Posts by Paul Williams
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Did anyone see Duminy's scoop six in last night's 20/20? He is going to score a LOT Of runs in all forms.
Yup. Was off Shaun Tait - hardly a dibbly-dobber even if he was the most expensive bowler.
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@Kyle, I agree with your suggestions and particularly the point about pairing - I too like McCullum but he needs the right support if he's going to be the main run-getter and perhaps he would be better lower down the order as he used to play.
I really hope NZ's competitive in the ODI series here. I'm keen to go to the game at the SCG, I've been to the last few and we've always done well, even if we've not won. The Aussie and RSA sides are bloody good, we'll need to perform at our best to win.
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But I think it really started during last year's home series against India, when an ugly, arrogant side to Ponting's side was revealed.
Amongst the die-hard fans, there's no real dissent, but more broadly, there's a view that Ponting's on-field attitude sucks. A dominant team surely dominates, but needn't behave quite as badly as he does. And it's not just him, Hayden appalling indiscrete commentary about Habijan Singh annoyed many - Singh's clearly a mouthy player (and if he'd uttered racist comments to Symonds, he should've been dumped) but Hayden's long claimed the moral high-ground.
Various incidents such as clambering on-stage to celebrate their Ashes win and shoving officials off-stage also showed a growing degree of contempt for the entire game.
So when South Africa showed up and started winning by playing good cricket and not making a fuss about it, a few losses could be quite satisfying.
Absolutely agreed. Smith and his team have shown genuine calm and respectful deportment - a marked contrast.
Having said that, I woudn't mind my interest starting to wane, if it meant one of my teams was successful for a decade or so.
I agree. As much as I love the Hurricanes, I'd love them even more if they won a final, even if it was one penalty to none.
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Just what the rest of the cricketing world needed, another one of that guy...
David's been in the 20/20 and possibly the ODI side before - they've played together at least once, I think. Michael's form's not good, not sure what David's was like in the Sheffield Shield.
But quite the comeback for SA, when the commentators were so sure the Aussies were going to get past 200 ...
Too right. Without Warner, they'd have a very modest total.
On a related point, it's been very interesting to see the Australian cricketing public really get behind the RSA side. They clearly respect Smith and many of the new young players... particularly Duminy about whom the ordinarily partisan 9 commentators were very enthusiastic. Nice to see the less petulant side of Australian cricket supporters - bet it won't endure the tri-series or extend to NZ...
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Oppps, the cold dead-hand of the mock - he's gone for 89. Hell of a debut but.
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I'm just watching that game now, not sure if it's on in NZ - anyway, he's currently on 86 off 40 balls. The only ever 20/20 hundred was by Chris Gayle. This bloke's quite amazing.
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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!
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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.
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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 in the living room to provide a little shade, fans are going constantly, ice blocks consumed by the kilo...the maximum today is 34, yesterday and the day previous it was 31... I can understand if that sounds momentarily pleasant but unless you get get cool, it's not. Overnight I suspect it didn't drop below mid-20s! A storm is forecast for this afternoon/evening, that'll save me from going nuts (or jumping on a plane to Wellington).
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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 how various historic names have come about.
I laughed out loud when, on my first crossing of Arthur's Pass, I read the inscription on the cairn near the summit which quoted Arthur's father as saying Arther discovered the pass by following the local Maori.