Should New Zealand play all its home games in Australia?

[Days of Grace]

New Zealand will probably never finish an ODI without rain interruption again. It is time to get serious and move all New Zealand matches to Australia. The Australian grounds are not being used and can be easily prepared.

It makes perfect sense. The Australian grounds also have greater capacity and thus will get biggest crowds and more revenue.

Like Pakistan, I can't see New Zealand being an attractive touring proposition for teams in the future. Like Pakistan, we may even see future teams cancelling their tours.

 

[Flem274*]

Watch your knee doesn't hit your nose.

 

[_Ed_]

The Australian grounds also have greater capacity and thus will get biggest crowds and more revenue.

Actually, when the Eden Park redevelopment finishes the MCG will be the only stadium in Australia that's bigger.

Also, didn't they cancel the Triangular series because no one went to the games that didn't involve Australia?

 

[Burgey]

There are more Kiwis in Bondi than back home anyway. Play 'em as beach cricket matches there, and they'll sell it out.

Seriously though, no.

 

[Smudge]

Like Pakistan, I can't see New Zealand being an attractive touring proposition for teams in the future. Like Pakistan, we may even see future teams cancelling their tours.

Mind your tiara, drama queen. Seriously, there's one thing you can't control, and that's weather. We've had a bad run this summer, but big deal - that's life.

And it's particularly vulgar of you to compare rain to terrorist attacks - lost the plot much?

 

[Prince EWS]

Days of Grace: king of the over-reaction.

 

[Son Of Coco]

What a question...

 

[Nishan]

for the rest of this season perhaps. but hell no

 

[NUFAN]

A roof would be a better option rather then playing a game in Aussie land.

Also GABBA, SCG, MCG would be off limits at this time of the year.

 

[Days of Grace]

And it's particularly vulgar of you to compare rain to terrorist attacks - lost the plot much?

This coming from the guy who posted perhaps the most tasteless joke in the history of CW on the shootout thread.

 

[Son Of Coco]

This coming from the guy who posted perhaps the most tasteless joke in the history of CW on the shootout thread.

Let's not get the reactions to that going again...they've died down. I won't comment any further because as soon as people see 'shootout' and then that laugh I've done above in the same post they'll inevitably explode.

 

[Trumpers_Ghost]

Seems like a crazy, even stupid idea but then I realise just how many kiwis are in our fair land. Are there more kiwis living in Oz than NZ?

However it would make them the first Australian state to play home games interstate!

 

[Days of Grace]

Let's be serious for a moment:

How much does it cost to actually put a roof on a stadium like the caketin in Wellington? Would it cost in the millions?

I think NZ cricket needs to seriously consider this. Where to find the money is another question.

 

[99*]

Let's be serious for a moment:

How much does it cost to actually put a roof on a stadium like the caketin in Wellington? Would it cost in the millions?

I think NZ cricket needs to seriously consider this. Where to find the money is another question.

More than what Wellingtonians would be willing to spend.

Anyway, I don't mind the rain atm, so long as the tests are clear then it will be a good series imo.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Let's be serious for a moment:

How much does it cost to actually put a roof on a stadium like the caketin in Wellington? Would it cost in the millions?

I think NZ cricket needs to seriously consider this. Where to find the money is another question.

Piss off, quite frankly.

It would be the death of NZ cricket quite frankly if games were relocated to Aus. And how ****ing stupid would it look for a couple of those relocated games to be rained off?

My word, maybe they should think about scheduling games in Summer rather than crowbarring games into March/April when the rain risk is a lot higher.

It didn't rain in Wellington at all for 6-7 weeks from late December to early February. Seriously Days of Grace, this is a terrible, terrible overreaction. Though I guess as you're not in NZ anyway, you wouldn't notice the difference.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Don't want your sub-standard test cricket, thanks.

Would get out to see the Kiwi's play ODI's though, quality short form unit.

 

[Athlai]

Smitteh lurves Jeets.

What a dreadful thread, total joke.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

 

[Athlai]

What a star.

 

[Uppercut]

What a thread.