when people said 'we need more women writing for Public Address' I'm pretty sure the reasoning wasn't 'because otherwise we'll run out of smut'.

Hooray for unintended consequences? I hardly need prompting to descend into smut anyhow, and hope it doesn't impede people seriously engaging with a topic should I…

NZ last fell short of a more modest Indian total but I reckon they've got the goods today...

You'd have to say it's even poised right now. (If for no other reason I've always wanted to used that expression.)

I say you add a run to the required run rate in Women's to get an idea of what the total is like, which makes that 'challenging but well gettable'. IMO.

I understand you to mean when comparing with men's cricket? Makes good sense (and I've not heard that before).…

Am I the only one slightly surprised that this line wasn't in a thread from one of Emma's posts?

If we must have some recurrent theme that metastases throughout PAS, I'd much rather it was Carry On sexual puns than copyright/wrong.

It's things like these that make me pretty sure…

I know Hayden is a self-proclaimed cricket nOOb and that Emma's an officiando... but, I think, Emma counselled me to send my random obsessive comments about the comp here... I figure Jack's making a slightly different point anyhow...

Am I the only one slightly surprised that this line wasn't in a thread from one of Emma's posts?

If we must have some recurrent theme that metastases throughout PAS, I'd much rather it was Carry On sexual puns than copyright/wrong.

Bang away.

Am I the only one slightly surprised that this line wasn't in a thread from one of Emma's posts?

PAS Alert. White Ferns lose toss, India bat first.

White Ferns captain Tiffen talks up her pace bowlers before the game claiming the North Sydney oval suits them.... and it does. Strike bowlers Devine and Browne (points off for jokes involving gormless British actors)…

At the risk of being guilty of "banging on about it"

Band away. You hear that Sydney-based PASers? Get thee to the cricket ground!

And sorry Julie and Hilary, I never think about the election.

I actually find thinking about that election quite therapeutic. Opportunity number one to ditch the bastards, no?

Perhaps everyone will be cycling between matches on the partially built cycleway

Or arriving by boat.

And sorry Julie and Hilary, I never think about the election. I find it helps.

Just me then. Oh dear.

BoP is the most bitterly divided union in the country. The move to the Mount is a recent thing and is linked to Blue Chip finance sponsorship. Clarkson’s in the mix there somewhere too I think.

The ground where they play there is…

Your ties to Italy are preventing you from venturing to Kaikoura and below?

Yes. Think about it.

Boggle. This shall not stand!

I know. It's insane. It's not as if I don't live in sight of the damn thing either. But it's the tethering to the old country that does it.

Nelson is also the only place I've been to in the south island along with Takaka.

Boggle. This shall not stand!

Did Simon Doull really hand a bottle of champagne to Jesse Ryder last night?

I'm sure it must've been a modified bong.

I don't disagree with anything you've said except I want to ask why rugby wouldn't just be considered a running game like League? And also, where do place basketball?

I also feel that sports are more popular if they can easily played "in the backyard". Something that rugby…

I love rugby union, I grew up with it and it is to me the most beautiful game in the world. But last night I watched the Blues/Cheetahs and the Warratahs/Brumbies game then switched between that last game and the Storm/St.…

And SA are playing hard ball about starting the comp even earlier in the year.

Is it just me or the the NZRU…

Pff, pay for your banjo strings by selling P, that's what we do.

Then what would we feed our children? The roadkill's for romancin'

Better not be. $1400 is the average annual income down here and we need any spare change for new banjo strings :)

Pff, pay for your banjo strings by selling P, that's what we do.

(Do you reckon it's going to cost $1400 to watch my rugby heroes clash with Bolivia?)

Better not be. $1400 is the average annual income down here and we need any spare change for new banjo strings :)

How about a Nelson visit Giovanni? We can watch the Azurri kick Bolivia's arse or something.

Heh... that'd be great. Who knows, maybe come 2011 I won't be quite so tied down by the little one and family circumstances. (Who am I kidding? Of course I will.) (Nelson is also…

i quite like late kickoffs myself. fewer clashes with what my wife watches on tv, and my daughter probably in bed by then.

I'm with you Edward, kids in bed and a couple of extra hours of bangin' beats to get me in the mood for a little mano a…

an update on the new Yankee Stadium

Fantastic, Hadyn. Those are obviously part of the disabled seating area – no legs, no legroom. Badoom tish .

Kyle, add on an extra 0 to that figure would ya? Rumour has it $1400 is gonna be the cheapest. That's apparently gonna get ya a game between 'minnows' and another game with a big name team.

I thought that was finals tickets, which they were predicting would mostly be…

less problems with post match drunkenness

but there would be pre-match drunkenness as the all-nighters stagger from the night-clubs in the city along New North Road to Eden Park.

on the other hand, I've never really liked night rugby as a spectacle, and it probably isn't that great for taking the game to young folk who…

The Warriors management have got it right, reasonbaly priced tickets, loads of families and fill the stadium.

I can't see anyone paying $1400 to see Fiji vs Africa 1 while sitting on the grass bank in Rotorua.

I think it will also largely depend on whether we still have an economy, and if so in what shape.

Rumour has it $1400 is gonna be the cheapest. That's apparently gonna get ya a game between 'minnows' and another game with a big name team.

Surely not! I can't see anyone paying $1400 to see Fiji vs Africa 1 while sitting on the grass bank in Rotorua.

9. The number of night-time rugby, cricket or similar type sporting events (requiring the use of lights) shall be limited 16 in any calendar year, with games being scheduled to finish no later than 9.05pm (for rugby) and 10.00pm (for cricket).

11. There shall be no…

Yes, they're going to shorten the games – hadn't you heard?

lol!

The 9pm starts are also for the games that can go to extra time. I hope Veolia can find some train drivers prepared to work past midnight!

And if you want to see the All Blacks play the best advice is to not live in the South Island. The All Blacks will play in Auckland thrice, and Wellington and Hamilton.

I'm sure a few months ago they were talking about NZ playing in a NZ wide pool,…

I think that the games in question are at the weekend, so in theory the kids can sleep in, but I also struggle to keep awake past 10:30pm!

Also the terms have changed so kids will be on holiday during the cup (to help with traffic issues)

I also wonder about the resource consents at Eden Park – don't events have to finish soon after 10pm?

Yes, they're going to shorten the games – hadn't you heard?

The real kick in the sensitive bits is the 9pm start time for the big games.

and really frustrating if you have a young kid who, in the view of his parents, is only just old enough to watch a 7:30pm game live. I think that the games in question…

Oh, and seeing this is 'blatant thread-jack Friday', do any PA readers have any good 'meeting the famous' stories for the Stalkipedia?

utter bollocks.

But with India, you find yourself sitting back and thinking 'bugger me, that was beautiful'.

Because it is. Sometimes the Aussies play that way too – Warne, Gilchrist – but on the whole they tend to be more ruthlessly efficient then artistic. Plus you hear their captain speak... even when…

However one of the commentators (not sure which one) correctly identified Cumulonimbus clouds and knew the abbreviation was Cb.

Mark Richardson. But I think it was his mate Andrew Mulligan who summed it all up for me when he said that normally when "our team" is getting this badly spanked…

But they don't care, they get Robbbbbie Deans back!

Hey maybe now that Indian has the series we can win the last game? Nah, probably not.

Did Vettori really say that if NZ wins tomorrow then the series is squared on account of the two 20/20 games? That sounded a a bit desperate to my ear.