At the interval in the cricket yesterday a selection of the legendary-but-thwarted 1992 New Zealand World Cup team put in an appearance, to hit balls into the Basin Reserve crowd to celebrate tickets going on sale for the Australia-New Zealand World Cup next year.
The 1992
Martin Crowe-led side excelled in the pool matches, blitzing opponents with seven straight wins before coming unstuck against eventual champions Pakistan. New Zealand made a little history by throwing innovative tactics into the mix - opening the batting with
Mark Greatbatch in a pinch-hitter role, opening the bowling with offspinner
Dipak Patel, and restricting the run-rate with medium-pacers like
Gavin Larsen and
Chris Harris - but the real achievement was winning self-belief for a team often short of it. They still look in fairly good shape 22 years later!
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| Martin Crowe (top left), Chris Harris (throwing) |
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| Crowe tries to hit one into the Vance Stand |
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| CZ Harris (23 tests, 250 ODIs) |
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MJ Greatbatch (41 tests, 84 ODIs)
DN Patel (37 tests, 75 ODIs) |
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