Smithy’s turned on Oram recently though...

Well his single greatest achievement of the season was getting his coach axed.

Taylor said he had "little problem" with Reeve as coach, adding "he's been really good".

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/3278891/CD-coach-Dermot-Reeve-to-take-medical-leave

Re: Mcmillan commentating. I honestly feel someone needs to kick his ass back into international…

Anyone got a spare pair to sell?

I don’t mind biased, but the embedded ones just need to choose their words so carefully.

It’s hard enough as it is for them having no grounding and, as you point out, seemingly an inability to do any research.

The other thing in his favour is that he’s not as embedded as the rest of them. How can Craig McMillan, Kiwi Harris, and Kyle Mills possible be objective?

Wait, you're calling Smithy unbiased? Jesus, he's probably the most one-eyed of the lot. And that's why I like him. I…

I do, however, regret sleeping through the second Twenty20.

His (Bond) highest ODI score (31) was an innings where NZ batted first and he got the runs in 15 balls. 3 sixes, two…

This has to be one of the best Aussie NZ games of all time
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65118.html

Yes! World Cup '92.

Watched it round at a mate's and we never even considered the possibility that we might beat Aus, even after Crowe's century, so we played cricket in the hallway for most…

God bless Scotty who always looks rather pale like a grave digger to me. They cant…

I was wondering if Shane Warne had loaned his hair to the team...

Well, he has loaned it to Doug Bollinger

Also: Johnson's hair. Someone needs to stage an intervention.

I was wondering if Shane Warne had loaned his hair to the team...

But apart from that, a great game. One-dayers that come down to the last two overs should be a mandatory childhood experience, like skinned knees and endless summer…

Good to see the is a wanker chant hasn’t evolved with age.

I miss the sound of cans rhythmically banging on advertising hoardings though. Can we get an iPhone ap for that?

If I tweeted everytime Ian Smith annoyed me, I wouldn't get to watch the game.

I've found his analysis pretty good – seems to have a cricketing brain for all aspects of the game. I can even deal with him as sideline commentator at the rugby (though the bar being…

True story: I couldn't remember his name, so I googled 'cricket aussie boofhead', and he was the top two hits.

I had to check and that is remarkable.

Good to see the is a wanker chant hasn’t evolved with age.

Also nice to hear the commentators pause as they try…

(NZ lost the game on the second to last ball, but you get that when you score 199 in 50 overs and Vincent takes 53 runs off 137 balls)

Or Sinclair takes 75 balls to get 18....

I desperately want to use the phrase 'a little bit of howdy doody' at some point today.

I'm guessing he backed out of "a little bit of how's-your-father" at the last moment and then had to go somewhere.

We have a list. It has those things on it. If anyone can help fill in the gap between them and "...PROFIT!" that would be handy.

lolz.

If this involves lying around on the grass, drinking beers, then I fully support this lifestyle choice.

We have a list. It has those things on it. If anyone can help fill in the gap between them and "...PROFIT!" that would be handy.

There is also a Public Address/Cricket/Wellington announcement coming up, so keep an eye out for that.

If this involves lying around on the grass, drinking beers, then I fully support this lifestyle choice.

He once came in as the no 11 batsman and flayed it to all corners of the ground in a match against England, I think, but we still lost.

Ok, good to know I'm kind of half right. :)

The other thing in his favour is that he’s not as…

Really? I think he's one of the better ones.

I find him very negative. He wants the BCs to do well, and sets very high standards for them. These are standards we'll need to achieve to do well, but when things go wrong, I think he goes overboard bagging the…

The other thing in his favour is that he’s not as embedded as the rest of them. How can Craig McMillan, Kiwi Harris, and Kyle Mills possible be objective?

But last night was certainly nostalgic. Good to see the is a wanker chant…

I've had a quick look at his stats, but I can't find the innings of which I speak. Where is my intern when I need one? Hadyn, can I borrow Naly?

He once came in as the no 11 batsman and flayed it to all corners of the ground in…

they come from the world of cricket geeks to whom stats and history play an important part in the context of their commentary.

If I tweeted everytime Ian Smith annoyed me, I wouldn't get to watch the game. He shits me at an astonishingly high level.

Really? I think he's one of the better ones.

Especially in comparison to having to listen to Craig McMillan labour a single dubious point for five minutes…

Speaking of Harris, you know they retire jersey numbers of great players? Can we do the same thing with surnames? Because this is just bloody confusing.

Haha, agreed, at one point they said something about "Harris coming on to bowl" and I had a split second moment of "Jesus, will…

There is some seriously bad hair in the Aussie team. (cough Bollinger cough).

And Harris. This current crop is starting to make Andrew Symonds look attractive. (True…

I will admit, that when Taylor went out, I thought the game was over. In fact, when Franklin came in at #5, I thought the game was over.

Franklin seems destined to be a good batter at domestic level, and then almost never repeat the feat at international level. 53…

Another cricketing memory, being denied by Paddles for an autograph when I was about 7 at Mclean park after a test match. Selfish prick!

I had a similar thing at a similar age. I saw him at some event in Tauranga and wanted an autograph (though I suspect my Dad…

Also: Johnson's hair. Someone needs to stage an intervention.

There is some seriously bad hair in the Aussie team. (cough Bollinger cough).

When? I recall him hitting the odd boundary but not taking us home in a situation remotely as tense as last night's.

Damn. I knew someone was going…

So I gotta say, in addition to all the 'yay Styris', Oz were about twenty…

Aside from the, you know, bowling he has done that with the bat before.

When? I recall him hitting the odd boundary but not taking us home in a situation remotely as tense as last night's. (And I'm not saying it didn't happen, just curious as to when it was.)

If I tweeted everytime Ian Smith annoyed me, I wouldn't get to watch the game. He shits me at an astonishingly high level.

You can't do two things at once?

I don't get why Southee keeps getting to go ahead of him, he's only had 1 good innings.

I haven't…

I really enjoyed that game. T'other half went to see the Dirty Projectors, while I sat on the couch and had several small heart attacks. It was great.

Also: Johnson's hair. Someone needs…

I don't get why Southee keeps getting to go ahead of him, he's only had 1 good innings.

Because you do absolutely everything in your power to keep him from getting injured

Incidentally, I got a bit annoyed (enough to tweet it) at Ian Smith

If I tweeted everytime Ian Smith annoyed me, I wouldn't get to watch the game. He shits me at an astonishingly high level.

My enduring memory of the early 1980s was overhearing my Nana calling Paddles "that…

Bond's no Martin

I don't get why Southee keeps getting to go ahead of him, he's only had 1 good innings.

I still don't disagree with getting Astle & Cairns to move on, but I don't think its time Styris was gone – he has a lot to offer, and more perhaps, than Oram.

Incidentally, I got a bit annoyed (enough to tweet it) at Ian Smith calling Bond an 'unlikely hero'. Aside from the, you know, bowling he has done that with the bat before.

Agreed, he was talking like he's a total bunny with the bat, which he isn't. Bond's no Martin,…

Also v impressed…

I'm with Megan, I loved last night's game too. Bond hitting two boundaries at the end just meant poor Mr Monster has to put up with me fawning over him even more.

careful, I'll fight you for him.

I will admit, that when Taylor went out, I thought the game…

I've disliked Johnson since watching him throwing down bouncers at the West Indian tail enders in one of…

And soon as Billy Ibadulla remarked "New Zealand look to be in the control of the game now", we'd lose three wickets…

I loved last night's game. It completely rekindled my love for cricket, which had been a little on the wane.

But it was so exciting, so tense, so many changes in…

__"Styris later revealed he didn't know the ball had gone for six because he was too busy sledging…