Interested in your views on the poor ticket sales for the test in Wellington tomorrow? Strikes me as another case of NZR failing to think much about NZ fans. They were trying to sell about 8000 tickets at $189 a pop. Never going to happen when the game is against Argentina, the first game in the championship (so devoid of context) and in a city where everyone is being made redundant. As a result everyone who is actually attending suffers from a reduced atmosphere from a 3/4 full stadium. Not exactly fan-centric
I missed the initial post about AMA so not sure if this is the right type of question you are after.
I would be genuinely interested in where you see NZ Cricket in 10 years time.
From my perspective, they have taken a golden generation for granted and instead of reinvesting in the grass roots have continued to strip it out. Is it that wild to think test cricket for NZ is coming to an end?
Hi Stephen, it’s an AMA on the ghostwriting process mainly, but it’s a great topic you’ve hit on and I will squirrel it away for a post ahead of the next NZ test.
Hi Dylan, to get a sports autobiography you have to be good player. But some guys are elite. Sam is elite. As part of the writing process are you able to tease out what that difference is? When you've spent a bit of time with both types can you recognize the differences?
Interested in your views on the poor ticket sales for the test in Wellington tomorrow? Strikes me as another case of NZR failing to think much about NZ fans. They were trying to sell about 8000 tickets at $189 a pop. Never going to happen when the game is against Argentina, the first game in the championship (so devoid of context) and in a city where everyone is being made redundant. As a result everyone who is actually attending suffers from a reduced atmosphere from a 3/4 full stadium. Not exactly fan-centric
Think you’ve probably said it as well as I ever could Nick! Will definitely cover in the post-test wash-up.
And there was also that leap out of a lineout by Andy Haden IIRC
Looking forward to hosting you at Feilding Ag again!
I missed the initial post about AMA so not sure if this is the right type of question you are after.
I would be genuinely interested in where you see NZ Cricket in 10 years time.
From my perspective, they have taken a golden generation for granted and instead of reinvesting in the grass roots have continued to strip it out. Is it that wild to think test cricket for NZ is coming to an end?
Hi Stephen, it’s an AMA on the ghostwriting process mainly, but it’s a great topic you’ve hit on and I will squirrel it away for a post ahead of the next NZ test.
Hi Dylan, to get a sports autobiography you have to be good player. But some guys are elite. Sam is elite. As part of the writing process are you able to tease out what that difference is? When you've spent a bit of time with both types can you recognize the differences?