For historian Shane Bernard, one of the most beautiful sights on the island is a very old dump.
Batsmen Mike Hussey and Brad Hodge made their Test debuts aged 30 during the series against the West Indies and bowler Nathan Bracken (three previous tests) and all-rounders Andrew Symonds (two) and Shane Watson (one) were recalled.
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Cameron McIntyre's drop and five wide kicks - four from Reihana and one dismal Shane Geraghty effort - meant Saints trailed 8-5 at the break.
When Shane Battier finally made one from the right corner with 7:03 left in the third, he pumped his fist toward the crowd in faux excitement, and James couldn't contain his laughter.
But without star quality even the most efficient of teams cannot dream of glory, and for the Kiwis it comes largely in the shape of one man: Shane Edward Bond.
One of them, Shane Bauer, visited a solitary cell in the United States to do a piece for Mother Jones.
Simon Katich was the first of five wickets inside 11 overs, trapped lbw having moved too far across, while Shane Watson was plumb lbw to one from Mohammad Asif that swung back in sharply.
And the fight fraternity will be hoping for a follow-up to Shane Mosley v Oscar de la Hoya - one of the most controversial fights of 2003.
His one truly world-class paceman, Shane Bond, was sidelined with injuries for long spells.
Southee then removed Cameron White (six) and Adam Voges (five) while Nathan McCullum picked up his first one-day wicket when he had opener Shane Watson (53) caught by Taylor to leave the tourists 96-5.
Again, it's understandable that a team would want its players to be as fit as possible, but under the current regime, no one from David Boon to Merv Hughes to Shane Warne would have earned a game for Australia.
Gibson's introduction was one of three Republic changes at the interval with Shane Long and Andy Keogh also coming on.
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The focus was squarely on Katich and Shane Watson when Aamer and Asif shared the new ball for the one-hour pre-lunch session.
But, as a fellow member of cricket's somewhat exclusive leg-spinners' club, Smith admits that one of the main influences on his fledgling career has been one of Australian cricket's all-time greats, Shane Warne.
Shane Lowry (71) is four under and Colm Moriarty (72) one over while Louis Oosthuizen led on 15 under.
Seau was one of a string of NFL players -- along with Dave Duerson, Shane Dronett and Ray Easterling -- who took their own lives and were later diagnosed with CTE.
But Shane Watson, who was deceptively hostile, utilised reverse swing to trap Murali Vijay and nipped one away to take the edge of the out-of-touch Rahul Dravid.
Just one run was on the board, courtesy of a wide, when Jerome Taylor teased Shane Watson into driving a full-pitched delivery straight to Sarwan at mid-off.
"There is only one name on the lips of everyone in world rugby at present - and that is Shane Williams, " Bateman told Thursday's Sport Wales programme.
Seau was one of a string of high-profile NFL players -- along with Dave Duerson, Shane Dronett and Shane Easterling -- who took their own lives and were later diagnosed with CTE.
Sangakkara eventually ran out of partners when Muttiah Muralitharan gave a return catch to Shane Bond, but his 265-minute innings, which featured a six and 21 boundaries, was one of the best of his career.
Anderson reaped instant success as Shane Watson edged a simple catch to Swann at first slip and Tim Paine, fresh from a maiden one-day ton at Trent Bridge in the previous match, followed suit to give Onions his first one-day wicket for England.
Shane Williams gifted Francois Trinh-Duc a try in the same match, fly-half Stephen Jones gave one away in the loss to England, while during the autumn internationals Dan Biggar committed the same sin against Samoa, while Jonathan Davies' kicking howler against Argentina was every bit as bad.
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