I'm expecting nothing less than an Ernst Hemingway-like account of the heroics at the Cake Tin, full of sentiment and pathos. Get to work, Green.

He promised us a Gonzo account, and I'm holding him to it: "We were near Thorndon on the edge of the Caketin when the G&Ts kicked…

What about his two fours off successive balls? Let's face it, we just want Ntini in our own team.

At, what, about #4?

And let's not forget Ntini too, who to be realistic cannot bat

What about his two fours off successive balls? Let's face it, we just want Ntini in our own team.

I am, I am! Had paying work to do first.

Remember: Hemingway-like. If you can do Nadine Gordimer, we'll take it at a pinch.

After you got free entry, I'm expecting nothing less than an Ernst Hemingway-like account of the heroics at the Cake Tin, full of sentiment and pathos. Get to work, Green.

I am, I am! Had paying work to do first.

I was using the Tweets as a reminder

Yup. I felt kind of cheap for watching the one-dayer just because my side was playing, when there was something like thatgoing on on the next channel.

Heh. I feel cheap watching other teams just because the cricket is better.

The SCG match was one of those good ones to…

Two TVs, Mr Brown, two TVs.

One TV, one TV on the game at the SCG :-)

And let's not forget Ntini too, who to be realistic cannot bat

Not out in both innings. A rock, a darker, clean-shaven WG Grace he was.

Yup. I felt kind of cheap for watching the one-dayer just because my side was playing, when there was something like thatgoing on on the next channel.

Two TVs, Mr Brown, two TVs.

It wasn't that good a wicket, jeez.

And with absolutely nothing at stake. They'd already won the series, they already couldn't win the game, it was simply a matter of pride.

Yup. I felt kind of cheap for watching the one-dayer just because my side was playing, when there was something like that going on on the…

Although, I must say, of all days you could spend at a cricket game, you chose one concurrent with the conclusion of a truly magnificent test at the SCG.

Good gods, yes. And let's not forget Ntini too, who to be realistic cannot bat and yet survived 91 balls yesterday…

(Although, I must say, of all days you could spend at a cricket…

Woah – Adidas access and cricket freebies... you're making me think my blog needs to be less crap.

Surely the point is to be more crap, at least the crickety bits. (No reflection on Haydn's blog.)

Looking like the Windies will barely break a hundred. Wonder what Haydn's making of…