Its Summer! - the Fever Cricket Thread.

The South African quicks have been mightily impressive. Especially Philander, what a freak! I expect this SA team to clean out England and take the no1 Test ranking

Ouch. Testicle crushers seem to be a theme of this match

Will Ross Taylor bat one handed if required? He should do Kane batting with one nut!

would be epic to see considering he had surgery to put a pin and plate in his wrist this morning

They should be giving him lots of hot black coffee now then.....

could pop down Adelaide Road to Berhampore and pick up something stronger than coffee...

50 overs to bat...

Fark 88/5 .effectively 88 /6 or is that 88/7 including Martin? 44overs to go

176-6, effectively 176-8, with 1 slogger. 13.3 overs to go

Great knock Kano. Now for the draw. 12 overs still

Well done Kano!!!

10 overs now. I'll breathe easy when there's 1 left

6. Fantastic day of cricket (those following the Plunket Shield will know what I mean)N-Bomb2012-03-27 17:46:47

3.5 to go -cmon...

Down to 3. Loving the sudden blocking ability of Bracewell. *knock on wood*

Come on lads

Switching off the test for the drama in Napier, confident we can get it done

1 to go

5

4

great fighting today. really good stuff from dougie and one hell of a knock from kano.

well defended

Pffffffft was never in doubt

Really good to see kane get 77 off 193 and 102* off 228 in our last 2 2nd innings.

We really need someone who is difficult to get out, there is no doubting the skill of Taylor, Guptill and McCullum but it seems bowlers still find it easy to dismiss them.

Its great to have someone who can stick around and frustrate the bowlers, Steyn seemed to be getting pretty annoyed at how things were going yesterday.

Agreed, the boy looks good, but don't forget he was dropped twice and possibly caught once but given not out - not sure if that counts as difficult to dismiss!!

Still that was a great result against a fine bowling attack. Did anyone see Smith's arrogant comments about how he wouldn't do a sporting declaration because NZ "didn't deserve it". I have to admit I quite like the SA team but not Smith, that guys a douchebag. I seem to recall Stephen Fleming mentally destroying him on his first tour here as captain... good times.

Also, glad to see Cairnsy won his libel case. This article seems overly harsh on him I thought. It implied he shouldn't have fought to clear his name because it just made more people aware of the accusations. WTF sort of argument is that? People say you are a cheat and you shouldn't hit them up about it?

Kane and Dougy were the heroes yesterday, made it good watching towards the end. Would have been interesting to see how Ross would have batted if he'd had to go in. I think he would have had to face up in a left handed stance because it's much easier batting with your top hand on the bat if you have to bat one handed.

Glad I managed to get a stump yesterday, Kane and Morne and co were pretty keen on getting their hands on them which is rare for a drawn match.

TopLeft072012-03-28 22:51:55

Pretty excited at the prospect of us playing 15 tests over the next 14 months.

8 of them against the top 2 sides in the world as well.

I see Ryder has recovered in time for the IPL.

Speaking of Ryder, my sister was informing me that her boss is the guy who had a go at Ryder in Napier. The next day at work she was fielding call after call from people ringing up to have a go at him.

That guy is a f**kwit, hope he loses business over it. He had no right to have a go at those guys.

This^^

I honestly don't know what planet that guy lives on. Tegal2012-04-02 10:39:28

I see Jesse is back on the cricket field and back in the headlines too.

Yep, his comeback is just a little too conveniently timed with the IPL for my liking. Don't blame Boam for having a crack.

I don't blame him for coming back to play in the IPL. Anyone who says they wouldn't is off their head.

I told my Mum to abuse the guy next time she in his pub. Doubt she will but I might have a go next time I am home.

Everyone would. Tegal2012-04-03 11:52:19

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/6730379/Florida-start-for-Black-Caps-West-Indies-tour
I think this sort of thing is a good initiative, but last time we palyed there the pitch was awful. Doesn't do much to promote the game when its played on low slow wickets

They need to take a groundsman with them

Annoyed the Windies couldn't beat the Aussies today.  Thought the weather might save them but oh no.  Must do better windies