New Zealand have given the world many great things, many of which Australia has taken credit for. Russell Crowe, Phar Lap, the current World Cup quarter finalists.
But today it gave the cricketing world a simple but effective description of the Melbourne Cricket Ground – #MCGsobig.
In no time it was going crazy in the Twittersphere, with everyone telling everyone else just how big the MCG actually is.
So strap yourself in, because through these tweets you will find facts you never knew about how big the MCG actually is.
We’ll keep updating this post with the best of the tweets throughout the day.
#MCGsobig that you have to hit a drive, then an 8-iron to reach the midwicket boundary
— Matt Coleman (@_MattColeman) March 26, 2015
The MCG is so big that when @ShaneWarne is commentating, spectators in the southern stands are outside his @Tinder limit. #MCGsobig
— Dale Warburton (@Dale_Warburton) March 26, 2015
The MCG is so big captains issue GPS co-ordinates when making fielding changes. #MCGsobig
— Matt Nippert (@MattNippert) March 25, 2015
The MCG is so big Brendom McCullum is reading all of Michio Kaku's books instead of going to net practice. #mcgsobig
— Anthony Byrt (@AnthonyByrt) March 25, 2015
Even New Zealand cricketers got in on the act.
The #MCGsobig it takes 80days and a Hot Air Balloon to get from fine leg to fine leg #finalstweet #melbourne #BacktheBlackCaps
— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) March 26, 2015
And the NSW state election is somehow relevant.
#MCGsobig Mike Baird is considering leasing 49% of it to pay for a hundred years' worth of new roads in NSW
— Kiwichettan (@BarnabyHM) March 26, 2015
The hashtag drew online acclaim from bedridden sickie-chuckers the world over.
#MCGsobig is the best thing thats happened to my sick day in bed
— Emma Holland (@ems_holland) March 26, 2015
Then those two clowns from the Cheap Seats Podcast went and ruined all the fun…
#MCGsoBig that you can listen to all of Ep67 on the walk out to the middle: https://t.co/BRzTjsjlJw #AUSvIND #CWC15
— Cheap Seats podcast (@CheapSeatsPod) March 26, 2015