Nine ODI World Cup semi-finals. Two finals. Five T20 World Cup semi-finals and now a second final on Sunday. New Zealand’s record in big-ticket tournaments is anything but accidental, yet they continue to be casually described as cricket’s perennial dark horses. Nine ODI World Cup semi-finals. Two finals. Five T20 World Cup semi-finals and now a second final on Sunday. New Zealand’s record in big-ticket tournaments is anything but accidental, yet they continue to be casually described as cricket’s perennial dark horses.
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Perennial dark horses, really? Why world keeps forgetting NZ’s World Cup pedigree
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