{"id":6063,"date":"2011-12-13T12:13:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T10:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/12\/cricket-new-zealand-beams-with-pride-after-australia-win\/"},"modified":"2011-12-13T12:13:34","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T10:13:34","slug":"cricket-new-zealand-beams-with-pride-after-australia-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-new-zealand-beams-with-pride-after-australia-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-New Zealand beams with pride after Australia win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">WELLINGTON<\/span> Dec 13 (Reuters) &#8211; New Zealand reacted<br \/>\nwith understated pride on Tuesday after their young cricket team<br \/>\ncompleted their first test win over Australia in 18 years and<br \/>\nfirst across the Tasman Sea in more than quarter of a century.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Auckland-based New Zealand Herald splashed the victory<br \/>\ncelebrations over its the front page with the focus on bowler<br \/>\nDoug Bracewell&#8217;s match-winning six for 40 in Australia&#8217;s second<br \/>\ninnings.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The fact Bracewell did not win the man-of-the-match award,<br \/>\nwhich was chosen via a mobile-phone poll by Australian-based<br \/>\nfans, did not escape attention with former New Zealand<br \/>\ncricketers voicing their disbelief at the decision.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;MOM to the losing side&#8230;makes sense. I suppose Doug&#8217;s<br \/>\nspell of 6 of 26 off nine didn&#8217;t have an impact,&#8221; former New<br \/>\nZealand all rounder Andre Adams said on his Twitter page.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With Monday&#8217;s match finishing in time for the early evening<br \/>\nnews, both major television channels gave the result a prominent<br \/>\nplace in the opening few minutes of their bulletins.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The tongue-in-cheek sports news show &#8220;The Crowd Goes Wild&#8221;<br \/>\non Prime television, which is fronted by former New Zealand<br \/>\ncricketer Mark Richardson, also led with the victory, with the<br \/>\nformer opening batsman presenting the item with a large grin.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>State-owned Radio New Zealand led with the result in their<br \/>\nMorning Report news bulletins on Tuesday before a leadership<br \/>\nchange in one of the country&#8217;s major political parties took over<br \/>\nthe agenda.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Herald chief sports writer David Leggat said the result<br \/>\nmeant the Black Caps could now look the Australians in the eye<br \/>\nagain after 20 years of playing the role of the kow-towed<br \/>\nyounger brother.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>They had &#8220;won back respect which had been lost with a lame<br \/>\ndisplay in the first test at Brisbane&#8221; he wrote in reference to<br \/>\nthe nine-wicket loss at the Gabba.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WELLINGTON Dec 13 (Reuters) &#8211; New Zealand reacted with understated pride on Tuesday after their young cricket team completed their first test win over Australia in 18 years and first across the Tasman Sea in more than quarter of a century. 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