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NEIL MANTHORP: Dunedin will offer warm respect and a foe bent on revenge
'Auckland and Wellington are different, but Dunedin takes its reputation as the 'hardy' capital of the South Island pretty seriously'
For those who have never been to New Zealand before, eyes have been opened to a unique atmosphere as the Proteas prepare for the first of three Test matches starting at the University Oval on Wednesday. Sport matters a great deal in this country, but you wouldn’t know it if you come from a "big issue, big hype" sort of nation in which sports headlines lead news bulletins if there isn’t something huge happening elsewhere. Auckland and Wellington are different, but Dunedin takes its reputation as the "hardy" capital of the South Island pretty seriously so, even if you happen to be one of the few diehard cricket fans in the city, you don’t make a fuss about it. It has been grey, drizzly and cold in the build-up to the first Test match, but that is irrelevant to the locals; it is normal. The forecast for the first three days of the Test, happily, is for dry and warmish weather, which will swell the crowd to, perhaps, 2,000 people. Those professional cricketers with a traditional perspec...
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