In the bin. Permanently replaced by the t20 wc. Good move imo. Each format has a world cup now. Test cricket makes much more sense now with qualification points on the line rather a silly little urn that only two countries "care" about. And the ODI format doesn't need 2 tournaments anymore anyways.
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Just so you know, he'd hardly be the Lone Ranger in professional sport. Not even close.
I know. Was just calling for Nikita Mazepin to be given his marching orders on a completely different corner of the internet.
I hope she's been able to. Under this premise, do you think he should have to suffer those sorts of headlines, the placards at games, have a national news agency seemingly question the legitimacy of him playing in a Women's Refuge game for the rest of his life or until the woman has been able to move on? Is that a fair sort of eye for an eye response? Honest question.
But even then, you want to condemn a 21 year old drunk on the fumes of money and fame for the rest of his life based on one incident, however putrid it was? Jeepers, a lot of us never made a mistake did we. I'm all for losing sponsors, being suspended, fined all that stuff... but **** me, to err is human. We're all fallible. Some more than others.
Well it's up to people whether they want to keep asking these questions, I would say you'll see people boycotting games and bringing it up for a while to come yet. And I get that there's not much he can do, but the brush it under the carpet stance from NZC has probably made things worse.
Of course it's up to people, I just wondered whether anyone felt like me.
it's the lack of remorse i think that gets people. he was not guilty in the eyes of the law, but he certainly wasn't innocent and sports stars get different treatment to the layman (you or i would be posting this from a small cell in his place). i want the justice system to be rehabilitative where possible so im not one for holding things over people forever but there's no doubt kuggeleijn needs to regain a lot of credit with nz. a simple "i was a terrible bloke" would be a start, but we haven't got one.
Not necessarily.
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Just because the alleged victim in the second instance decided not to go through the ordeal of a trial (and it absolutely is an ordeal), doesn't mean nothing untoward happened.
Massive question marks over this tbh. People get found not guilty in iffy, he said/she said ***ual assault cases all the time. I seriously doubt whether his ‘status’ as a fringe international cricketer played much of a role in the deliberations of 12 jurors, most of whom probably had little idea who he was or didn’t give a ****.
Exactly...I’m not sure to what extent his cricket career would’ve even come out in evidence, even if it did it strikes me as highly unlikely it would’ve been much of a factor in the guilty/not guilty deliberations of the jurors
