Today we experienced our first sporting event since we arrived, and headed over to Eden Park to watch the Black Caps vs the Aussies in the second one dayer in the annual Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. The ground filled up during the match and the terraces to our right (pictured) was the rowdy stand.
Australia set a record high score of 336 for a one day international at Eden Park in red hot conditions - the sun didn't stop shining all day. Everyone, even the most hardened drinking lads, were constantly applying sun block, sunglasses and hats - very different to the UK!
Even the most ardent NZ fan didn't think that they could match that score and win, but some hard hitting and quick running between the wickets meant that they beat the record score with 8 balls to spare. Following their victory last Friday this meant that NZ won the three match series for the first time, and resulted in Australia dropping to number 2 in the world - a very sad day...
2 comments:
Come on you NZ Caps Looking forward to world cup
Who is number one is it England lol
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