Good news, Bracewell's leaving.
Bad news, not til April 2009
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He should not have gotten the job in the first place, Wright had better creds
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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But thats a year and a half away 
Actually less than a year away
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All good news from where I sit, no big payout to get rid of tjhe encumbant coach, and we get plenty of time to choose who NZ cricket want - I hope Wrighty applies or gets approached.
Queenslander 3x a year.
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Hallelujah
Three for me, and two for them.
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But thats a year and a half away
Actually less than a year away
Really? But with Bracewell in charge it feels longer I guess.
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It will feel a lot longer, I hope he can kept his mouth shut in public until April. It seems like a lifetime ago that Rixon was coach.
If not Wrighty, I'd like to see the Aussie back.
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Rix has put his glove up... bet they keep Wrighty where he is and BBR!!!
E + R + O
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He should not have gotten the job in the first place, Wright had better creds
maybe they figured its cheaper for us to play in places like Bangladesh and Zimbabwe...hired Braces to piss off all the good players we had...and seriously put the others off their game but continously selecting them, then dropping them while asking them stupid questions, and muttering about conspiracies....
I think wright was still with India at the time? Seriously though Aberhart should never had been let go- it was his champion canterbury generation- Fleming, Cairns, Astle, Mcmillan, Harris, (and is there another few can't remember) who were the core of that team and they were performing well. Bracewell takes over, an injured Shane Bond becomes his entire plan...and ahh nuts...nobody cares about cricket in Korea thank F**ck...
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Rix has put his glove up... bet they keep Wrighty where he is and BBR!!!
OMG no! not Steve 'the messiah' Rixon...what are we an Australian retirement village? why not Greg Chappell ffs?
how well has Dipak Patel done with CD? what other coaches are there with good records in NZ if for some bizarre reason it isn't handed to Wright gift wrapped with apologies for losing ALL THAT IS EVERY SINGLE ONE of the experienced players...
no wait sorry
I forgot Taylor, How and Mason...
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Overnight
A career-best unbeaten 139 to opener Aaron Redmond held New Zealand's first innings together and kept them level-pegging with England A on the second day of their tour match at Southampton
England A
First innings 280
New Zealand
First innings
J How lbw b Onions 0
A Redmond not out 139
J Marshall c Wright b Tremlett 10
R Taylor c Prior b Tremlett 5
B McCullum run out 47
D Flynn lbw b Onions 16
J Oram c Prior b Tremlett 25
J Patel c Shah b Hoggard 2
T Southee c Swann b Hoggard 6
I O'Brien lbw b Hoggard 0
C Martin not out 0
Extras (9lb, 1w, 1nb) 11
Total (for 9 wkts, 90 overs) 261
Fall: 1 (How), 33 (Marshall), 47 (Taylor), 124 (McCullum), 172 (Flynn), 244 (Oram), 250 (Patel), 260 (Southee), 260 (O'Brien)
Bowling: M Hoggard 20-6-41-3, G Onions 18-8-45-2, C Tremlett 17-0-58-3 (1nb, 1w), G Swann 18-4-55-0, R Bopara 1-0-4-0, L Wright 6-1-12-0, A Rashid 10-2-37-0
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The POMEs have picked the same team for the Lords test as played here, I don't blame them.
Hopefully Sidebottom, and his "curly hair", has gone off the boil.
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I reckon we'll give them a run for their money! Redmond seems to have the goods, he and How did really well in the second innings.
Queenslander 3x a year.
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New Zealanders 2nd innings (target: 368 runs)
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
JM How
st 
Prior b Rashid
74
198
133
7
0
55.63
AJ Redmond
c Hoggard b Rashid
64
177
137
7
1
46.71
JAH Marshall
lbw b Tremlett
15
45
49
0
0
30.61
LRPL Taylor
lbw b Rashid
0
4
4
0
0
0.00
BB McCullum
not out
21
30
27
1
1
77.77
DR Flynn
not out
6
11
10
1
0
60.00
Extras
(b 12, lb 9)
21
Total
(4 wickets; 60 overs)
201
(3.35 runs per over)
Prior b Rashid
74
198
133
7
0
55.63
AJ Redmond
c Hoggard b Rashid
64
177
137
7
1
46.71
JAH Marshall
lbw b Tremlett
15
45
49
0
0
30.61
LRPL Taylor
lbw b Rashid
0
4
4
0
0
0.00
BB McCullum
not out
21
30
27
1
1
77.77
DR Flynn
not out
6
11
10
1
0
60.00
Extras
(b 12, lb 9)
21
Total
(4 wickets; 60 overs)
201
(3.35 runs per over)Queenslander 3x a year.
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Yep they will have been lolled into a false sense of superiority after whitewashing us in our own conditions a few months back.
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