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***Official*** New Zealand in South Africa
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Another good article here for those who missed it:
"Mitchell sought out and found a man who would follow orders in Reuben Thorne to lead the All Blacks and, while Fleming does not fall into that category, he has been given the privileged position of being able to bat at No. 4 despite the fact it upsets the balance of the team and was allowed to take plenty of time off when his child was born in December. As an aside, Vincent has been deemed ineligible for the upcoming South Africa tour because he wants to be at home for the birth of his child."
It's a very good article listing the myriad of selection blunders recently. Fleming also got time off when his book came out. Double standards, anyone?
"Mitchell sought out and found a man who would follow orders in Reuben Thorne to lead the All Blacks and, while Fleming does not fall into that category, he has been given the privileged position of being able to bat at No. 4 despite the fact it upsets the balance of the team and was allowed to take plenty of time off when his child was born in December. As an aside, Vincent has been deemed ineligible for the upcoming South Africa tour because he wants to be at home for the birth of his child."
It's a very good article listing the myriad of selection blunders recently. Fleming also got time off when his book came out. Double standards, anyone?
SouthernMan
Cricket Spectator
The author of that aritcle is just a ******** with a chip on his shoulder when it comes to Braces. Whenever he gets a chance weather it be on the radio or in print he tries to have a go at Bracewell. Apparently it all wnet back to the Bangaladesh tour when McLean asked for an interview with one of the players Bracewell said no, and McLean has been determined to stick him ever since.
Loony BoB
International Captain
That doesn't change the fact that he's speaking the mind of a large amount of New Zealanders. Bracewell thinks Vincent is an opener, Marshall is an opener, Sinclair is a middle order player and if the rumours are true that Styris is going to get thrown out of the side then I'm lost as to what Styris has to do to stay in there. But then, hey, Vincent got thrown out after his double century so at least Bracewell is consistent.SouthernMan said:
Natman20
International Debutant
Styris is a great player and if he gets dropped it will finally be time to do a proper protest against Bracewell. Nathan Astle was dropped when he hadn't really been doing that badly and look what he did. They stuck with Craig Mcmillan to long and left talents like Fulton out of it longer than they should have been. Bracewell will be shocked when he sees Marshall under performing in South Africa 
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
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.Loony BoB said:I still think Styris is a prime candidate for #3. Two centuries and one not out in his three innings there. Better than Fulton's record.
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.
That was gold, eddie.