**Official** New Zealand in South Africa

[sonnench]

Well Done NZ, and Guptill for a great innings.

Have mixed feelings after the game, Guptill should of been given out LBW, was plumb in front. However, i'm glad the blackcraps won a game, no one like a smashing, unless it's against Aussie.

Makes the last t20 somewhat interesting as well.....

But in all serious, well done NZ, and please wake me up when the real cricket starts (tests).

And FFS, Levi needs to sort his crap out......promote Faf, and bring in AB.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Give Heino Kuhn a go for the final game.

 

[Jono]

Just watched the highlights.

Saffer commentators still God awful. Pay credit to the opposition ffs.

 

[Jono]

Haha, so now the coach and captain can't shake each other's hand after a win without earning the wrath of angry, sad little CWers. Great stuff.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Haha, so now the coach and captain can't shake each other's hand after a win without earning the wrath of angry, sad little CWers. Great stuff.

Otago men, are they?

 

[centurymaker]

Just watched the highlights.

Saffer commentators still God awful. Pay credit to the opposition ffs.

yeah. i noticed the exact same thing.
even when the opposition does something spectacular, they barely have any accolades for them

 

[Hurricane]

Great win but this. Hesson is such a little gimpoid.

 

[NUFAN]

Haven't read the thread but that was a ripper of a catch from Jimmy last night. Good work NZ on the win.

 

[SilentOne]

yeah. i noticed the exact same thing.
even when the opposition does something spectacular, they barely have any accolades for them

Kepler wessels is the worst, everything NZ did is either good or okay, but anything SA did was excellent or great.

how hard is it to be an impartial commentator? FFS

 

[BeeGee]

how hard is it to be an impartial commentator? FFS

Going on the evidence of current commentators, it must be virtually impossible.

I very rarely listen to TV commentary these days. They just ruin the game.

I'd rather form my own angry rant/soap box/conspiracy theory/biased opinions and then force them on you poor bastards.

 

[popepouri]

Kepler wessels is the worst, everything NZ did is either good or okay, but anything SA did was excellent or great.

how hard is it to be an impartial commentator? FFS

I'm from SA and I'm embarrassed.

 

[Smudge]

Otago men, are they?

They are. You wouldn't be accusing me of bias, ****?

Look, the whole affair was handled terribly by NZC and Hesson - particularly some of the rewriting of conversations by Hesson. But some of the stuff from NZ fans, particularly on the net, is nothing short of idiotic - personal slights against Hesson's appearance (relevance? Nil), abuse of McCullum who has largely kept his nose clean in this affair, and comments like the one I quoted. I have kept pretty quiet on this, but that comment was the culmination of rubbish comment after rubbish comment.

 

[Prince EWS]

They are. You wouldn't be accusing me of bias, ****?

Look, the whole affair was handled terribly by NZC and Hesson - particularly some of the rewriting of conversations by Hesson. But some of the stuff from NZ fans, particularly on the net, is nothing short of idiotic - personal slights against Hesson's appearance (relevance? Nil), abuse of McCullum who has largely kept his nose clean in this affair, and comments like the one I quoted. I have kept pretty quiet on this, but that comment was the culmination of rubbish comment after rubbish comment.

I actually tend to agree tbh.

 

[Hurricane]

I actually tend to agree tbh.

You're from Australia.

 

[Prince EWS]

You're from Australia.

Cool story bro.

 

[Viscount Tom]

If you took 20 years off Andy Flower made him into a **** and a Kiwi then remove any osrt of use as a coach you'd get Hesson.

PEWS doesn't know where h's from.

Also
New Zealand in South Africa 2012-13 : McClenaghan added to New Zealand Test squad | Cricket News | South Africa v New Zealand | ESPN Cricinfo

How does he get picked I mean forgive me if I've missed something but an average of nearly 40 in FC seems somewhat high to be at the front of the queue.

 

[hendrix]

Bracewell had a ****ty FC average as well before he was picked

 

[Neil Young]

They are. You wouldn't be accusing me of bias, ****?

Look, the whole affair was handled terribly by NZC and Hesson - particularly some of the rewriting of conversations by Hesson. But some of the stuff from NZ fans, particularly on the net, is nothing short of idiotic - personal slights against Hesson's appearance (relevance? Nil), abuse of McCullum who has largely kept his nose clean in this affair, and comments like the one I quoted. I have kept pretty quiet on this, but that comment was the culmination of rubbish comment after rubbish comment.

It's pretty obvious Hesson lied through his teeth while sacking a popular player as captain. People are bound to be pissed off and show it. With the normal added internet hyperbole.

It's all pretty tame, mind.

 

[Mike5181]

They are. You wouldn't be accusing me of bias, ****?

Look, the whole affair was handled terribly by NZC and Hesson - particularly some of the rewriting of conversations by Hesson. But some of the stuff from NZ fans, particularly on the net, is nothing short of idiotic - personal slights against Hesson's appearance (relevance? Nil), abuse of McCullum who has largely kept his nose clean in this affair, and comments like the one I quoted. I have kept pretty quiet on this, but that comment was the culmination of rubbish comment after rubbish comment.

I'm with you there.

 

[Mike5181]

If you took 20 years off Andy Flower made him into a **** and a Kiwi then remove any osrt of use as a coach you'd get Hesson.

PEWS doesn't know where h's from.

Also
New Zealand in South Africa 2012-13 : McClenaghan added to New Zealand Test squad | Cricket News | South Africa v New Zealand | ESPN Cricinfo

How does he get picked I mean forgive me if I've missed something but an average of nearly 40 in FC seems somewhat high to be at the front of the queue.

It's only a reserve spot, and he's been picked on potential mainly. Gillespie, Milne, Wheeler, Small etc are all injured atm so he was really the only option outside the older guys like Arnel. Wagner or Martin will play anyway.