Yes, but then I could find a reason why I would be happy with any of the other 19 teams to be relegated. They all have their annoyances to some degree.
I saw them at the IOW festival last year which sadly turned out to be Paul Ryder's last gig. I thought they were great fun, still plenty of energy and Rowetta does a fine job helping Sean hold the vocals together.
I was watching it was tense and gripping! The umpires made it clear if NZ bowled pace they would go off for light so it was spin only for the last 30 mins. They hadn't been taken off for light any way through so there was no base reading to match from earlier days. Definitely could have finished...
Inevitable, yes, but it's peak cricket to battle for 5 full days then call the match off with just three overs left to play, under lights. NZ one wicket from victory, Pakistan just 15 runs short of victory. Surely they could have played it out?
Fantastic to see the Aussies get whopped in the opening game of their own World Cup. Early days though, I remember England hammered them in the last world cup and that didn't end well.
If you just accept we are a poor side at the moment it's easier to process these type of performances. We are bottom on the test championship for a reason - our players aren't good enough right now.
The race director is allowed to control the use of the safety car however he sees fit, so no rules were broken, it appears. The "let them race" ethic encouraged him to engineer a last lap spectacular which just happened to benefit Max.