FEW DISTRACTIONS
Hamilton just the spot for Proteas to unwind ahead of third Test
Palmerston North — It was 13 years ago‚ but people in these parts still talk about the time Graeme Smith branded Hamilton the "hillbilly capital of New Zealand". That led to a reporter asking Smith at his next media conference on that 2004 tour whether he had been to Invercargill. The reporter was‚ of course‚ from Dunedin. Hamiltonians were livid. And well they might have been‚ not least because they live in what has been marketed‚ expensively no doubt‚ as "Hamilton‚ where it’s happening"‚ "Hamilton‚ more than you expect"‚ and "Hamilton‚ city of the future". Even New Zealand’s bigger cities‚ such as Auckland and Wellington‚ do not have the feel of a monster metropolis. They are more like biggish towns with an apparently endless supply of excellent coffee‚ commuter cyclists‚ orderliness and hipness. But Smith was on the right track about Hamilton‚ where the third Test of SA’s series starts at Seddon Park on Saturday. If SA wanted as few distractions as possible in their bid to preser...
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