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@booboo said in Big Bash League 23/24:

@mariner4life said in Big Bash League 23/24:

while they may not be "as big as they used to be" they are still bloody good.

30 games, 19 with more than 20,000, six with more than 40k
Only 5 had less than 10k, and 4 of those were in Tassie

A quick squiz at the crowds for say BBL 5 sees them not significantly different except for the 1 game that got 80k. The final was a couple of thousand more, but Sydney v Melbourne at the 'G will pull more than Sydney v Brisbane in Sydney

Fair call

Still remain Grumpy, and maintain it's not as good or as popular as it used to be.

I must say, at the time I thought his antics looked disproportionately over the top

@godder said in Chris Cairns on life support:

With Chris Cairns, no standard was met, including libel which is to the balance of probabilities, so his lawyers showed in court that it was more likely than not that he didn't fix matches.

I think there were specific instructions to rely on two witnesses. McCullum, Vincent and Vincent's wife offered direct evidence they were induced to fix matches by Cairns.

Vincent and wife looked flaky. McCullum seemed pretty straightforward. However, the jury acquitted.

So, on the evidence available it may have been correct in law - but frankly, the accusations by McCullum and Vincent were pretty damning. Personally, I prefer their version to Cairns (who denies everything), but I'm a random keyboard warrior.

Nov 30, 2015  /  Sport The trial of Chris Cairns: how the nine-week case unfolded The trial of Chris Cairns: how the nine-week case unfolded

A pat on the back ended the former New Zealand all-rounder’s lengthy appearance at Southwark crown court. Elizabeth Ammon describes the cricketer’s ordeal

Hot but enjoyable trail ride yesterday from Coronet to Arrowtown.

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@mariner4life said in Its the Masters baby!:

I've now watched the last round, and i reckon it was way better than some of you are giving it credit for.

At different points of that back 9 a number of very good players were having a run at Tiger. Johnson was coming until he faltered. Fowler went on a run but missed a putt by a mm. Finau played great but was too far back. Koepka was right there but just could not make the step up. But Tiger was just never coming back to them. He hit great shot after great shot. Hit his putts. He really played fucking good golf to win that.

I totally agree. There were about half a dozen players legitimately in the mix to win right up until the last couple of holes. Just because it wasn't an all out birdie fest didn't make it any less compelling. When Tiger embraced his son I suddenly noticed how dusty the lounge was. Must leave a strongly worded note for the cleaner....

@shark He played for BOP from 2013-2014. I think it was 2012 when he was in the NZ U20 side. I recall him saying when he signed for the Leicester Tigers that he signed for them because they were his favourite team to play with on Rugby 08 on PS2 haha.

@rapido said in Hesson gooooooone!:

Of the provincial coaches I would put forward Bruce Edgar.

Mark O'Donnell would be another option. Auckland have won titles under him.

Patrick Reed seems like a really odd bloke. This article about his family is quite revealing.

Joshua Berhow  /  News 'My son is a Masters champion': Patrick Reed's estranged family endures a complex mix of emotions 'My son is a Masters champion': Patrick Reed's estranged family endures a complex mix of emotions

Patrick Reed is a lone wolf on Tour with a complicated past. As he was on his way to winning the Masters Sunday night, his parents, sister and their family and friends were watching on TV just miles down the road at home.

Interesting a hit from a batsman struck the roof at etihad, Voges caught it off the roof and the batsman was given out.

Would've thought it'd be ruled dead ball, similar to laws goveening overhead hanging branches.

Technology vs traditions

@snowy Australia's just Seppo-Lite. World Series Cricket - hullo? Just want domestic comps the rest of the world don't play in so they can be 'Masters of the Universe'.

Apparently we wont have it in 2018 as they are looking to change the date to Feb / March. Players were discussing this on friday or saturday from memory.

Got a good photo with Brooke on Saturday. Showed it to the wife but she doesnt appear to think its that good

@Snowy said in Americas Cup:

Anybody interested in this now that the traitors stole government money and ran away offshore with it?

So far I've resisted clicking on all news items about it except this thread. Team Treason sums up the whole circus that the "NZ" syndicate has become nicely...

@Chris-B. said in Black Caps v Ireland v Bangledesh ODIs:

@Bovidae The way the Sri Lankans smacked Boult around he might not be a certainty either.

I see the SL game was at Edgbaston, as well - on that evidence home ground advantage might not save Jeets from the tonk. However, we'd need some pretty favourable conditions to give our seam attack an advantage over the Aussies, so there might be merit in playing two spinners.

The poms have tried for a psychological advantage by scheduling our match against them in Cardiff! 🙂

You mean trying to make us complacent, as the last NZ team to play a knockout match tin Cardiff won 62-13?

Yeah. Imagine the let down if he hadn't...

Final putt certainly got a massive cheer by all those watching it in the Titirangi clubhouse yesterday morning.

<p>they've still got to be pretty hot favourites at home. god i would love it if we beat them though.</p>
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<p>at the very least it had better go a long way towards erasing the humiliation of last time around, hesson would be pretty keen on that i'm sure.</p>

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<p>The cap does it for me, Every fkn time.</p>

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<p>Actor Russell Crowe has dropped by the Auckland cricket club where his cousin, cricketing great Martin Crowe, first honed his batting skills.</p>
<p>A photo posted to Twitter this afternoon shows Russell, dressed in black shorts and singlet, with members of the Cornwall Park Cricket Club.</p>
<p>Martin, who was farewelled at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell yesterday, was a member of the club before going on to become New Zealand's greatest test batsman.</p>
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Ah right, re read the above.....<br><br>Naaa never done one that long before but hey, there's a good challenge for me ! ( and anyone else ). Will aim to nail that during the Xmas period.

Its pretty simple way of looking at it Bart and more importantly IT WORKS. Well most of the time. My upper upper body is fairly lean....just that bloody gut to sort out - always the hardest and last place to lose it from. I guess it will just come with time if I continue doing what I am doing. I'm in no real rush afterall - still a fair few months until summer!<br />
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Re lean gains, that approach appears more of a lifestyle rather than a short term diet. People seem to adopt the philosophy for long term and as a result stay fair;y lean year round and even manage to put on muscle in doing so. But I think it still all comes back to managing your caloric intake whether it be over 8 hours of say 14hours (given 10 should be sleeping) like most of us do.<br />
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I know its totally against the 6 smaller meals a day approach that has been drummed in to us in recent times but there is some good reading available against that approach with research etc to support http://www.leangains.com/2010/10/top-ten-fasting-myths-debunked.html . Worth a read.<br />
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I'm in the same camp as most at the moment in that I'm not sold on it but from the experiences I've read about on line, pretty much all that have given this approach a go dont turn back to their dieting approaches of before and speak of being leaner and stronger than ever. I'm almost considering giving it a go for a month or so to see if there really is any benefit to it. Hard thing as always will be comparing actual results with what progress I might have made without making the change and just continuing on with what I am doing now. I suspect it there will be no significant differences, just a different approach in which case no gain or loss (other than my beloved proats for breakfast!!) Could it be worth a punt?