to popularise cricket, developing shorter formats at grassroots level aimed at increasing participation. In 1996, they launched the short-format game Cricket Max - in many ways the precursor to Twenty20, which was first played in 2003.
The All Blacks were among those to emulate NZC's structure. But it remains largely an outlier in cricket. Cricket West Indies has rejected a series of reports calling for independent governance. In England, major changes need to be approved by an unwieldy vote of the England and Wales Cricket Board's 41 members - comprising the chairs of the 18 first-class counties, the 21 national counties, the Marylebone Cricket Club and the chair of the National Counties Cricket Association.
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Think a lot of administrators around the world should listen to this!
 
SillyCowCorner1

SillyCowCorner1

Moooo
Congrats to India team for winning the CT 2025.
They were the better team on the day.
Commiserations Black Caps. Your turn will come soon.

Anyways, I’m missing real cricket right now.
 
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