That, that must have been a special occasion.

That was a special occasion.

And again, um, Trevor Thornton, it's his baby, that Oval.

He's, uh, basically the man that sort of raised all the money for it and funded it and put it together.

He was so excited.

He was...

Had a day off the day before to prepare the Oval, get round, and we were getting reports every half hour about what he was doing next.

It turned out to be a very good game, and they got within 15 runs.

But before we talk about those two, uh, nations, what about the performance of New Zealand?

Um, I think third was probably a spot that I always had them down.

Um, they had to play one game out of their skins, and unfortunately they did have three injuries early on in the tournament.

Um, the skipper got concussion and, um, against Australia, um, when he dived for a catch.

Um, Peter Nixon, one of their strike bowlers did a calf, and Julian Vandyke, one of the new players coming in and who was an athletic person, he did a calf too and didn't play till the end of the tournament.

So New Zealand probably had 12 reasonable cricketers.

You stretch it out after that, soon as you get into your reserves it does show up our lack of depth in New Zealand.

Uh, and cricket-wise, uh, what are your overall thoughts on the, on the standard of the cricket at the second over 70s World Cup?