Tangiwai Shield
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title:
Tangiwai Shield
text:
The Tangiwai Shield is a Test cricket series played between the men's cricket teams of New Zealand and South Africa. It was launched in February 2024 during South Africa's tour of New Zealand. The trophy commemorates the tragic events of 1953, when 151 people on the train from Wellington to Auckland on Christmas Eve - including Nerissa Love, the fiancé of New Zealand fast bowler Bob Blair - lost their lives in the rail disaster. The disaster coincided with the second Test between New Zealand and
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Test cricket series between New Zealand and South Africa
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangiwai_Shield
date created:
2024-02-13T06:13:13Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T23:51:35Z
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