It’s summer hols, and for sportreview.net.nz that means very little time spent on sportreview.net.nz. No, this time is better spent on SR junior, sleep, the xmas ham, beer and bashing out Eagles numbers on the axe. Not literally. You know what I mean.
Sport doesn’t sleep though – here’s what you’ve missed:
NZ played the West Indies at 20/20. Yawn. Gayle got out in Hamilton, the WIs lost, no co-incidence there. Ryder and McCullum got an opening partnership together, a great sign for the one day series.
Australia were down trou-ed across the Tasman. This one got more time on the SR remote than the Napier test, put it that way. After we softened them up *hollow laugh*, South Africa have thoroughly defeated the once great Aussies, hanging on to their mantle as the world’s best like a groom after a three day stag do trying to play pinball. Despite the stand out performances of Smith, De Villiers, Steyn and Duminy, South Africa look like a team, with several blokes firing at once, and everyone stepping up to do their job, exactly the opposite of the Australians. They know the axe is about to swing in their dressing room, and look like they’re waiting to see who will be hit. Chris Rattue pointed out it’s tough on the Aussies they have to deal with a Shane Warne-adorned sightscreen throughout this series. The first thing Brian Clough did when he took over Leeds in the 70s was take down the pictures of Bremner, Hunter, etc from the walls – that’s what the Aussies need, to start again and create a new empire. Ricky Ponting produced a couple of great innings to show he’s not about to pull a Kim Hughes just yet. If he can bring the new look side up to speed, he will have done something far harder than Taylor or Waugh.
I got back on the bike. Was fun – but flat. I need to fnd some hills. @lancearmstrong has nothing to worry about at this stage.
Actually, not a lot else has happened. More importantly, I haven’t gone for a fish yet. Laptop down. See you in 2009.
