Latest happenings from the T20 World Cup:
- The Aussies are eliminated, because they’re rubbish at Twenty20. Actually they’re a bit rubbish all-round at the moment.
- NZ lose against Seth Efrica on the last ball, but still proceed into the next stage of the tournament.
The big news though that’s got everyone talking around the water coolers in NZ is Jesse Ryder’s groin muscle injury. The big fella wasn’t fit to play SA (reason why they lost obviously), and instead has been hospitalised and is undergoing tests on the *ahem* muscle.
What these tests are expected to find remains a mystery.
When I first heard about the nature if his injury, I was a bit concerned, to put it mildly. Then I remembered Shoaib Akhtar wasn’t playing in the tournament, so he can’t have passed on anything contagious.
So it must actually be a muscular complaint. Given that Jesse’s pretty much vital to NZ progressing any further in the tournament, John Key should put aside the GFC and organise a 24 hour around-the-clock team of Swedish masseuses to get Jesse up raring to go for the next match.
And before any of you Black Caps fans start busting my chops about Australia’s early exit, let me just say the following:
- Test matches are real cricket, alright? T20 is not.
- We weren’t actually trying to win. Nathan Hauritz had a bowl for god’s sake.
- JRod over at Cricket with Balls also has a handy list of excuses.
- Finally, we beat you in the 1981 one-day series. To refresh your memory, see below.
Ahh, it never gets old does it?
onion said
hahaha whatever bro! you’re talking about a 1981 one day series, it’s 2009 now bro check it.
Marita said
admin, love it!
figjam said
Hilarious. You gotta love it…..
Dave said
Hey all! Does anyone know what channel the Tour de France will be televised on in NZ?
Marita said
now I KNOW the Aussies were complete duds in the 20/20, but we can brothers (sisters) in arms with the kiwis after their shocker defeat against the low ranking (and just out of a domestic war) Sri Lanka. They were batting with something like 67 for 2, with a measly 155 or something to win the match, and they were all bowled out. Maybe we should all give up and take up croquet (or possibly crochet).
admin said
Proves my theory that No Jesse = No NZ.
Haven’t heard any word on his crotch yet either. Let’s hope no news is good news.
admin said
Dave, probably on pay TV just like every other thing worth watching on NZ TV.
figjam said
Cnt wait for the ashes…anyone think it will be a 5-0 whitewash again? Lets hope so….
truekiwijoker said
I just want to say;
1) Cricket is not something that I’ve ever been able to get into much. I’ve seen how it’s a big sport in Aus (where you have a status pretty much that of NZ’s in Rugby) but in NZ I always felt it was a bit of a wankers sport. I only liked two people at school who played it, the rest where people I wouldn’t want to know.
2) And that could be why I’ve never given a toss about that underarm thing. I even once discovered what they did wasn’t even against the rules and that the batman who’d just arrived at the crease had to get a 6 off the last ball which even I know is almost impossible.
I don’t see any good reason why anyone got upset about this in 1981 (or whenever it was) let alone today. It just sounds like the sort of people who put me off the sport in the first place being typically bad losers.
I don’t know too much about this Jessie Ryder, but I do know he was groomed by a former Wellington Cricket Coach. And that Wellington Cricket coach was someone I had the complete misfortune to have to be associated with in a former occupation. He was without a doubt the most nasty, unpleasant and I would even say evil individual I have ever had the misfortune of having to deal with. He also had a bad gambling and drinking problem, and the other thing I heard about this Ryder is that he’d been disciplined for his Gambling and Drinking incidents.
So sadly I can’t be too enthusiastic about this guy.
figjam said
The status thing is nearly right except we have been world champions in cricket on numerous occassions and NZ have been rugby world champions just once.
Gav said
Just came across this.
Mate of mine works at the hotel the BC’s were staying at in London. Mentioned that a couple of nights before Ryder was hospitalised, he was seen ushering a blonde into his hotel room with a pretty big grin on his face.
Overdid it much, big boy? Stomach infection my foot!
fushnchupsblog said
Hi Gav,
That’s brilliant :-) I heard JR had a hernia – given the scenario you just mentioned, maybe that’s a possibility…