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This was pretty bad. Will never be forgotten in NZ.

Has probably been forgotten by Australia and everywhere else though.

reminds me of the episode in HIMYM with the Minnesota sports bar

Dammit!

This along with the Aussie sandpaper-gate is probably one of the most infamous incidents in cricket history. I doubt anyone who follows cricket doesn't about it. Also the 2019 world cup finals! ;)

I am an antisocial nerd and even I know about these incidents!

Although to be fair, my wife is a saffa so I'm not allowed to forget sandpapergate.

I wouldn't describe the 2019 final as infamous? Other than us all sitting around shouting "What on earth is a super over?" I don't remember it being very controversial. It was certainly a pretty exciting finish.

iirc the real point of contention was the "boundary count" rule. The super over ended in a tie, then instead of having a another super over the winner was decided based on who had hit more boundaries. I'm pretty sure this did lead to the rule being removed[1]

[1]: https://www.cricinfo.com/story/no-more-boundary-countback-as...

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