AUSTRALIA vs NEW ZEALAND, 1987/1988 WSC 1st FINAL

[MrSkippyTBK]

Ya absolute plum, can't see any reason to say not out, velletta didn't get a fair crack in Aussie side, but he is from Perth!

[kmaher]

6:05 wow, how is that not out? they would cop a roasting for that today! i just cant believe he didnt give that out.

[Psylonz]

this is such a bias video! showed nz getting out and no runs. then u go and show aus hitting boundaries. pathetic.

[kingoaxe]

@Psylonz to be fair, you're absolutely right but this is from the channel 9 video that was a collection of the last 10 years of WSC finals. And if you guys want to see a worse LBW, find the not out at the MCG from that summers test series: Morrison to McDermott, would have won NZ the test and tied the series. As John Bracewell said, the Oz umpires were as big a bloody cheats as the Pakistani umps of the time. Thank god for nuetral umps and technology

[JAY86953]

i'm an indian but i'm having deep respect for current nz side

they r gentlemen....they neither get depress or angry wen they lose nor they get overjoy when they win....and daniel vettori is one of the most cool and calm captain

[Psylonz]

@JAY86953 thanks man. i agree with you. although i get angry with the nz team playing so poorly lately, they still have character.

i really cringe when i see australia play. they are full of themselves and are complete sore losers.

[griceng]

Martin Snedden is a god. He made this team just like hes going to make the worls cup. GO MARTY!!!

[blairomatic]

Yes, this was NZ's last summer in Beige.

We were the beige kings from 1980/81, the underarm summer when we first wore the coloured stuff, until the final ODI with England at the end of the 1987/88 season.

People hated beige by this stage and the change was put in place for the following season. It was a mish mash of colours and combinations until they finally settled on the all black (which is what we thought NZ should wear all along - but they thought it would be too hot).

[IanGorton]

Yeah they wore Grey with the black for quite a while through the 90s

[mkeysou812]

interesting game - australia very much on the rise after years of terrible results and nz starting to wane (despite their brief resurgence in 92 world cup). nz bowling looks pedestrian except for hadlee. that lbw was a shocker! thank god for neutral umpires

[Kalebp07]

Hadlee never carried on like a porkchop like Warne, McGrath, Matthews and others. He was a gentleman. He only got slagged by the Australian crowds because they simply couldn't handle how good he was. In the late 80s he was far superior to any Australian bowler and, of course, this hurt the Australians. Hence, the chant.

[timmytosser]

I think this was the last season the Kiwis wore the beige in anger. This was also the tour where Hadlee copped the "Hadlee's a wanker chant" thats why he was trying to make up to the crowd at the end.

[IanGorton]

@timmytosser I'm sure he was copping the Hadlee's a Wanker chant on previous tours as well

[gwholdom]

I'm not sure Dyer caught half of those - just like the Boxing day test.

[dyb4life]

Stupid Umpire! How can he not call that LBW!

[whoismtz]

I absolutely agree with you mate!

[haseeb66]

richard hadlee and martin crowe are my favourites...i love nz

[cam230723]

My heroes likewise. Ah the good old days of the 80s-NZ Cricket's golden era.

[philby971]

New Zealand......where the men are men and the sheep are nervous!! By the way, NuXta.....SCOREBOARD, mate!

[luvbite1]

Hadlee had to laugh at the ump- incompetent at the very least; and a cheat- probably. And I agree with you hsv941200 too- beautifully put.

[natoffice]

at least dyer actually caught those ones...

[hsv9412000]

Well philby971 with comments like that no wonder people hate both the Americans and the Aussies.

[StevenMirinoa]

thank you hsv9412000,true and true

[philby971]

Wow! Thanks for this post.  I was an American living in Melbourne at the time and that was the first cricket match I ever saw. I learned 3 important words at that match: HADLEE'S A WANKER!!!!

[NuXta]

So, with no prior knowledge of the game or basis for reasoning, you decide to brand one of its legends as a wanker.

Sigh... thanks for your contribution.

[PhilRundo]

the most plum lbw i have ever seen...not out

[MHJanson]

And Hadlee had Deano's measure pretty much all of that summer too.

[kiwiV8]

all aussies are cheats....

[jeevcy]

aussie umpires cheats

[sparkie567389]

the 92 team were the best NZ side

[ludocrat]

that's certainly no joke...

[olliverb]

Im john bracewells 2nd cousin...

no joke

[blairomatic]

Disappointing performance by NZ, a one day team in serious decline from the heights of the early 1980's.

[driffter76]

We weren't that great in the early 80's either. What did we win? Look at the 85-86 tri series with India, 3 wins in 10 games.

[blairomatic]

Drifter76...

Yes, the 85/86 WSC wasn't a good one for NZ. However, the early 80s teams were fantastic. The probably would have won the 82/83 WSC, after winning the 15 match qualifying round against Oz and Eng, but we tragically lost Hadlee on the eve of the Finals. The watershed 80/81 WSC Finals were lost 1-3 but this wasn't helped by certain events in the crucial 3rd Final. Ok, we didn't 'win many series but as perpetual underdogs we did have many famous one day victories.

[tomlister]

ah dont ya just wish we kept the beige uniforms!

[IanGorton]

Well they brought them back for the first few Twenty20s. Made it a retro theme