Cricket year in review: Tears, trophies and history made in tumultuous 2021 | wutube
Though the Black Caps may have lost another World Cup final, a golden generation of cricketers belied the country’s relatively scant resources to win the inaugural world Test championship. Showing that nice guys can indeed finish first, the Kane Williamson-led Kiwis upstaged the behemoth of world cricket, India, to win the six-day final by eight wickets.
CA cited concerns over the integrity of Cricket South Africa’s biosecurity plans to shield players from COVID-19 but authorities on the other side of the Indian Ocean painted CA as a board interested only in playing against the financial powers. CA can point to white-ball tours of New Zealand, the Caribbean and Bangladesh in its defence, though judgment day will come on the mooted tour of Pakistan early next year.
At the time, Paine was about to make a shock Test comeback, but months later was installed as captain after the tumultuous fallout from the ball-tampering scandal. Four years after the lewd text exchange, the past finally caught up with Paine, forcing the man who became the face of a more empathetic and humble team post-Cape Town to relinquish the post in a teary press conference.Details of the matter were known in Tasmanian cricket circles and in some media quarters, but it nevertheless came as a major shock when the story broke on the eve of the Ashes.
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