Yes, I'm so Happy! 2012

[Lesley Cox]

I'm so happy about something...surely I must be...? but not the cricket. I've decided to become a South African.

As for someone of the management team saying of Jesse Ryder "Cut him some slack. He's only 27" Good God, other 27s are married and bringing up families, running businesses and making fortunes, fighting and dying in wars, saving the environment and the world, leading their countries, and not getting boozed in a pub because they couldn't get their acts together on a cricket pitch. This is a young man who has promised much and delivered very little, and that, infrequently.

[Anthony Darby]

I had the misfortune to watch a snippet of softball (a variant of the Olde English game rounders) a couple of weeks or so ago, with some 'legend' batting. He hit the ball but was so fat he got another player run for him!

[maggiepie]

I had the misfortune to watch a snippet of softball (a variant of the Olde English game rounders) a couple of weeks or so ago, with some 'legend' batting. He hit the ball but was so fat he got another player run for him!

Anthony, shouldn't this be in the moan moan thread?

Or did it make you happy watching the runner?

[Lesley Cox]

The batter was rounder than the runner presumably. Cricket here in Dunedin today, start of a 5 day test. But it's raining! With any luck the 5 days will provide enough playing time to finish what would otherwise probably be a 3 day game, judging from the way NZ is playing at present.

[maggiepie]

Lesley, I would be happy to be able to watch some cricket at the moment, no matter how bad.

[Lesley Cox]

Actually Helen, the cricket's not bad at all pro tem. South Africa batting first were 7 for 191 at close yesterday, after a rain-delayed start. They got to about 50 then their 3 top batters all went out in the space of 4 balls! Smith the Capt, Kallis (for a duck) then A B de Villiers, Chris Martin doing the damage. The forecast for the next day or two is reasonably OK so the game should complete anyway. Too soon for predictions. But yes, I'm pretty happy so far.

PS Your 3 precious seeds arrived yesterday. I'll be going out to sow shortly. Thanks so much. I'll report any progress.

[ronm]

191 for 7 ..... well, well.

[maggiepie]

Actually Helen, the cricket's not bad at all pro tem. South Africa batting first were 7 for 191 at close yesterday, after a rain-delayed start. They got to about 50 then their 3 top batters all went out in the space of 4 balls! Smith the Capt, Kallis (for a duck) then A B de Villiers, Chris Martin doing the damage. The forecast for the next day or two is reasonably OK so the game should complete anyway. Too soon for predictions. But yes, I'm pretty happy so far.

PS Your 3 precious seeds arrived yesterday. I'll be going out to sow shortly. Thanks so much. I'll report any progress.

Glad to hear the seeds finally arrived, Lesley.
Was starting to wonder if they had been impounded.
I am happy to say I sowed 4 seeds in a baggie and they germinated in about 8 days.
Was very happy to see them.

I miss cricket but now the AFL season is starting and I am getting very twitchy, I wish they would get an Oz channel in Canada.

[ronm]

Surely its the Rugby League you miss most?

[maggiepie]

Surely its the Rugby League you miss most?

Don't miss it at all, Ron.
I don't like any of the games with Rugby in the name.
I miss seeing my Collingwood Magpies, trounce the opposition 

[ronm]

We dont see much Rules Football anymore here.
I do remeber a guy called, I think it was, Platton or something like that. Long haired guy, I really enjoyed watching the game at that time. Was he Collingwood?

[maggiepie]

We dont see much Rules Football anymore here.
I do remeber a guy called, I think it was, Platton or something like that. Long haired guy, I really enjoyed watching the game at that time. Was he Collingwood?

You probably mean Platt the rat, he played for Hawthorne.

[ronm]

No it was definately Platten (?) , Mick I think. Talking around 1980's.

[ronm]

OOps , sorry Helen. Of course you were correct. My minds not what it was. It was 'the rat' John Platten I was thinking of. 

[Anthony Darby]

I can't see the point in Aussie Rules. It was created to keep cricket players fit and would certainly do that, but, like grid iron, seems to be a peculiarity of one country.