Archive for March, 2007
Suffering from high platitude sickness
Thank God the World Cup starts in less than 24 hours for with it will come the cessation of the abundant assurances from every team participating that;
We’re in good shape
We have the right balance
We have no fear
We’ve prepared well
The mix is good
The early loss helped us focus
What a load of old toadstools! I can’t wait [...]
Posted: March 13th, 2007 under Cricket.
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Ponting first name on dream team sheet
Ricky Ponting was the most popular choice in our wee dream team competition, with all but one player picking Punter.
The other popular choices have been Hussey, Jayasuriya and Kallis. I am alone in picking Pathan and Ntini to nudge me a few points so here’s hoping for a SA - India final!
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Posted: March 13th, 2007 under Cricket.
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World Cup Dream Team
To add some spice to the World Cup, we have a dream team competition running here for the 2007 World Cup. A point for a run and 25 points for a wicket seems to be the order of the day. I’m in the middle of trying to figure out an easy way of keeping the [...]
Posted: March 12th, 2007 under Cricket.
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Jacob Oram’s finger on e-Bay
Jacob Oram sounds as though he’s serious when he says he would chop off a finger if it meant playing in the world cup. That’s a pretty serious commitment from the big fella. I guess he could try and keep his lopped digit cryogenically frozen for a couple of weeks and then try and stitch [...]
Posted: March 1st, 2007 under Cricket.
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