September 9, 2024 • 9 mins
A wet outfield and soggy run-up areas have prompted match officials to call off the opening day's play in the maiden cricket test between New Zealand and Afghanistan in Greater Noida, on the outskirts of Delhi.
Rain in the last 10 days had left little prospect of any action, which is understandable, given the match has been scheduled at the back end of the region's monsoon season.
The umpires undertook several inspections.
Afghanistan play "home" matches at the venue because touring teams will not visit their country due to security concerns and the rule of the Taliban.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
From the cricket field to the cow shed. It's the
Country Sport Breakfast with Brian Kelly on Gold Sport.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Well time Zerok International Cricket.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Now we're a wit outfield and soggy run up areas
of prompted match officials to call off the opening days
play in the maiden cricket Test between New Zealand and
Afghanistan in Greater Nuida.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
I think it is on the outskirts of Delhi. Joining
us on the show this morning on the front Foot
podcast and voice of New Zealand Cricket, Bryan Wodeld Morning words.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Be ka great to set up all night and watch
nothing but replays of cricket matches that have been played,
watching the All Blacks getting stuffed again, watching things Otherland
cricket until ten o'clock when I got the chance to
watch Sri Lanka do the English egos the biggest damage
(00:52):
they've had for some time. And that was at least
good cricket to watch at ten o'clock till mid.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Yes, thank Surrena beating England.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Did you expect that?
Speaker 3 (01:03):
No?
Speaker 1 (01:03):
I didn't not at all and they did it well
throughout the game. They took their batting top order apart
with the ball and showed that their batsmen are capable
of scoring runs in tight conditions and built up the
period between now and when they played New Zealand next
(01:23):
week and go home. They are going to be tough
to beat if New Zealand is able to get any
cricket at all, because the forecasts for thunderstorms at this ground.
I mean Day one was wiped out completely and yet
they didn't have any rain, they didn't have any covers
on the ground. So I read in the crick Info
(01:45):
and that's basically the way. It's going to be so frustrating.
You can't do anything about it. I mean that's the weather.
But you know, it may well be that they could
have chosen a different ground than Greater Neider. I think
it's cool. As as the home Test beroad, I mean,
(02:06):
the the f arms have to do something. You're not
play Test cricket in Carbor.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
You're not.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Pretty. It'll be pretty explosive stuff to bet on their pictures.
So they have to play somewhere. But it's it's just
a pretty because New Zealand needed the Test match. It's
not for the World Test Championship. But it seems they
are not going to get the kind of cricket that
they require, and that's the tough thing.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
When they schedule this test do they know? Do you
think they knew it was probably the edge of the
monsoon season, so you're going to get a few a
few showers moving through.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Yeah. I think they always would have known that in
India and it may well be the case in Sri Lanka.
We don't know. But putting it all together, you just
have to accept what's on offer. And that's the issue
with the World Credit at the moment that they know
to complete their programs of T twenty internationals, of all
(03:11):
these competitions that they have set up. The sides like
Afghanistan have to accept what is going on when they're
offering the test matches. And I think, you know, it
would have been nice for New Zealand to play Afghanistan
becaus haven't played them in a Test match previously, and
that was one of the things that was accepted, I
(03:33):
suppose when the decision was made. So it's a pretty
we don't yet know what kind of side New Zealand
is going to choose for these conditions and we have
to wait and see what is going to happen in
that part of the world. But it's going to be
pretty frustrating. I don't want to watch the Aureat's getting
(03:54):
tell down again.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
A few years ago we would not have even considered
Afghanistan and playing cricket, and now here we are. We're
about to play them in a debut test. Are they
a reasonably good team?
Speaker 1 (04:07):
I think they can be, and we're going to find
that out in conditions that are not quite what New
Zealand are used to. They have always head players who've
been to India and they've played in mini venues around there,
but this new complex that they've set up in an
area close to Deli is basically the Indian home core
(04:32):
Afghanistan because normally they would play in the UAE Dubai
charg somewhere around there and they played test matches. Games
have been played in this ground that they call it
Greater Noid. It's quite a sporting conference they've set up.
And in our podcast on the Front Foot, Jeremy Conney
(04:54):
looked back at some of the games that have been
played there and they've been some games played in the
stic first glass game that have been high scoring. It's
been quite difficult to both sides out. You don't know
what you're going to get when you go to these
new places, and that's what New Zealand are going to
find out when they get a run there. They've had
(05:14):
practice in the area, but not really had what they
need to meet the competitive levels of Test match cricket.
