Its Summer! - the Fever Cricket Thread.

Gale to score all 59 runs. For my fantasy team's sake.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/4734537/Russell-Crowe-to-star-in-charity-quake-match

Getting the big guns in. I still think it needs more Liz Hurley.

What's happening to Bangladesh? Totally whack

Loving this yarpies v yarpies game.

Low scoring thrillers ftw. Less of this 300+ shit please.

I think we might see a few of those games through the middle part of the tournament where they might reuse tired pitches. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure they have to reuse the odd one to get through all the games.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/4741782/Basin-cricket-fundraiser-headed-for-a-sellout

 Auckland rolled for 46 v Otago in a 4 dayer, 2nd lowest score for them ever and lowest in a long long time

Maybe 7k tickets sold think pax was that according to my mate.

Crap it.

Will keep an eye out for some spares. They really are trying to fit in as many people as possible so they could release more if they find some safe seating areas for more punters.

For example, today we marked out the boundary and pulled it in a few metres so they could seat (apparently) several hundred more people inside the pickets.

Awesome,thanks! Just my luck to get rid of my shift just as its sold out

Yeah that is bad luck! My flatmate bought three tickets no more than two hours ago.

Yeah and as the HRV cup showed us, no one is safe even outside the pickets. They said they'd be reminding people to keep an eye on the game. Not that people will.

I feel somewhat rewarded for my faith, staying up to watch the blackcaps - Taylor has boomed the Pakis like you wouldn't believe. We were well out of the game and he's single handedly given us a shot at the points. Currently he's on 131 off 124 and we have scored 95 runs from the last five overs. Lost count of the sixes. Incredible return to form. He was dropped twice before reaching 20 btw.

Oram booming it now. Black caps have been possessed.

Ended 302 after 50 overs. Were looking at 235 if we scored 8 an over at one point.TopLeft072011-03-09 02:07:19

Wow! Glad I decided not to go to bed after all. Kamran Akmal will probably get his house burnt down.

black caps

match fixing anyone????? Pakis have been on fire all World cup and on Taylor's 27th brithday, when he's captain he scores the match winning hundy after being dropped by the keeper.

Same - was about to go to bed when Franklin got out thinking it would be the usual, but something just to told me to hang in there.

Did not regret it, even though I'm walking around like a zombie atm.

You're walking round,groaning and taking bites out of people?

Oh Black Caps, once again you give us a reason to hope. Why oh why must I fall into the trap of believing in you? You will only break my heart again in the next two weeks.

Yeah I said I'd crash at 12, then for some reason I hung in there even though at that stage it was so terribly boring.

Was so stoked I decided to stay up. At midnight after putting up with How and first 100 ball Taylor I just about pulled the pin, but wow. Hopefully that time at the crease was exactly what Taylor needed to hit some form, that first half of his was so scratchy it was ridiculous.

After 40 overs, I honestly thought we would scratch through to 220-240, didn't think we would get near to 300.

because it is true.

Bring in Kano for How, it's been enough. What great hitting at the death, turned 240 into 300. Take that taylor-droppers and oram-bashers. If Bennett had played instead of Oram that game could have been very close

The charity match is going to be broadcast by TAB, I assume that's Trackside.

Thank goodness I got my tickets the other day. Heard a rumour that TAB tv were going to show the game live.    So that's cool for those not able to get tickets.

I'm not giving up on getting tickets!

I can get you two tickets, $20 each. Sweet?

Legend!

Even though i thorougly enjoyed our win over Pakistan, i'm refusing to get excited about the Black Caps just yet. Seen it all before i'm afraid.

We've also seen them randomly win a major(ish) competition mind you. Tegal2011-03-10 13:46:04

Exception to the rule though wasn't it?

I'm a naturally cruel person

oh dear, wellington lose 4 day match with Northern Districts after declaring in their second innings.   

and the rumours are true, trackside are showing the fill the basin game.

http://www.cricketwellington.co.nz/news/trackside-to-carry-live-coverage-of-fill-the-basin-match/8220/article.aspxOceanic62011-03-10 18:26:31

I confirmed that up the page a bit Oceanic

So this game is going to be on T.V?