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Tuesday 17 February 2015
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World Cup arrives
Irish fans celebrate their team’s early success against the West Indies at Saxton Oval on Monday. Insert: Local boys Jude Richmond, left, Luke Zillwood, centre, and Damon Zillwood wait for their chance to grab some autographs. Photos: Evan Barnes/Shuttersport. Andrew Board and Jacob Chandler The Cricket World Cup has arrived in Nelson and locals are embracing it wholeheartedly. The first ever ICC Cricket World Cup game to be played in Nelson went off without a hitch yesterday at Saxton Oval. A capacity crowd got right in the spirit with plenty of Irish and West Indies support seen on the embankment. Nelson Cricket Association chairman,
Dave Leonard, says it was a perfect day for the big game. “It’s pretty amazing. The ground looks unbelievable and I’m sure it looked great on TV, which is good for Nelson.” Dave says he was playing first class cricket for Central Districts when the 1992 world Cup was held in New Zealand and Australia and the thought that it would come to Nelson one day was “quite unbelievable”. “It goes to show all the hard work from so many people. People at the councils, with
Nelson Cricket and other organisations, and I hope there’s a lot of people feeling pretty proud today of the input they’ve had in getting these games here.” The world cup action started on Trafalgar St on Saturday. The main street’s paved area was packed with cricket fans as they celebrated the beginning of the world cup street-festival style. The fanzone featured a giant screen at the bottom of the church steps where people could sit and watch the Blackcaps take
on Sri Lanka in a game beamed live from Christchurch. Nelson cricket fan Andy Kenton says he had been leaning up against various lamp posts watching the game for most of the afternoon. “I got here right around when New Zealand started to collapse a little, they dropped a couple of wickets as soon as I grabbed my first beer.”
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