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Clogs wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:50 am von Berg is looking at o Rourke like he is the crispy roast potatoes on the buffet cart next to the pork roast with crispy crackling and fresh apple sauce.

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South Africa are all over this.

Can the Blackcaps keep this respectable and restrict a deficit to less than 50?

Meanwhile, congratulations to Henry Nichols for a cracking century in domestic cricket today.

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South Africa’s shrewdly selected side for NZ conditions are well in the fight. Let’s have no more of this C or D side talk nonsense.

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What a review! Only missing by around half a foot.

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South Africa are looking solid. Mind you, that’s helped by Southee starting the year looking anything but threatening.

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Clogs wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:25 pm In my 20 odd years of posting on here, why have I only learned recently that NZ has never beaten SA in a test series at cricket?

So many years of abusing my keewee mates down the gurgler. I feel empty.

It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a pie.

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I think this is preemptive for Super Rugby to prevent a possible problem (and hopefully be a step that follows globally).

Its a good move.

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Early days but the Blackcaps win has moved them to top of the Test Championship table. Hopefully they can consolidate the position in test two before Australia arrives for the marquee series of the summer.

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Daryl Mitchell is out for the Blackcaps so we can probably consider everything all square on the team level front.

On test two, what’s up with a Tuesday start? Do they want to make it as hard as possible for people to attend with most days during the working week?

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Well done Black Craps. Just checked the scorecard and saw Williamson has 2 centuries this match, then dug a bit further and found out he has 29 in total and a test average of 54. Didn't realise he had those kinds of stats, that's a very decent record, must be the GOAT Kiwi batter? Can't think of an...

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You jinxed it. If South Africa lose from here, that’s on you. You and a little bit their selection policy for the series.

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Williamson does the double.

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Tuck shop apple pies were great. I can’t remember the brand but covered in icing sugar and the top would be a soft almost gooey.

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It’s amazing that this thread is far longer than the India vs England one, but then, there’s probably a page and a half of spacing across Clogs’ posts.

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NZ moves to a position of relative strength with South Africa 83-6.

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van Tonder looks like he could be a handy player.

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Eugenius wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:15 am No they do not .

I don’t know, did they ever fail to make the Super Rugby playoffs once wrangling it that they had to have a team there no matter how poorly they had performed or their place on the actual table?

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I remember finding two cents and buying a couple of one cent lollies (gum) that must have kept their flavour for all of five seconds each.

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All of the above plus a strip of Lotsa Fizz

That was pre console and device times so we then got out and ran off the obesity.

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Link? Here’s their food policy (brought to you via the couch and enjoying Kane and Rachin’s centuries). https://www.greens.org.nz/food_policy We aren’t all meant to switch to Veganism but there is a focus on regenerative practices including making plant-based food more affordable and available and ...

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This is the start of our test summer which is already late and we have Australia still to come so rescheduling wouldn’t have been possible. The tour had been set well before the domestic T20 schedule anyway, hadn’t it?

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Saffers should be banned from test cricket to be honest. This tour is just a total fuck-up. Why bother to send a team? Although I would love to see them rolled for under 20 My son popped in earlier while I was watching the cricket and Moreki was bowling and he goes “oh I met him in town the other n...

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Why would you assume that? Well aren't we all supposed to switch to a 'plant based diet' to save the planet. Surely these Green MPs practice what they preach? Link? Here’s their food policy (brought to you via the couch and enjoying Kane and Rachin’s centuries). https://www.greens.org.nz/food_polic...

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Was there much discussion about this team in SA? What did people make of the domestic T20 taking priority?

I would be in two minds if roles were reversed. I would want my team to do well but a couple of chastising losses may make this less likely to happen again.

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I like watching De Swardt. It reminds me of the good old days of Nathan Astle and Craig McMillam getting through overs for the NZ attack - although, McMillan probably had about 10km and a lot of pent up aggression on him. De Swardt is doing a job without a spinner. He has been tidy and has created a...

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Nice try. Should NZ declare at 1000 runs or keep batting on? Bat till tea on day five, then bowl them out twice. Something like this. Any rain forecast? Perfect weather forecast for all five days at the moment. NZ will want a big score and the weather to dry things out. If that happens South Africa...

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South Africa boast the two highest first-class wicket takers in this match. I hope the less credentialed Blackcap bowlers can stick to their task and not be overawed when they get a chance later on.

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Ravindra is taking the number four role so seriously he has even tried to emulate Ross Taylor and run out Kane Williamson.

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Moreki is looking very good.

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:56 am Rugby, Boxing, Football with heading, cricket with hard balls, shuttlesoftcocks, croquet with mallets... will all be underground sports by 2050.

I would nod in agreement if the motion wasn’t so risky.

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Amazing finish and what an effort from Joseph. Awesome hearing the excitement from Lara in commentary too. Where does Shamar Joseph's performance rank in the echelon of touring bowlers' performances in Australia? There have been some great efforts over the years, but this one is right up there. Ric...

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Amazing finish and what an effort from Joseph. Awesome hearing the excitement from Lara in commentary too.

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Surprised no one has thought of Will Carling yet.

https://youtu.be/rMSAb7YQ9RQ?si=SZs1BnvtxEE4lrec

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Richie Mo’unga could contribute a few here but I think this is the best.

https://youtu.be/rQeI7gQQWJY?si=K1fh0vdD-TGRTDY8

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Henry F###ing Nicholls has missed selection for the South Africa test series with Ravindra preferred instead.

Rachin Ravindra has celebrated this by being bowled cheaply by a little known Canterbury domestic bowler in the Super Smash.

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A very good referee. All the best for retirement.

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Word is Schmidt is getting the band back together and giving Fozzie an assistant role tasked with attacking structure.

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The Windies fight back has been quickly extinguished.

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It was predicted in song many years ago.

There you go and baby here am I
Well you left me here so I could sit and cry
Well, golly gee what have you done to me
Well I guess it doesn't matter anymore

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Is that another Russian strategic master stroke - using missile and drone strikes to disrupt Ukrainian power supply and then buggering their own using nothing but poor decision making?

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