Its Summer! - the Fever Cricket Thread.

So any likely chance of play tomorrow?

We'll get on, not sure if on time though because the outfield is still quite wet. Keep you posted

Get to work!

testing soil samples! honest

f**k off rain. I wouldn't mind getting some sleep tonight.

You're not having a piss up on the pitch..?

Nah we [traditionally] do that after the game. That way if [when] anything goes wrong, the cameras have stopped rolling + we can get boozed as we like. I still can't understand why those W.A boofheads do it backwards.

Some w**ker did piss on it last friday though, right on a length too.

Some moisture for the bowlers to bowl at.

We're not short of moisture, can assure you that.

Anyway I hope we win the toss and bowl first. Quite keen to see gillespie bowl at home against the africans. He was immense in that last game.

$2.45 for the draw is looking ok odds with the weather forecast the way it is. But then on the other hand, it only takes 5 sessions to bowl the black caps out.

Yeah i wouldn't bet on a draw. Weathet is looking okay for the best part of the five days now and I don't think it will be the easiest basin deck to bat on.

I know you are probably crazy busy TL but 12/12.30 start today? Maybe they take an early lunch at 12? Other Basin veterans, thoughts?

Pissed down for large parts of last night and early this morning as well as wet most of week. Not raining now, but a little cool with f**k all wind. Wet outfield will probably be the problem and at a guess will be lucky to see any play before tea today.

...really low misty cloud too so no sun to dry things out

Anyone heard a likely start of play?

Umpire inspection at 10.45. My feeling is they will take an early lunch and maybe look for a 1/1.30 start.

No play before 12.30. I am still guessing start after tea

I'm guessing after lunch.

Getting reasonably dry now. Meeting with umpires in ten mintutes. Im guessing 1.30 start. Keep you posted if i have my hands free

2pm start

Appreciate it!

Think I'll wander down now and play some cricket captain while waiting <3Tegal2012-03-23 13:17:11

Bowling first. Handy.

Kallis out, Duminy in

That was really odd - no hot spot, no change in ball rotation but a clear noise as ball passed bat, and neither bat nor ball was near anything else. Apparently the timing of the noise and the distance from other surfaces was enough to not provide clear evidence of the nick.

And then Snicko (for some unknown reason not allowed to be used) goes on to prove it was actually before the ball passes the bat.

Bloody BCCI/ICC and the reluctance to use valid technology.

We aren't bowling well. To short, to wide, and to leg side.

don't worry we have the umpires on our side..

theprof2012-03-23 15:11:01

Craig McMillian. How can one man be wrong so often?

"Ross Taylor has had a bob each way. If you are going to take the extra batsman why didn't they bat first?"

How about because the pitch has been covered for a week and there is a chance of seam movement before it turns into a belter, and it is better to have your three seamers use it to hopefully knock the top off early, rather than bowling on a road on day 2/3. Also doesn't expose your top order to potentially seaming track.

He's a disgrace to cricket in new zealand.

We really are bowling poorly. Still consistently to short.

I think it's because it's bouncier here so they try to use that to their advantage but s.a are comfortable with it. de Lange will be looking forward to rolling the arm over.

Having said this, I'd like to give some 'kudos' to Dion Nash, who I think is brilliant, both on the radio and on the cricket show.

Shane bond is also pretty good. I really don't know where to start with Macca, he is that bad. He is ruinning his integrity every time he speaks.

Sigh. Rain delay again. These are the only 2 days I get to watch, bet its beautiful weather for the remaining 3 days!

If I heard correctly there are going to be some Phoenix players on the Dilmah Tea Party (4:30pm - 4:50pm).

Edit: Brown and SigmUnd.

And Mark Richardson just called the Phoenix the top NZ team, waiting for a knitting circle jihad against him... Blair2012-03-24 16:09:24

Yes i was guna say earlier that i reckon dion nash actually talks a lot of sense.

Goddamn this is boring! At least when the Saffers declare we will see some wickets fall

Good signs for NZ. If we had some batsmen with grit and determination we might be able to draw from here. Hopefully Brownlie and Vettori can put on a 300 run partnership or something