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@Crazy-Horse said in Stuart Macgill Arrested -300k Cocaine Plot:

@chimoaus said in Stuart Macgill Arrested -300k Cocaine Plot:

I thought there was more to his kidnapping, appears he has quite the cocaine habit. Funny how many ex-sportsmen end up with cocaine issues.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/aussie-cricket-great-stuart-macgill-charged-over-300k-cocaine-plot/news-story/8fb423b36e20bf72ea2fa4362e6d7143

There was always going to be more to that story. Things usually happen for a reason.

News never came across the ditch on that one, at least not that I remembered anyway.

But yes, Drug Cartels generally don’t just kidnap and assault any old Tom, Dick or Harry.

I believe that is the first ODI series win in Bangladesh ever.

@mariner4life agree to disagree on Isa.

Both sides ended up in Cirque Le Soir nightclub after The Oval test for drinks.

England were late because they stopped off at High Street Kensington McDonalds en route.

@NTA said in Test Championship Final: Aus v India:

@Virgil said in Test Championship Final: Aus v India:

@NTA
been there done that...

sorry about the 'Oz Sux diks' scratched into the Mace though, im sure it will buff right out.

Which will be ironic when you're a little star on our flag one day

Immediately RA tweets about never having lost the Bledisloe and winning five RWCs...

Might be McConchie. Who actually surprised me in that Pak tour with how good his late overs batting/hitting was.

As in 3rd spinner in the squad.

I'd assume that scuppers any chances of 3 spinners in an 11, though. (apart from a part time like Phillips, Chapman)

@Chris-B said in Black Caps coach 2024?:

@ACT-Crusader Wow - Stead's really fashioned an extraordinary record.

I wouldn't have picked him to have been statistically more successful than Hesson.

Hesson built the team that Stead inherited. Of course his record since the WTC reflects a changing of the guard and long-term injury absence

@Crucial said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

Chapman and Mitchell both struggled but Chapman especially had no timing. Was either late or early in his connects. The one he did time came off sweetly but was a lucky one I think as he then lost it again.
Didn’t look like the bowler was causing the problem, he just looked like a struggling club playt

I don't know what they see in Chapman. Never seems to play well with the bat

@TeWaio said in Black Caps v England:

@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:

Joys of one run or one point in sport. Had it been a one wicket loss...! I've occasionally wondered how NZ rugby history would have gone had 2011 finished up 7 - 8 at Eden Park instead.

Or if Merths' late droppie in 1995 had gone over...

or if Mils try in the corner was awarded

Aus win by 21 runs to take the series.

5 of the Indian top 6 scored at least 30 runs each. Quite a strange card.

@bayimports said in NZ tour of India:

@ARHS strange because not only did he get a wicket, but conceding 8 was comparatively cheap and he was not seen again in the innings especially when compared to the expensive mess that was Tickner, Ferguson..

Ferguson was always likely to get overs regardless but not bowling Bracewell again in my mind was not the right decision.

Yep totally agree

For those who didn't watch game 5 (like me) the team wore black armbands for this:

@Rapido said in NZ Super Smash 20/20:

Lance Cairns hit 59% of all the 6s hit by New Zealanders in internationals during the span of his career.

(although cricinfo's records are incomplete, some games boundaries haven't been retained in the uploaded scorecards).
He hit 69 known sixes of the known 117 known sixes NZers hit in tests and ODIs during his time.

Or, another way ...

Nzers batted 1963 times for 177 sixes Cairns batted 130 times for 69 sixes Batting records | Combined Test, ODI and T20I records | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com Batting records | Combined Test, ODI and T20I records | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

Also the boundaries were way longer and you had to clear the fence that marked the boundary for the full six runs to be scored, hitting the fence on the full only counted for four. The bats he used would not have had the benefit of the minute computer design analysis todays slabs of willow are given to ensure they were optimal for six hitting. It is not uncommon to see mishits and thick top edges going for six these days.

Amazing finish. Well done Scorchers. So deserved. Great stuff Ashton Cooper and Nick Hobson

One of our biggest problems of late is that Kane hasn't played much test cricket, and our standards and consistency across the whole team notably dropped away, leading to that loss against the bloody Bangles at home.

they also hugely improved their side by having sack the desperately average Tim Paine

@dogmeat said in England v Pakistan:

@Catogrande I think every Black Cap supporter can sympathise with English fans and appreciate them enjoying their success.

As I have said elsewhere though, they do seem to have had every bit of luck go their way. Whilst yeah you make your own luck and Bazball amplifies that, I do fear a readjustment is in sight. Hopefully for the England fans, their team's confidence is so high that they weather the knockbacks better than in the past.

Great performance though. I can easily see a 3-0 result when NZ tour Pakistan too, but unfortunately in favour of the home team.

Our press are considerably less wanky though

@canefan said in T20 World Cup NZ v PAK:

@Chris said in T20 World Cup NZ v PAK:

Really a poor power play by NZ,with the pitch slowing up that was the time to hit boundaries with the field up.
Poor field settings when Pakistan were chasing to easy to find gaps no pressure applied.
A ridgid bowling plan which made it easy for Pakistain to plan their run chase.
And really a bad bowling effort lost length badly and not enough off pace deliveries no knuckle balls, virtually nothing out of the back of the hand.
Shit performance all round with no vision to change things up.

We saved our worst outing for last, although I felt that we had started to stall even in the games against England and Ireland

Yep I agree,It had that feeling we were fading around the England game.