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Simon Poole

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:26:56 +1300

You're a Chiefs supporter too? Shit we should've talked more

Aye, born in Manukau, raised in Hamilton, extended family from the BoP – who else could I possibly support?! They are just perennially disappointing, although the 2006 Air NZ Cup made up for a lot of heartbreak.

This year is…

Hadyn Green

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:35:27 +1300

Tempered somewhat by my beloved Chiefs slaughtering the giant-killing Reds.

You're a Chiefs supporter too? Shit we should've talked more

Simon Poole

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:46:30 +1300

That was pretty damn kickass, if I'm allowed to say so myself.

Only sullied by waking up this morning and finding out that Brent Tate is gone for the season.

Tempered somewhat by my beloved Chiefs slaughtering the giant-killing Reds.

Hadyn Green

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:52:52 +1300

Glad I wasn't the only one supporting the Pageant. We got over 600 photos too, so this should be good.

Ben Chapman

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:13:52 +1300

I'm going to be attending the inaugural Wellington Richter City Roller Derby this Saturday.

Looking forward to your report Haydn.

I thought the bout was absolutely frickin' awesome! It was great fun and really exciting, and not too difficult to get into once you watched a couple of jams.

Go…

stephen walker

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:35:23 +1300

btw, thanks for the link WH!

stephen walker

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:35:06 +1300

luckily, my skepticism was unjustified.
not only did nz dismiss india but it only took a day and for just 300-odd. well done. the formidable threesome of Dravid-Tendulkar-Laxman only managed about 200 between them, surely a rarity. ok, let's see the nz bowlers do that once more...(fingers crossed)

WH

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:44:18 +1300

There are some here I think

stephen walker

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:34:30 +1300

I found highlights packages for the test on the intertwit

where? how much?
please tell!

WH

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:02:29 +1300

That Jesse Ryder. Great to watch.

I found highlights packages for the test on the intertwit, it made me miss home.

giovanni tiso

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:00:11 +1300

Tell ya what, How, Guptill and McIntosh must be feeling a bit like muppets at about this point.

Macintosh is more likely to feel hard done by, I would think.

stephen walker

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:22:12 +1300

mmmm, 3 wickets off 23 overs, pretty good.
(wait a minute, the next three batsmen have almost 30,000 test runs between them? surely there's been a terrible mistake!)

JackElder

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:00:35 +1300

Individual pursuit is pretty dramatic, yeah, but compared to a Madison or Keirin? There's significantly less threat of crashing in a pursuit. That said, go Alison!

Personally, I'm just annoyed that the kilo sprint was dropped from the Olympics.

stephen walker

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:00:16 +1300

btw, it's only the 3rd time NZ has got over 600...

Stuart Coats

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:50:14 +1300

Haydn – go on, tell us your baseball story.
Mine's all about going to see the Dodgers in LA when I was 10

Simon Poole

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:29:20 +1300

Hadyn: I'll be wearing a stripy shirt, you can't miss me.

stephen walker

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:27:49 +1300

koshien? or professional?

stephen walker

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:26:46 +1300

why didn't Vettori declare when McCullum went out?
one of those NZ bowlers could get hurt out there!
(all for the sake of a couple of runs?)

Hadyn Green

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:24:46 +1300

@ simon,
Come say "Hi" tomorrow

Hadyn Green

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:24:20 +1300

just to bore you a bit more about Ichiro

I cut a large bit out of the original post because I figured (rightly) you'd all rather talk about the cricket. But it was all about how the first baseball game I saw was the day I landed in Osaka for…

Simon Poole

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:21:39 +1300

... and McCullum goes for 115, following Vettori who went for 55.

Time to declare, methinks.

Simon Poole

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:15:28 +1300

noizy, I made the exact same observation to a workmate about an hour and a half ago.

I can't believe they brought in How.

noizyboy

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:12:41 +1300

... and Vettori brings up his 50 and NZ's 600 in the same stroke

Tell ya what, How, Guptill and McIntosh must be feeling a bit like muppets at about this point.

Simon Poole

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:07:46 +1300

... and Vettori brings up his 50 and NZ's 600 in the same stroke.

Back to more personally pertinent things: Attend the Derby if you are in Wellington tomorrow night! I have watched the girls train for almost a year and a half and the bigger the crowd the more…

Kyle Matthews

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:07:02 +1300

(i hate to rain on this parade, but if NZ can put on 600-odd, how easy will it be to bowl out India once? twice? ouch)

Yeah not likely.

But if NZ can declare 650+ and put India in for 10 or so difficult overs before stumps, at least it…

stephen walker

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:01:49 +1300

and just before tea, too!
well done the man from Otago

(i hate to rain on this parade, but if NZ can put on 600-odd, how easy will it be to bowl out India once? twice? ouch)

Stuart Coats

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:40:19 +1300

McCullum makes it and I breathe a sigh of relief

Kyle Matthews

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:32:47 +1300

Vettori dropped.

If India had taken a decent number of catches this innings, we could have all been out for under 400.

Kyle Matthews

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:31:58 +1300

I totally support this

lol.

ISS even did a Madonna concert recently.
Middle-aged woman acting very lewd and walking around only in her bra. Oh, wait, it's Madonna.
(Okay, so I made that one up.)

Kyle Matthews

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:29:07 +1300

Your (not clearly spelt out) theory about contracted players seems rather weak given the performance of some of our other batsmen at times.

Stuart Coats

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:27:10 +1300

@ Stephen
Currently the Indian bowling attack to McCullum is Sehwag and Yuvraj so he should get there..... (kiss of doom)

Leopold

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:26:51 +1300

201!
That man deserves a beer...

stephen walker

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:23:30 +1300

re: Ichiro, i am glad you cleared that up for me, because i have been too lazy to look at any MSM sports news to find out what happened. i walked past a pub the other day at lunchtime during the final and there seemed to be a lot of…

Gareth Ward

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:15:09 +1300

Friend at work updated me from Cricinfo:
"Ryder's on 197, but it will take a while to hit 200 cause he's crawling. Or he'll get out hahahaha"
5 seconds later...
"4! There ya go, good work. Commentary says Focus. Concentration. Patience. Oodles of class."
5 seconds later...
"Wait, out..."

Stuart Coats

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:14:44 +1300

BTW as someone who has been stuck beside a drunken idiot whop vomited on his seat halfway thorugh an ODI I totally support this

Stuart Coats

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:01:56 +1300

Give them some decent opposition, I say.

The Pacific Islands would be awesome. Imagine if they played that match in Auckland – the atmosphere would be incredible.

But failing that how about Scotland? Better than Italy, probably a good chance that they would send their best players.

giovanni tiso

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:48:33 +1300

I mean, yes, it would be cooler if the NZ Māori toured New Zealand in a series against a nation like Japan or Italy

They'd barely work up a sweat against Italy. Give them some decent opposition, I say.

Public Address

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:48:33 +1300

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