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Bastards!

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Typical.
I have a great headline but nothing much to say about it that hasn’t been written already.
If you want to read what the Granny Herald had to say, check out the story here.
Let’s just hope the magic ride lasts one more game.
At least we won’t be up against those cheating Aussie umpires!

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First, let’s be clear – the best way to make the Black Caps perform is to injure them or deprive them of a couple of key players.
The Hurricanes use to claim that you should expect the unexpected but even that doesn’t go close to describing the experience of supporting the Black Caps.
Admittedly, it’s only two [...]

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In honour of NZ’s glorious draw vs the Indians, we can now show how the Kiwi batting effort manage to stave off defeat:

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OK, I put my hand up and say I had a bit of fun at Jesse Ryder’s expense.
You could say I took the piss out of a pisshead.
You call also call the Jesse’s had a reputation for having a bit of fun too.
Regardless of the past, it clear that right now he is happy to [...]

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The Australian 1st XI cricket team might be crap but their commentators are worse.
Let’s acknowledge that Channel Stine effectively invented ODI as we know it.  Cricket became TV product thanks to the Aussies.
When the Aussies are all dominant, the commentators are all dominant, lauding the might of the Aussies.  As painful as it is, at [...]

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On the same day that the US porn in asked for a $5 billion bailup (can’t Viagra help to keep sales up??), it was appropriate that NZ Cricket share the spotlight with Jesse Ryder’s latest indescretion.
Before we get too bloody sanctimonious, let’s not forget that NOT getting pissed used to be the biggest possible problem [...]

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Confirmation today that Dan is the man when it comes to one day cricket.
Just a pity that one player a team does not make.  You might have to rearrange some of the last sentence to make sense but you get my point.
Seeing we are definitely NOT the number one team, it makes you wonder what [...]

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Apparently, Ian O’Brien was subjected to name calling and insults at the Gabba.
The way the team batted, you’d have to wonder if the abuse was actually coming from the NZ selecters.

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