Immenso
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Greytown?
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Rachin -The Kiwi wonderkid
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Daemon
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Heh
In Singapore the national cricket ground lease ended and the ground was taken back by the government to develop into a football field. The team was shifted to another subpar club facility that was shared with various teams so they could only train 3x a week instead of 5x. I mean they’ve always been **** at cricket but at one point they beat Afghanistan without the help of Tim David. Now they’re even more ****.
More recently the government has ended the lease for a massive area that was home to a group of 3 cricket/rugby multipurpose fields, a football field, indoor football pitches, a 9 hole golf course, nets, facilities for archery, tennis, equestrian etc.
2 divisions of the cricket league have to be scrapped because of this. It also now costs $50-60 in match fees for a weekend game here. If it rains (which happens all the time) you pay the full fees as long as a single ball was bowled.
Prince EWS
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After Rachin I'm calling this one early. 
Prince EWS
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Legitimately seems like they decided his very existence on Earth was just unfair.11 overs to go
That means it was probably something like
357* (120-200)
RossTaylorsBox
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Leave Joshy out of the Oval
Prince EWS
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Josh Anderson can bosh a six.
Can't wait to see him playing for Hampshire in 7-8 years, then England within the decade.
ashley bach
International Captain
Could of waited for the 400 surely. Would of only taken about another 3 overs.
Remember the name Josh Anderson.
Remember the name Josh Anderson.
Binkley
U19 Captain
Yep. I’m not completely opposed to lease arrangements like that when they are genuinely in the public interest, but the obvious conflicts of interest in this case made it stink.
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Meridio
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Looking forward to his test debut for New Zealand in 2031
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
In some ways, this sounds like communism. I'd be inclined to believe if you had a venn diagram of people most likely to be on this Lands Trust board and people most likely to have called Jacinda a communist, there would be a big overlap.
Immenso
International Vice-Captain
I only vaguely followed it. But didn't seem much in it to me. The community sports club is going to play on a 'basically free' piece of green space. Whether that space is provided by the council (like 99.9% of clubs in NZ), or by a lands trust, seems neither here nor there.
The only issue is whether you think the trust could make money out of owning that land, therefore commercialise it into commercial/industrial real estate. And use that momey for the purposes of the trust. But as a resident of Greytown if you're OK with that green space being converted into light commercial etc. Then ok.
I would have thought that actually, the biggest beneficiaries (of the outcome) are the residents of working-class Featherston and posh Martinborough. Who aren't forking out (via the South Wairarapa DC) to buy a very expensive fringe Greytown orchard and converting it into a sports park for the benefit of the (Greytown, not really SWDC) community because the Trust just shrunk the community facilities.
Immenso
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This thread needs discussion (if it hasn't already) of Rachin's father and the Hutt Hawkes Cricket Club.
The Hawkes aren't a 'real club' that play in the local comp. But was created by Ravindra Snr. With their main 'thing' being that they do a tour (with an U15 and a more senior side) of India each year. I presume to the home area of Mr Ravindra before he emmigrated and where he would have connections. I assume this is a commercial exercise, kind of an add-on the the cricketing school that Ravindra set up. Parents pay, or fundraising, to send their kids on the trip. But maybe it's not, or is at least semi-altruistic. I looked on their website and is seems good value to send someone on an oversea trip.
Was mentioned in this cricinfo article on current NZ U19 captain Oscar Jackson.
www.espncricinfo.com
The Hawkes aren't a 'real club' that play in the local comp. But was created by Ravindra Snr. With their main 'thing' being that they do a tour (with an U15 and a more senior side) of India each year. I presume to the home area of Mr Ravindra before he emmigrated and where he would have connections. I assume this is a commercial exercise, kind of an add-on the the cricketing school that Ravindra set up. Parents pay, or fundraising, to send their kids on the trip. But maybe it's not, or is at least semi-altruistic. I looked on their website and is seems good value to send someone on an oversea trip.
Was mentioned in this cricinfo article on current NZ U19 captain Oscar Jackson.
Oscar Jackson, the criminal justice student who captains New Zealand Under-19
He opens up about chasing elusive title at the Under-19 World Cup, his "awesome experience" in India, pursuing a bachelor's in criminal justice, and more
www.espncricinfo.com
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He does look good. Possibly underbowled but I guess Phillips was doing the damage.
Gives me the feel of Ross Taylor at the crease, you just enjoy watching him and the shots he plays make you smile.
Gives me the feel of Ross Taylor at the crease, you just enjoy watching him and the shots he plays make you smile.