The New Zealand television and radio media seems more obsessed with the Fleming/Richardson "spoof or no spoof" story than with the test result. I spent some time listening to Radio Sport last night and a staggering proportion of talk-back callers wanted to talk about nothing else except for their theories about why the spoof angle is just Sky TV's attempt to cover-up a genuine dislike between their commentator and the New Zealand captain. Madness.
Luckily for us the print media prefers to cover sport, rather than the sideshows. Richard Boock was so inspired by the result that he wrote not just one, but two articles on it. His first is dedicated to Shane Bond, while the second focuses on West Indian misfortunes. In the Dominion-Post Jonathan Millmow - showing typical kiwi distate for celebration - sniffs around the replacement ball used after Chris Gayle hit Dan Vettori into the gutter, and thinks that something about it smells a little off.
Meanwhile, reaction in the Caribbean has been one of frustration and reflection on what might have been. Tony Cozier added to this praise for the performance of Shane Bond - "as fine a fast bowler as there is in contemporary cricket" and "a bowler of pace and hostility, capable of each way swing with new ball or old" - while the Jamaica Gleaner seemed more bitter than most and had a few things to say about Darryl Harper's attempt to age the replacement ball.
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Just a note that the Express article is by Tony Cozier, even though the paper credits it to someone else.
I so much agree with you on this one. So what they had an argument ? well it happens. Who's never had one ? focus here is the test! or should be the test. And they should stop blowing this thing out of proportions... This was all good learning for Mark ;-) am sure. I bet those guys are friends again by now anyway. Let them bury it and let's move on.
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