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Beware Mr Nice Guy Black Caps

It’s a funny one with New Zealand. I think many Australian cricket fans would be surprised to learn that the Black Caps are sitting as high as second in the current ICC Test rankings, albeit quite a long way behind India. The Ashes tends to take up a lot of our attention as far as the big clashes are concerned. And then we also always seem to be locked in battle against India in Test matches of late, too.

Think of the big three nations in terms of participation numbers and strength in rural and regional

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