New Zealand Black Caps fans look to Twenty20 World Cup with hope, trepidation
Time:2024-05-22 09:42:30 Source:politicsViews(143)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Black Caps fans are bracing themselves for an emotional journey when the Twenty20 World Cup begins next month in the United States and West Indies, looking forward to the tournament with a mixture of hope and fatalism.
That mixed outlook, leaning towards pessimism, is based on New Zealand’s experience of cricket’s limited-overs World Cups, many of which have taken fans on an emotional roller-coaster before ending in disappointment.
New Zealand reached the final of the 2021 T20 World Cup, losing to Australia in the United Arab Emirates, and the semifinals of the 2016 and 2022 tournaments. The Black Caps reached the final of the 50-overs Cricket World Cup in 2015 and 2019 and the semifinals in 2007, 2011 and 2023.
In total the Black Caps have reached the ICC World Cup semifinals seven times. But New Zealand’s only win in a major limited-overs tournament came at the ICC Knockout Trophy in Kenya in 2000.
Previous:Thailand welcomes the return of trafficked antiquities from New York's Metropolitan Museum
Next:It's so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees
You may also like
- Vatican makes fresh overture to China, reaffirms that Catholic Church is no threat to sovereignty
- Sierra Nevada records snowiest day of the season
- Qantas agrees to pay $79 million in compensation and a fine for selling seats on canceled flights
- Were the events depicted in The Train, starring Burt Lancaster, true?
- French Olympic fencer Thibus says she has been cleared of any wrongdoing after abnormal doping test
- Bank holiday scorcher! Temperatures to hit 21C on Monday
- Legoland arrest as woman, 27, is held on suspicion of neglect after a five
- What to stream: 'Iron Claw,' 'Pretty Little Liars,' Ryan Castro
- Proposed $2.77 billion settlement clears first step of NCAA approval with no change to finance plan