As inevitable as the champagne celebration that followed, the cynical and mischievous among us were already questioning the validity of the Black Caps' remarkable, heroic and unlikely victory in that first test against Pakistan.
This from an Aussie mate who, admittedly still a tad raw after Steve Smith's sandpapering scandal, was just waiting for the chance to fire a rocket back: "Almost feels like a genuine victory when the Pakistanis collapse like that."
Puh-leeze. If you honestly believe there was untoward gambling involved then you're also one of those brainwashed into believing the tosh broadcast in that recent Al Jazeera doco.
Remember that ground-breaking exposé into decades worth of match-fixing? New Zealand's last great escape to victory (Australia in Hobart) included among a raft of matches said to have been manipulated by match-fixers.
Of course they have no actual evidence. Their only "credible" witness being a self-confessed crook working for a murderous Asian mafia syndicate.
How they continue to get away with publicly smearing those matches and players, with insinuating the results were fixed without having to provide clear and positive proof is beyond me.
