Having sighed as I read a typically Anglo-centric Wisden list of "The XI worst debuts"(*), I had resigned myself to seeing New Zealanders overlooked in the Guardian's list of "The ten greatest rearguard actions". Instead I was pleasantly surprised to see Mark Greatbatch's test (number 4) and the Danny Morrison/Nathan Astle act against England (rated number 2) high on the list. Its good to see that New Zealand's glorious history of boring batting has been remembered, even if our incompetence in the same field has been sadly overlooked.
(*) How on earth could they neglect Ken Rutherford - or Chris Kuggeleijn who not only made a pair but spent most of his only test in bed with food poisioning?
Wednesday, 16 March 2005
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