2024–25 NZ domestic season

[Prince EWS]

I saw Vusi Sibanda in line at a cafe in Canberra. Should've told him he was better than Sehwag.

 

[straw man]

You'll all be pleased to know that Wags behaved exactly as you would expect and was more focused on the test than any of his teammates. A few other ND guys came and went but Wags was there the whole time, sprawled out on the couch, even stayed there by himself for a while when all of his mates had left.

Unfortunately I couldn't sidle up alongside him when he stood up without making it weird so I couldn't get a great height assessment. Surprisingly skinny legs though.

Yeah it's fortunate you didn't sidle up to him and ask him to stand up so you could assess his height, that would have been weeeeiiiiird.

You could have told him about your 11,000 posts on a cricket forum though, I think he would have appreciated that.

 

[jcas0167]

Mike Schlanders breaking through for Auckland after Kippax predicted his rise years ago. He put in a number of good performances for the A side last season too.

***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2019/20

Great for Otago. Last year they were on a road to nowhere with a van full of nobodies, but now they've consolidated into a really good side, in the short form.

www.cricketweb.net

 

[straw man]

97*, looking a good chance for a matchwinning century

 

[Chubb]

I saw Vusi Sibanda in line at a cafe in Canberra. Should've told him he was better than Sehwag.

You actually saw the great man? I would’ve been lost for words too.

 

[Prince EWS]

You actually saw the great man? I would’ve been lost for words too.

I was mostly there to actually watch him play. I had a political event near where he was having a hit so dropped by and saw him at the cafe before the toss.

He made <10 but played a beautiful cover drive for four, and then he picked up 3fa.

 

[SteveNZ]

I saw Vusi Sibanda in line at a cafe in Canberra. Should've told him he was better than Sehwag.

This is so ****ing PEWS. I obviously remember Vusi as a name but I wouldn't know him if he stood right in front of me

 

[SteveNZ]

We need a thread for this ****, seriously. I was in a Mount Maunganui cafe today and saw John Bracewell walk in wearing an outrageous fluoro yellow hat, then about 5 minutes later Ben Lister turned up - a lot more inconspicuously

 

[Prince EWS]

This is so ****ing PEWS. I obviously remember Vusi as a name but I wouldn't know him if he stood right in front of me

I was literally there to watch him play across the road

 

[SteveNZ]

I was literally there to watch him play across the road

Hahaha it's still peak PEWS to watch Vusi Sibanda at 41 years old play club cricket in Canberra

 

[honestbharani]

Hahaha it's still peak PEWS to watch Vusi Sibanda at 41 years old play club cricket in Canberra

He is recruitig him to his party tbh

 

[Chubb]

I was tongue tied when I met Wesley Madhevere but I managed to stumble out that he needed to average 40 in test cricket or Zimbabwe were finished. I think I managed to tell Richie Ngarava he'd bowled well.

Also stammered embarrassingly when I met Nathan Smith for the first time since he became a professional. He said he remembered me but I think he was just being polite.

 

[Smudge]

I have mentioned this on here before, but 20-plus years ago, I went in to play pokies at a pub in Invercargill, the day before a Volts-Canterbury game. Chris Harris was playing two pokie machines at once.

Saw Willie Watson at the airport a year or two back.

 

[jcas0167]

I remember seeing Grant Elliott paying for a carpark on Lambton Quay around 2011 when he was out of favour with the national side. I wanted to tell him how great his hundred at the SCG had been and he would hopefully get another shot.

 

[SteveNZ]

This is absolutely gold, gentlemen. I am going to think of the more obscure sightings I've had over the years and report back later.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

I have mentioned this on here before, but 20-plus years ago, I went in to play pokies at a pub in Invercargill, the day before a Volts-Canterbury game. Chris Harris was playing two pokie machines at once.

Was that around that time he invested in that fast food restaurant?

 

[Smudge]

Was that around that time he invested in that fast food restaurant?

Around that time yes. This was probably 2002...maybe 2003.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

I saw the CD central gang of Tickner, Ajaz, and Young rock up to one of my favourite cafes earlier this year which was validating as I know Tickner is a massive coffee nerd. Young has a lot more tattoos than you'd think.

 

[jcas0167]

Was that around that time he invested in that fast food restaurant?

I saw him in one of the bakeries he had invested in Lower Hutt in 2004 with his arm in a sling from Hadlee-Chappell (he'd gone out to bat one handed). Had a brief chat to him. They made excellent pies.

 

[straw man]

Fisher played for ND A today and 2/21, so good to know he's fit.