Its Summer! - the Fever Cricket Thread.

Id hardly say he still a specialist bowler any more

This.

I smile every time he fails because as far as i'm concerned he shouldn't be anywhere near the team.

what a disappointing game. we seem so content to potter along hitting 4 singles an over when the required rate is up around 8. so frustrating to watch.

funniest part of the game yesterday was these 2 guys standing behind sonny shaw tapping him on the back with one of those blow up things you see at the netball. it was childish i know but seeing how worked up he was getting was priceless. the only chanting i heard was a "go home sonny" chant

If it was anyone but him I would be sympathetic.

Cricket stadium security What a joke

Edit: Don't get me wrong, I hate the mexican wave and don't take part, but its no reason to kick someone out. This kind of crap and the food/liquid restrictions are why people stop going.

Cricket administrators need to remember that crowds are there for the whole day - they can't treat people like they are going to a rugby/T20 game for a couple of hours.aitkenmike2011-02-05 13:13:45

  Downey262011-02-05 13:16:19

stupid from guptill

If you're going to slog it in 25th over,why not just take powerplay?

RE Mexican wave...stupid. Why don't they kick those out who throw things in the air rather than stopping people having fun.

Good luck trying to kick everyone out that throws things up

Just those you see. Set an example.

Or we could just sit there like good patrons,legs crossed,arms folded clapping politely.

The basin has become bad,there used to be a bit if atmosphere,now the moment someone makes any noise they're kicked out.

Made 311-6, great going by nath and piggy at the end

Last time I went to an ODI at Eden Park me and my mate were two of about 100 left in the terraces (RIP) by the end of the game. The stands were packed at the start. Sure, kick out people who are starting fights and being arseholes, but people were getting kicked out for anything.

WIN!!!!! 

Finally

good result from a good game

Not gonna lie, i actually reckon we can beat Kenya at the World Cup.

Big call probably get a good payoff from the TAB with long shots like that.

Butt out for 10 years, Asif 7 years and Amir 5 years

Anyone interested in a World Cup prediction game?

Possibly...

KEEN

http://espncricinfo.fantasyleague.com/

Crininfo Fantasy Cricket for the CWC. Made a YF league. Pin is 3170

Joined. Daniel Vettori's Guile.

Don't see much love for my idea. May flag it.

I'm keen for your idea Buff.

hussey out of world cup, big blow for them.

Morgan out for England. Big blow for them too.

is there a fantasy YF League for the WC on fox sports? I've lost my fking top spot in the A-League one, ffs.

Joined. Struggled to find batsmen I wanted. May have to fiddle with my team some more.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/4637217/Black-Cap-allegedly-involved-in-in-flight-incident

My guess for tomorrow's headline: "Blackcap Tim Southee joins Mile High Club"

The article just changed to mention Tim Southee, it didn't when I read it. I just knew it would have been no one else. TopLeft072011-02-09 16:16:34

I reckon its Ryder.

Best score they've run up in ages. Hard News2011-02-09 16:16:02

"there was an incident involving a black cap,but we don't know what it is"

From Wiki:

On the 9th of February 2011, while en route to the cricket world cup in India on a flight from Sydney to Dubai, it is alleged that Southee met a first class female passenger (rumoured to be the pilot's daughter) at the bar of the A380 and soon retired to her first class dwellings and proceeded to engage in "lewd" sexual behaviour. He is probably going to get a telling off in public, but a high five in the locker room. A witness was described as saying " I didnt see penetration but it was pretty obvious what was happening" Which says great things for the leg room in the Emirates First Class Section & also the thickness of the blankets used to construct a sex tent with

It was just sex. As much as we joke about it sometimes i swear there actually are people still stuck in the dark ages.

Oh, and constructing a sex tent out of blankets

The pilots Daughter....thats GOLD!!

He now has the highest first class average of any current player.

Key words:

Haha brilliant. I now have to make a sex tent one day, it's just gone on the bucket list.

"Vaughan also confirmed that at this stage no player has been sent home."

Why would anyone be sent home for engaging in (i'm assuming) consensual sex (or other activities)?

Only because even that is bad for 'the kids' to read. But I can see it being swept under the carpet because with out Timmy we're even more f**ked.