Except in 20-20. (So long as we're splitting these particular hairs).

Not true now (not sure what the case was when they had bowloffs).

The match is 'tied', but the game is won after the super overs. Which makes no sense, but see the recent tie between NZ and WI…

And @ Paul. I'll be there at the end of Feb. If it weren't so mean, I'd be wishing for it to stay hot until then.

No need Megan, it'll be as hot if not hotter in Feb!

32, according to our thermometer. Nor'west hair-dryer going full-bore. Kids desperate to go swimming. Parents desperate to watch cricket. We're off to the pool.

Gwad. I remember those nor-westers from my year+ in Chch. They're infrequent but.

I'd be sympathetic, honestly I would, if it weren't so damned hot here.

32, according to our thermometer. Nor'west hair-dryer going full-bore. Kids desperate to go swimming. Parents desperate to watch cricket. We're off to the pool.

...so if the win dies down...

To be fair, they are off to a decent start getting the Windies to 35/3.

And @ Paul. I'll be there at the end of Feb. If it weren't so mean, I'd be wishing for it to stay hot until then.

I just popped out, and the sun is tryingto shine, so if the win dies down...

I'd be sympathetic, honestly I would, if it weren't so damned hot here. We've taken my youngest to the pool almost every day this week to get her some respite. The curtains are drawn…

I see what you did there

I'm all about the unintentional hilarity, doncha know?

...so if the win dies down...

I see what you did there

Back in 1993 (I think) I, and a few friends, went to watch a one dayer against Australia. The day dawned fine and sunny with a nor-wester keeping the temperature in the high 20's.…

Right time to head to the Caketin to watch some cricket and get well and truly aerated by this damn northerly.

I just popped out, and the sun is trying to shine, so if the win dies down...

yep, no, good luck with that.

Felix, are you the same F Marwick of Newstalk ZB?

Yep, one and the same.

Right time to head to the Caketin to watch some cricket and get well and truly aerated by this damn northerly.

As a sop to traditionalists at the time the naming rights were sold, they only sold the naming rights to the stadium, not the ground.

I didn't know that. I guess that's nice for the traditionalists. I don't want to seem ignorant or uninterested in history, I'm just wary of…

You watch the All Blacks play rugby on Lancaster Park from Jade Stadium

AMI Stadium.

I was regularly attending rugby games at Lancaster Park*.

*And no, I will never call it anything else.

And why would you? I had understood that the ground at which Test Cricket was played in Christchurch was Lancaster Park. As a sop to traditionalists at the time the naming rights…

I still don't get why people would throw away their beer.

At least they've stopped throwing it at the actual players.

After about the third Mexican wave, stop joining in, and start covering your head with your arms to protect it from the beer.

I still don't get why people would throw away their beer. (though I suppose beer is a very loose term for what they serve at the Caketin

Incidentally, I was at that Saints/Waikato final last year

Don't you mean Saints/Giants? Or am I getting confused? I thought Nelson won :L

wasn't Lancaster just another conniving squatocrat?

You know, that may be a fair point. I don't know that I even know who Lancaster was.

...attending rugby games at Lancaster Park*.

*And no, I will never call it anything else.

Why not? Though I'm also wary of corporates attempting to buy culture by simply attaching their name to important stuff like sports, wasn't Lancaster just another conniving squatocrat?

After about the third Mexican wave, stop joining in, and start covering your head with your arms to protect it from the beer.

At least at the Caketin, they aren't throwing anything else in the air, unlike when I was regularly attending rugby games at Lancaster Park*.

*And no, I…

What do you think about the Christchurch Cougars then?

That it's a stupid name, but it is still better than the Tactix

I despair of my home province, and its ability to name things.

The thing is, basketball in Canterbury always seemed to be able to pull in enough people,…

Don't forget the Jedi and the alternative rugby commentary. His stuff is highly entertaining.

Agreed, just wanted to plug Dropkicks separately. I think the RRT has lost a little by losing the Ginger.

And Hadyn, you don't need my advice, and Emma's already given it, but wrap up warm, and make Dom get the beers in.

More advice Haydn doesn't need. After about the third Mexican wave, stop joining in, and start covering your head with your arms to protect it from the…

I've been supporting Canterbury Basketball for nearly 30 years

Ahhh... Another one emerges from the closet.

What do you think about the Christchurch Cougars then?

Nope, you stick with them for that rare moment, when you least expect it, that they actually pick their sorry arses up and roll one of the big boys.

I've been supporting Canterbury Basketball for nearly 30 years (so, um, longer than I've been alive, you realise). When I was…

Nope, you stick with them for that rare moment, when you least expect it, that they actually pick their sorry arses up and roll one of the big boys.

As a Bay of Plenty supporter I know exactly what you mean. Winning the Ranfurly Shield off Auckland was the best…

so the women's tennis at ASB didn't get a look in? TV1 has it on most of the afternoon?

Would've but it hadn't started until I had to go back to work.

You could see what he meant.

Indeed, and I bet he's still talking about it. The Hammers beat Chelsea 1-0 a few years back and our star player, the mercurial part-time fascist, Paolo Di Canio made fools of them in a display of cheek and style that gave them no…

Nope, you stick with them for that rare moment, when you least expect it, that they actually pick their sorry arses up and roll one of the big boys.

A bloke I worked with in London was a Wimbledon supporter.

He described to me the period where the Dons clung…

Agreed. Gender's not determinative, it's obversly correlated in rugby perhaps, but that's for lots of other reasons.

Agreed but the guy's main point kind of got lost in the sexism.

Proper sports fans go through hell supporting rubbish teams that make their lives a misery week in, week out. It's…

Felix, are you the same F Marwick of Newstalk ZB?

Agreed. .. incidentally, I reckon the foremost commentators on NZ rugby are the Dropkicks, Grant Fox, Spiro Zavos and Tracey Nelson.

Don't forget the Jedi and the alternative rugby commentary. His stuff is highly entertaining.

C'mon, the man is dealing with a whole new paradigm. He's on a journey...

Joining the discussion from the end, I thought you were talking about Hadyn going to the cricket.

Ha! That's about right. I even had to ask my friends where the best place to sit in the…

Of course, as a woman, I clearly know nothing about being a sports fan.

/slightly bitter, yes.

Agreed. Gender's not determinative, it's obversly correlated in rugby perhaps, but that's for lots of other reasons. I've been to plenty of netball internationals that prove women are passionate and vocal partisans and…

OMG, I must be inter-sexed.

I suspect so is he.

Of course, as a woman, I clearly know nothing about being a sports fan.

Laughed so hard I scared the heck out of my daughter. According to that guy I should support... Taranaki? Oh, wait, that would make me a boy. But I don't have any sparkly pink shoes. OMG,…

And in fact, a tie in a one dayer happened here just last year.

Of course, as a woman, I clearly know nothing about being a sports fan.

/slightly bitter, yes.

C'mon, the man is dealing with a whole new paradigm. He's on a journey...

Joining the discussion from the end, I thought you were talking about Hadyn going to the cricket.

Except in 20-20. (So long as we're splitting these particular hairs).

But no!

The tie occurs (as it did just recently) and is then broken by the tiebreaker, surely ...