The Dennis Lillee statue outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground, seen here in 2014, is believed to be the target of a history-rewriting endeavour by Black Caps fans. “All these people were saying ‘You can’t take down statues, that’s erasing history!’. I’ve sat through years of watching New Zealand being demolished, outclassed or just being unfairly pipped at the post by Australia. I’m sure he’s a nice bloke, but no-one needs to remember that.”Getty-Images Rowers train on the Yarra River in 2018, with the Melbourne Cricket Ground light towers in the background. That’s something that just shouldn’t be part of New Zealand’s history.”

Source: Stuff June 19, 2020 16:52 UTC