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Afghanistan v New Zealand - Only Test

Zinzan

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Five stages of grief can describe this test
Match.
And continues a miserable few weeks for NZ mainstream sport fans following the All Blacks losing back to back to the Springboks, and for league fans, the Warriors failing to make the top 8 in the NRL.

All this in addition to Southee still being our Test skipper and hence being a lock with the ball.

Bleak times.
 

SteveNZ

Cricketer Of The Year
And continues a miserable few weeks for NZ mainstream sport fans following the All Blacks losing back to back to the Springboks, and for league fans, the Warriors failing to make the top 8 in the NRL.

All this in addition to Southee still being our Test skipper and hence being a lock with the ball.

Bleak times.
To be fair, we were **** hot at the Olympics and Paralympics, and that means a lot to me. But otherwise, yes, awful.
 

SteveNZ

Cricketer Of The Year
I'm not a big fan of boycotting Afghanistan, whereas there was significant legitimacy in being anti-tour in the 1981 Springbok tour, cutting Russia out of world events etc.

Afghanistan and the issues relating to the Taliban don't compare. The Taliban don't give a **** if people don't tour or play against Afghanistan. They are zealots who couldn't give a **** what you do. Whereas with SA and Russia, they build their indoctrinated nationalism off their sporting efforts. South Africa needed that connection with the rugby (and cricket) world. Russia have an ego about doing well on the world stage, as do China. Take it away from them, and they hurt. They have been sporting superpowers. Afghanistan never have, and the Taliban couldn't care less. So efforts like Australia in saying no we won't tour (but hey we'll try and take 2 points off you in a World event) really amount to virtue signalling, as much as I hate that term. We may as well tour, because not doing so only hurts those who are trying to do the right thing. It very likely does **** all to people (especially women and children) suffering from Taliban rule.
 

chris.hinton

International Captain
And continues a miserable few weeks for NZ mainstream sport fans following the All Blacks losing back to back to the Springboks, and for league fans, the Warriors failing to make the top 8 in the NRL.

All this in addition to Southee still being our Test skipper and hence being a lock with the ball.

Bleak times.
Wasn't aware the All Blacks lost to South Africa in Rugby. Blimey
 

TheJediBrah

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So efforts like Australia in saying no we won't tour (but hey we'll try and take 2 points off you in a World event) really amount to virtue signalling, as much as I hate that term
Even that's being generous. Let's be honest, it's a purely financial decision because Cricket Australia don't give a **** and don't want to waste their time with a bilateral series against them. The political/ethical considerations are an excuse after the fact

Still the right decision though
 

Third_Man

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Since and including their first test in 2018 Afghanistan have had just 12 tests scheduled. 3 have seen no play for different reasons; covid, politics, rain
 

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