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fatwombat · *by **fatwombat** on Wed 10/Mar/10 9:40am*

I apologise to Hamilton then. One of the Aus-Pak games (Adelaide I think) had 11,000 spectators and it was reported as being the worst turnout in the history of the 50 over game in Oz.

Back last century I played a few games of cricket for my work in a social-corporate league where each innings was 22 overs with every player bowling 2 overs. Maybe we could bring that in for ODIs, with each team getting 2 innings?

Conners · *by **Conners** on Wed 10/Mar/10 12:23pm*

fatwombat wrote:I apologise to Hamilton then. One of the Aus-Pak games (Adelaide I think) had 11,000 spectators and it was reported as being the worst turnout in the history of the 50 over game in Oz.

Australian cricket ground are bigger than NZ cricket grounds. Fact.

E Dogg Capizzle · *by **E Dogg Capizzle** on Wed 10/Mar/10 2:45pm*

The fact that you can't always generalise from one country to the next has obviously not filtered through to sociology.

fatwombat · *by **fatwombat** on Wed 10/Mar/10 5:07pm*

E Dogg Capizzle wrote:The fact that you can't always generalise from one country to the next has obviously not filtered through to sociology.

A lot of the minds are smaller over here as well . . . .

dented · *by **dented** on Wed 10/Mar/10 8:43pm*

fatwombat wrote:
E Dogg Capizzle wrote:The fact that you can't always generalise from one country to the next has obviously not filtered through to sociology.

A lot of the minds are smaller over here as well . . . .

To quote an intelligent former NZ Primeminister....

"Every time a New Zealander emigrates to Australia, it increases the average I.Q. in both countries"

Oli · *by **Oli** on Wed 10/Mar/10 8:59pm*

Muldoon said that. I would have said he was more cunning than intelligent, but I suppose he had to be intelligent too...

dented · *by **dented** on Wed 10/Mar/10 9:04pm*

Apparantly he had a 'mensa' level Intelligence Quotient. I read of him that the weird crick in his left cheek was a sign he was very Left-Brain oriented, or was that Right Brain? I have no idea cos Im not very intelliegent, but I do remember reading about that.

Oli · *by **Oli** on Wed 10/Mar/10 9:06pm*

Good old Rob.

dented · *by **dented** on Wed 10/Mar/10 9:10pm*

Rob Rob before he robs you

fatwombat · *by **fatwombat** on Wed 10/Mar/10 9:35pm*

Rob was a vile evil old bastard, I remember his years well. he was probably even less informed about cricket and less balanced in his perspectives than a certain former PM who define himself as a "cricket tragic" and is now likely to become chief of the ICC - which is certainly tragic for cricket!

Oli · *by **Oli** on Wed 10/Mar/10 9:37pm*

Nah, he was lovely. :love:

znomit · *by **znomit** on Wed 10/Mar/10 10:52pm*

AarowNZ wrote:10,000 is pretty much capacity in Hamilton.

Its a good thing the ground isn't any bigger.
Because if it was the wait for the toilets would have been an hour and the hotdogs would have been gone by the 20th over. :angry:

Apart from that (and the score) was a great day out.

Also scoped out the forgotten highway on the ride home today, going to make a good bike trip.

happybaboon · *by **happybaboon** on Thu 11/Mar/10 7:25am*

I can tell from the hilarious videos that Rob Muldoon was a laugh riot. Hilarious some of the shit what he done. Probably wasn't good for the country, but at least he was good for a laugh.

happybaboon · *by **happybaboon** on Thu 11/Mar/10 7:29am*

Greatbatch wrote:"You've got to give players opportunities but you also have to balance it with your best players. The players coming back, if they're fit, will make us stronger,"

You've got to give players opportunities

Nathan McCullum

E Dogg Capizzle · *by **E Dogg Capizzle** on Thu 11/Mar/10 7:33am*

They're looking for a top order batsman champ, Nathan McCullum ain't one of those.

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