***Official*** New Zealand in South Africa

[Zinzan]

oi don't be ***ist!

Not at all.............Morrison and Larsen are men aren't they (actually I suppose that is debatable )

 

[sportychic33]

lol . .yeah i know they are men. but yeah a women commentator wouldn't be too bad if she knew what she was talking about. - that's why i'll never commentate

 

[_Ed_]

lol . .yeah i know they are men. but yeah a women commentator wouldn't be too bad if she knew what she was talking about. - that's why i'll never commentate

Yeah but this one doesn't. All she ever says is "that's exactly what they wanted".

 

[Zinzan]

lol . .yeah i know they are men. but yeah a women commentator wouldn't be too bad if she knew what she was talking about. - that's why i'll never commentate

TBH Her biggest failing is that she thinks she is talking to an audience that knows absolutely nothing about cricket......its kind of cricket 101 talk....whereas in reality most of us watching know much more than her.

Its just the latest example of P.C gone mad !!

 

[sportychic33]

yeah we were all watching it when she was commentating and my mum who has no interest in cricket was saying "duh, even i know that"

 

[Zinzan]

yeah we were all watching it when she was commentating and my mum who has no interest in cricket was saying "duh, even i know that"

After hearing her first stint, I muted the T.V and flicked the radio whenever she came on after that

 

[Linda]

A mate I used to go to the cricket with was like this woman... it'd be 0/145 and she'd go "Wow, we need a wicket here".

 

[marc71178]

With an average of 17.51 and recent scores of 15, 15, 24, 2, 0, 36, 5, 14, 35, 11 at an average of 15.70 is this enough to keep him in the team? If he can't bowl it isn't enough for me. Bring in James Marshall.

How can he have such a good Test batting record then such a bad ODI one?!

 

[Langeveldt]

2-0 lalalala!

The bar I was in erupted last night when we won and I don't think anyone thought 202 was sufficient! We also had dancing girls on stage giving out merchandise which was good and lots of merriment..

Can't wait till the match tomorrow and am getting a lot of gloating in now before it all turns to kak and we lose 2-3!

 

[James]

How can he have such a good Test batting record then such a bad ODI one?!

No idea really Marc, however even in domestic one-day cricket he only averages 22.89 with the bat so that tells you something. While in First Class cricket he averages 38.

His most recent domestic one-day scores:

15, 24, 2, 7, 17, 0, 36, 5, 14, 35. [15.50]

Based off his record you'd have to ask the selection panel what they seem in him in regard to ODI cricket

 

[marc71178]

It's most bizarre, quite Vaughan-like in a way (although in an even more extreme way)

 

[honestbharani]

WHAT? RSA won? Wow. I had given up watching the match for good around the 26th over mark, they were only 80 odd away from the target with 5 or 6 wkts in hand. Chasing under lights is TOUGH over there, isn't it?

 

[jot1]

Yep......the token women commentator. Isn't there some womens cricket she can report on !!! She should be locked away in commetators jail along with wetfish Gavin Larsen and Danny Morrison.

Ah! C'mon guys. Give us ladies a chance. Kass Naidoo is a bit irritating, but she'll learn. A lot of the male commentators are just as irritating. I've even heard the great Richie Benaud state very obvious things during his commentating. With television it's difficult to find things to say, as you know everyone is seeing what you're seeing, so you know it's all obvious. Yet you are paid to talk about the match, ball for ball, all the time. TV commentating is much harder than it seems.
Go Saffies! NZ's batting was nearly as pathetic as ours. Their bowling was just as good as ours, though. But for two dodgie decisions, I think we would have been the ones crying. Love it when the umpires win games for us!

 

[open365]

I'm amazed Oram manages to have a respectable test match average.

His footwork last night was terrible,even for such a big person.

 

[chipmonk]

Ah! C'mon guys. Give us ladies a chance. Kass Naidoo is a bit irritating, but she'll learn. A lot of the male commentators are just as irritating. I've even heard the great Richie Benaud state very obvious things during his commentating. With television it's difficult to find things to say, as you know everyone is seeing what you're seeing, so you know it's all obvious. Yet you are paid to talk about the match, ball for ball, all the time. TV commentating is much harder than it seems.
Go Saffies! NZ's batting was nearly as pathetic as ours. Their bowling was just as good as ours, though. But for two dodgie decisions, I think we would have been the ones crying. Love it when the umpires win games for us!

I am All for more women ..... Even in cricket ...... Kass you go Girl !

 

[chipmonk]

In fact I think Kass is kinda cute...... I have never dated a Female Cricket player/fan before ..... I think it would be quite interesting

Hey Baby..... Is the wicket "bone dry" a "little moist" today I can go on but may Iam getting carried away.....

 

[greg]

Is she the one who was presenting the match awards during the Safrica/England series? I thought she was quite good at that

 

[greg]

A first class average of 50 is a pretty good reason. His ODI record isn't too bad either, compared to some others in the black caps.

http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37091.html

Do first class averages mean anything in New Zealand domestic cricket? What sort of strength is it?

 

[greg]

though i will say that oram's footwork last night was pretty shocking, - well actually it was pretty non existent which was not what we normally see from him. if he moved his feet more he would have been able to play / select better shots which would have kept the score moving.

I did wonder what people were talking about a month ago when they said Oram was a better batsman than Flintoff.

We certainly didn't see much to suggest that in England and if yesterday's game was anything to go by...

 

[Jono]

Bit harsh on Kass Naidoo, I reckon she's alright.

Anyway, if you guys don't like people stating the obvious then I won't.....

Other than saying NZ have to win the next one