In an age dominated by T20, New Zealand’s long-form Plunket Shield is a throwback to another time and retains a small group of committed fans
From the spot where Helen Julius spread her arms across the peeling, sun-flecked green paint of the pavilion’s bench seats, Eden Park’s Outer Oval in Auckland was almost picturesque.
There were the white-clad cricketers – Auckland batting, Canterbury in the field – and a bank of agapanthus just beginning to break out in flower beyond the sight-screen on the ground’s northern boundary. Sparrows, nesting in the pavilion roof, chattered incessantly.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/07/long-unhurried-days-with-a-cooler-the-cricket-fans-sticking-with-new-zealands-forgotten-format
Author : James Borrowdale in Auckland
Publish date : 2024-12-06 18:00:02
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