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**Official** New Zealand in England
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Flem274*
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Never **** with da PacMan or da PacMan will **** with you!What on Earth's going on in the avatar department?
The departure from the famed Flem photo was bad enough; now we've got ANOTHER psycho smiley to add to the Young list.
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I find your Pacman more than a little obtuse, though he's got a-cute smile!
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Two "WTF?"s in selection - NZ replace Mason with Gillespie, England replace Mascarenhas... which would've been fair enough if Sidebottom was fit, but he's not, so it is... Chris Tremlett.
Absolutely ridiculous that Mascarenhas gets a 23-over game then gets dropped in what seem likely to be bowler-friendly conditions.
Beyond ridiculous, really. I'd be annoyed if I hadn't seen this sort of crap so many times before.
Absolutely ridiculous that Mascarenhas gets a 23-over game then gets dropped in what seem likely to be bowler-friendly conditions.
Beyond ridiculous, really. I'd be annoyed if I hadn't seen this sort of crap so many times before.
Flem274*
123/5
Holy Mary, Mother of "God". pray for our batsmen now and at the minute of their innings or even better, transfer some God powers to them. Apart from the ability to have babies without rumpy pumpy, not sure they'd want that. Amen.
Flem274*
123/5
Haha, you can actualy make maths amusing, even if the jokes aren't that funny (though its hard to make maths funny).
PacMan respect.
Somerset
Cricketer Of The Year
Given what I've heard here about the conditions (Sky Sport is still wrapping up their rugby coverage), I'm not overly hopeful about our chances if we are indeed batting first. Also not particularly impressed that Gillespie starts over Mason, though I think Mason's costly two overs the other day counted against him.
Somerset
Cricketer Of The Year
I've seen a lot of people in favour of dropping Styris...whilst I admit that his form has been far from compelling over the last six months, he was by far our best player at the World Cup, and in a side lacking experience somewhat, I think hes still a very valuable member of the XI.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
I absolutely hate it when something counts against a bowler for ODIs in a game of length (23\24\29 overs, whatever it was at various points) that bears no resemblence to a ODI.
I wonder whether it'll be Broad or Tremlett who opens the bowling with Anderson.
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
See also, Mathemagicians, Morkambe
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Broad 'tis.
Anderson's ODI career record against ODI-standard teams reads economy-rate 5.2-an-over, average 31. New Zealand have done second-best against him, taking him for 5.67-an-over, bettered only by West Indies (5.94-an-over).
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
I mean, FFS if Gillespie HAD to come in it'd make sense to replace Southee no?
McCullum gets the first boundary of the innings, greeted by The Killers who've been a favourite this season.
EDIT: and whacks a hefty six next ball.
EDIT2: and an unbelievably fast four next ball again, bloody hell that travelled accross the turf!
McCullum gets the first boundary of the innings, greeted by The Killers who've been a favourite this season.
EDIT: and whacks a hefty six next ball.
EDIT2: and an unbelievably fast four next ball again, bloody hell that travelled accross the turf!
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Bit late there fella.
