Australia v New Zealand in World Cup cricket: What could go wrong?

By Malcolm Knox
Updated March 28 2015 - 2:13am, first published 1:34am
New Zealand, under their go-ahead captain Brendon McCullum, have brightened the cricket world in recent times. Photo: Fairfax NZ
New Zealand, under their go-ahead captain Brendon McCullum, have brightened the cricket world in recent times. Photo: Fairfax NZ
<i>Illustration: michaelmucci.com</i>
<i>Illustration: michaelmucci.com</i>

We do love each other, right? Deep down? Australia and New Zealand, niggling siblings, sent out to the back yard (all right, the Melbourne Cricket Ground) to sort out their differences in a game of cricket. What could possibly go wrong?