Because as we've said before, they've got nine matches between
now and Christmas. That may well be the way forward
for New Zealand because they're going to be playing games
(05:35):
when they're available to get teams and it may not
be that we will see Test match New Zealand after
cricket after Christmas. We don't know that this year, and
that's that's the tragedy of well, it's not tragic, I
suppose it's it's just one of those things that they
have to face up to when they're planning their programs
(05:59):
in the future.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
When when you're playing over there, you know generally you
need a pretty good spin attack, really, don't you The
pictures of you've got plenty of spin.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
In them almost definitely, and that's why they have taken
a wide range of players. I mean, it's it's probably
the best team that we've got available and they've got
a good mixture of face bowlers with the new players
Sears and also you know the guy from from from Canterbury.
(06:36):
His names behind me. But we've got Sauvi and Henry
and in the hope in the future that we're going
to have Kyle Jameson around. So they've got the options.
Been O Rourke was the man I was willow Rock, Sorry,
I was the man I was thinking of. And we've
got those players on the you know, on the list,
(06:58):
but you know, we also want them to be buying
test patches and so it's going to be left up
to the management, the coach and the captain to decide
what conditions are like and what said they're going to need.
So that is going to be the interesting aspect of
what we're going to see over the next you know,
(07:19):
a couple of months until I get back home, and
they might have to practice in New Zealand conditions to
play against England when they get here.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Yeah, England, England arrive at November. We've got a test
in christ Church, then one in Wellington it'll please you,
and one in Hamilton. Then we've got we've got Sri
Lanka too for t twenty and ode I Series and
then Pakistan. So she's a pretty tough summer of cricket
really for the black Caps, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Yeah, And you know it's it's pretty busy. They talk
about wanting to play Test match as well. They're going
to get them nine, not all of them are going
to be here in New Zealand. We're going to get
three in New Zealand. But after Christmas, of course it's
going to be a diet of short form stuff before
they go to the champions Trophy which has been played
(08:07):
in Pakistan. My memory serves me well, but we are
excited about the fact that we're going to have England here.
That's the most important thing. I think from the New
Zealand's point of view. We'll get four thousands there. Yes,
we have one at the base in Reserve and we
won a Test match here against England previously at the
Base in Reserve and we're going to need to be
(08:29):
able to do that because it's the World Test Championship
and those points are crucial for New Zealand. With eight matches,
they've got to win at least half of what they're
playing to sustain their chance of making the World Test
Championship final. I'm not sure that they can do that
(08:51):
because England, Australia and India are the other tough ones
in the World Test Championship. But it's wait and see.
We have to take what we can get basically and
say they watched it in Great Annoider, one of those
Test match venues, Brian, and I am sure you will
be wondering what brought up about the first place.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Anyway, Well, I watched you last night at four o'clock
and I went back at five, and I went back
at six and then it was that was it for me.
So hopefully you won't be wasting the latter part of
the afternoon. There will be some cricket on. It's nice
to catch up mate, Thanks Brian. Brian Midael joining us
here on gold Sport to talk cricket that didn't happen
From the cricket field to the cow shed. It's the
Country Sport Breakfast with Brian Kelly on Gold Sport.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Well time Zerok International Cricket.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Now we're a wit outfield and soggy run up areas
of prompted match officials to call off the opening days
play in the maiden cricket Test between New Zealand and
Afghanistan in Greater Nuida.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
I think it is on the outskirts of Delhi. Joining
us on the show this morning on the front Foot
podcast and voice of New Zealand Cricket, Bryan Wodeld Morning words.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Be ka great to set up all night and watch
nothing but replays of cricket matches that have been played,
watching the All Blacks getting stuffed again, watching things Otherland
cricket until ten o'clock when I got the chance to
watch Sri Lanka do the English egos the biggest damage
(00:52):
they've had for some time. And that was at least
good cricket to watch at ten o'clock till mid.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Yes, thank Surrena beating England.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Did you expect that?
Speaker 3 (01:03):
No?
Speaker 1 (01:03):
I didn't not at all and they did it well
throughout the game. They took their batting top order apart
with the ball and showed that their batsmen are capable
of scoring runs in tight conditions and built up the
period between now and when they played New Zealand next
(01:23):
week and go home. They are going to be tough
to beat if New Zealand is able to get any
cricket at all, because the forecasts for thunderstorms at this ground.
I mean Day one was wiped out completely and yet
they didn't have any rain, they didn't have any covers
on the ground. So I read in the crick Info
(01:45):
and that's basically the way. It's going to be so frustrating.
You can't do anything about it. I mean that's the weather.
But you know, it may well be that they could
have chosen a different ground than Greater Neider. I think
it's cool. As as the home Test beroad, I mean,
(02:06):
the the f arms have to do something. You're not
play Test cricket in Carbor.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
You're not.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Pretty. It'll be pretty explosive stuff to bet on their pictures.
So they have to play somewhere. But it's it's just
a pretty because New Zealand needed the Test match. It's
not for the World Test Championship. But it seems they
are not going to get the kind of cricket that
they require, and that's the tough thing.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
When they schedule this test do they know? Do you
think they knew it was probably the edge of the
monsoon season, so you're going to get a few a
few showers moving through.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Yeah. I think they always would have known that in
India and it may well be the case in Sri Lanka.
