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  •   Home > News > Sports > Cricket

    Just like the All Blacks, they demand excellence

    Just like the All Blacks, they demand excellence


    That's how former Australian skipper Steve Waugh has described the way the public views their national cricket team.

    Australia's slipped down to third behind New Zealand and India in the test world rankings, and just endured a home series loss to the latter.

    Waugh admits there's a bit of pressure on the team right now.



    INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COVERAGE WITH RESENE. CELEBRATING SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF NEW ZEALAND MADE PAINTS AND COLOURS.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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     03 Feb: England have wrapped up their T20 World Cup cricket preparations with a 3-nil clean sweep of Sri Lanka
     03 Feb: Australia have been handed their biggest ever defeat in T20 cricket - just five days out from the start of the men's World Cup
     01 Feb: India has demolished New Zealand in the 5th T20 in Trivandrum after posting their third-highest ever T20 total
     01 Feb: Captain Robbie O'Donnell is relieved the Northern Braves men's cricket team didn't fall at the final hurdle
     01 Feb: The Black Caps have lost a run fest in Trivandrum - dropping the T20 series 4-1 to India
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