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

Barney Rubble

Barney Rubble

International Coach
luckyeddie said:
Apparently, when Scott Styris was young, he made an amazing discovery that could have changed his life for the better if he had realised it at the time - notwithstanding the fact that it was the first and only time any Kiwi had ever created anything other than an excuse.

His boyhood nickname was 'Sty' - nothing to do with his surname, more to do with the fact that he had the manners of a pig. Anyway, I digress.

He had a part-time job at a local factory, and one day his boss asked him to ditch a couple of drums of toxic chemicals, namely ethylene and benzene - properly, in the deep part of the river.

Sty, lazy git that he was, just rolled them down the hill and they ended up in shallow water. His boss saw this and told him in no uncertain terms to tow them well away from the bank and sink them. "If a job's worth doing, it's worth telling someone to do it well", he muttered.

Sty eventually decided to do as he was told, because he was too lazy to argue. He strolled down the hill, tied the drums to the stern of a rowing-boat and set off. The drums were heavy, though, so Sty decided to lighten the load by unscrewing the lids and letting some of the liquids out.

So that's what he did - and the two noxious chemicals instantly reacted violently with each other. A huge mass of toxic, foul-smelling bubbles (a little like Rod Marsh passing wind in the bath) threatened to engulf the little rowing boat, but young Scott seemed oblivious to the danger - until, that is, his boss yelled out at the top of his voice: "Sty! Row! Foam!"

and sold the patent to Dow Chemicals.
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Genius. :D
 
James

James

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2-0 South Africa is my pick.

It seems as though the weather is pretty bad at this time of year in South Africa from hearing media reports, so perhaps we could escape with a 0-0 series draw.
 
marc71178

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
Natman20 said:
Predictions for this series?
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NZ clean sweep.

Richard to claim the poor catching meant SA didn't clean sweep it and to continue to claim that "SA are infinitely better than NZ"
 
_Ed_

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I have a feeling we could take a test off them...so 1-1 or 2-1 to SA depending on the weather.
 
marc71178

marc71178

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Blaze said:
Well there is a first time for everything I guess... (winning a series in SA)
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To be honest, I was only saying that as part of the bigger picture.

That said, I can't see wither side running away with the series.
 
Mr Mxyzptlk

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I'm thinking New Zealand will sneak a win at some point in the series. Currently the batting has some questions about it, but so does the South African line-up. Both teams find strength in their bowling and depth of batting, and South Africa > New Zealand in terms of bowling attack. However, New Zealand have Shane Bond, and if that is coupled with good conditions for swing bowling at any crucial venture in a Test match, it could go decisively their way.

On paper South Africa should sweep New Zealand weather permitting, but New Zealand isn't a team that dabbles with paper. They're a team that deals with passion and heart.
 
Smudge

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Mr Mxyzptlk said:
I'm thinking New Zealand will sneak a win at some point in the series. Currently the batting has some questions about it, but so does the South African line-up. Both teams find strength in their bowling and depth of batting, and South Africa > New Zealand in terms of bowling attack. However, New Zealand have Shane Bond, and if that is coupled with good conditions for swing bowling at any crucial venture in a Test match, it could go decisively their way.

On paper South Africa should sweep New Zealand weather permitting, but New Zealand isn't a team that dabbles with paper. They're a team that deals with passion and heart.
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Indeed - they usually dabble in other things on tours of South Africa...
 
Kippax

Kippax

Cricketer Of The Year
Seems Papps is suddenly being talked about as a certainty to play. Funny that yesterday I'm pretty sure I was reading Fulton "has the tools" to be considered as an opener, and that the speculation about Styris being dropped was "silly".

I don't really want to add to the Bracewell bash-a-thon, but I do wonder if he's actually figured this stuff out in his own mind yet.

New Zealand have also, according to coach John Bracewell, sorted out the void at the top of the order left by the retirement of long-serving left-hander Mark Richardson.

“We are looking to re-establish that strength at the top of the order. With the playing conditions in New Zealand — we get a lot of green, seaming wickets — you don’t get a lot of guys volunteering to bat that high in the order.

“It’s something New Zealand has struggled with for a long, long time — going back to the days of John Wright and Bruce Edgar (who played his last Test in 1986) really. They were the last two specialists. Since then we have had to force guys up the order.

“But on this tour we have brought two specialist openers and a specialist No 3 and we believe it is time again to reestablish those positions.”
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http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A181974
 
Loony BoB

Loony BoB

International Captain
Dare I say it, that's a good move by Bracewell. Wonder if he's just bowing in to pressure or not, though.
 
Kippax

Kippax

Cricketer Of The Year
It's a pity you're not going to be in NZ to balance up the talkback lines, LB. There's a good chance the simmering unrest towards Bracewell will finally overflow if Papps is named in the 1st test XI and Styris isn't.

Adopting a 'do what your opponent wants least' approach, Styris has to play with either Fleming or Fulton opening IMO. It's Papps (viewed as a gritty, one-dimensional hack who they couldn't wait to play at home) vs. the guy who scored 321 @ 80 on their last tour here. The only upside the Proteas lose is an earlier crack at Fleming, which I doubt would even up the ledger in their eyes.
 
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