We don't know. But putting it all together, you just
have to accept what's on offer. And that's the issue
with the World Credit at the moment that they know
to complete their programs of T twenty internationals, of all
(03:11):
these competitions that they have set up. The sides like
Afghanistan have to accept what is going on when they're
offering the test matches. And I think, you know, it
would have been nice for New Zealand to play Afghanistan
becaus haven't played them in a Test match previously, and
that was one of the things that was accepted, I
(03:33):
suppose when the decision was made. So it's a pretty
we don't yet know what kind of side New Zealand
is going to choose for these conditions and we have
to wait and see what is going to happen in
that part of the world. But it's going to be
pretty frustrating. I don't want to watch the Aureat's getting
(03:54):
tell down again.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
A few years ago we would not have even considered
Afghanistan and playing cricket, and now here we are. We're
about to play them in a debut test. Are they
a reasonably good team?
Speaker 1 (04:07):
I think they can be, and we're going to find
that out in conditions that are not quite what New
Zealand are used to. They have always head players who've
been to India and they've played in mini venues around there,
but this new complex that they've set up in an
area close to Deli is basically the Indian home core
(04:32):
Afghanistan because normally they would play in the UAE Dubai
charg somewhere around there and they played test matches. Games
have been played in this ground that they call it
Greater Noid. It's quite a sporting conference they've set up.
And in our podcast on the Front Foot, Jeremy Conney
(04:54):
looked back at some of the games that have been
played there and they've been some games played in the
stic first glass game that have been high scoring. It's
been quite difficult to both sides out. You don't know
what you're going to get when you go to these
new places, and that's what New Zealand are going to
find out when they get a run there. They've had
(05:14):
practice in the area, but not really had what they
need to meet the competitive levels of Test match cricket.
Because as we've said before, they've got nine matches between
now and Christmas. That may well be the way forward
for New Zealand because they're going to be playing games
(05:35):
when they're available to get teams and it may not
be that we will see Test match New Zealand after
cricket after Christmas. We don't know that this year, and
that's that's the tragedy of well, it's not tragic, I
suppose it's it's just one of those things that they
have to face up to when they're planning their programs
(05:59):
in the future.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
When when you're playing over there, you know generally you
need a pretty good spin attack, really, don't you The
pictures of you've got plenty of spin.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
In them almost definitely, and that's why they have taken
a wide range of players. I mean, it's it's probably
the best team that we've got available and they've got
a good mixture of face bowlers with the new players
Sears and also you know the guy from from from Canterbury.
(06:36):
His names behind me. But we've got Sauvi and Henry
and in the hope in the future that we're going
to have Kyle Jameson around. So they've got the options.
Been O Rourke was the man I was willow Rock, Sorry,
I was the man I was thinking of. And we've
got those players on the you know, on the list,
(06:58):
but you know, we also want them to be buying
test patches and so it's going to be left up
to the management, the coach and the captain to decide
what conditions are like and what said they're going to need.
So that is going to be the interesting aspect of
what we're going to see over the next you know,
(07:19):
a couple of months until I get back home, and
they might have to practice in New Zealand conditions to
play against England when they get here.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Yeah, England, England arrive at November. We've got a test
in christ Church, then one in Wellington it'll please you,
and one in Hamilton. Then we've got we've got Sri
Lanka too for t twenty and ode I Series and
then Pakistan. So she's a pretty tough summer of cricket
really for the black Caps, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Yeah, And you know it's it's pretty busy. They talk
about wanting to play Test match as well. They're going
to get them nine, not all of them are going
to be here in New Zealand. We're going to get
three in New Zealand. But after Christmas, of course it's
going to be a diet of short form stuff before
they go to the champions Trophy which has been played
(08:07):
in Pakistan. My memory serves me well, but we are
excited about the fact that we're going to have England here.
That's the most important thing. I think from the New
Zealand's point of view. We'll get four thousands there. Yes,
we have one at the base in Reserve and we
won a Test match here against England previously at the
Base in Reserve and we're going to need to be
(08:29):
able to do that because it's the World Test Championship
and those points are crucial for New Zealand. With eight matches,
they've got to win at least half of what they're
playing to sustain their chance of making the World Test
Championship final. I'm not sure that they can do that
(08:51):
because England, Australia and India are the other tough ones
in the World Test Championship. But it's wait and see.
We have to take what we can get basically and
say they watched it in Great Annoider, one of those
Test match venues, Brian, and I am sure you will
be wondering what brought up about the first place.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Anyway, Well, I watched you last night at four o'clock
and I went back at five, and I went back
at six and then it was that was it for me.
So hopefully you won't be wasting the latter part of
the afternoon. There will be some cricket on. It's nice
to catch up mate, Thanks Brian. Brian Midael joining us
here on gold Sport to talk cricket that didn't happen
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