Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final
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@crucial Actually, I recently got quite a detailed map from udig - I daren't put in a few fence posts lest I put a shovel through the South Island's fibre optic cable. But as you suggested there is no duct - I talked to a Chorus guy who was at the gate inspecting stuff a couple of months ago.
I actually sent Spark that advice you gave me last time about VDSL quoting you as "a former Chorus Engineer told me...".
They emailed back saying "we will look into it" - and that was the last I heard.
I went through a Chorus online process and they emailed me - Sorry fibre isn't available, but good news - VDSL is available at your address - contact your IP. I sent that to Spark and still nothing!
I'll see if I can work out a way to order VDSL directly. Most times on Spark's website you just run up against a brick wall of sorry it's not available at your place, but you can have wireless.
@nzzp Unfortunately - even though I'm not actually in the sticks - we're in a hill shadow from the nearby cellphone tower, so you have to stand in the right spot to get (not good) phone coverage. My neighbour tried wireless, but it's no better than ADSL.
Maybe Starlink will solve the problem!
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@snowy said in Black Caps tour to England:
@canefan said in Black Caps tour to England:
No research obviously, but Lou Vincent as well?
Yes. Sixth kiwi to get a ton on debut. Only the second to do it overseas.
Would have been handy when they decided that this was important at Lords:
"Vincent equalled the most runs scored in boundaries (118 runs in boundaries) by a batsman in an ODI innings, when he scored 172 against Zimbabwe on 24 August 2005."Trigger bait
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@snowy said in Black Caps tour to England:
@canefan said in Black Caps tour to England:
No research obviously, but Lou Vincent as well?
Yes. Sixth kiwi to get a ton on debut. Only the second to do it overseas.
Would have been handy when they decided that this was important at Lords:
"Vincent equalled the most runs scored in boundaries (118 runs in boundaries) by a batsman in an ODI innings, when he scored 172 against Zimbabwe on 24 August 2005."What a scorecard it was against a ridiculously strong Aussie team too ! Some legends in that line up.....
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@snowy said in Black Caps tour to England:
@mn5 said in Black Caps tour to England:
What a scorecard it was
Bizarre ay? Four centuries and nobody else in double figures (except the ever reliable extras).
We competed against a team that strong. Every single player in that Aussie team was either an all time great ( Hayden, Ponting, S Waugh, Gilchrist, Warne, McGrath ) or “merely” very good ( Langer, M Waugh, Martyn, Lee, Gillespie )
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We were never going to win that match with those umpires, the only real highlight excluding the obvious 4 centuries in an innings was the rigor salute to see Warnie not get his 100.
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@bayimports said in Black Caps tour to England:
We were never going to win that match with those umpires, the only real highlight excluding the obvious 4 centuries in an innings was the rigor salute to see Warnie not get his 100.
Warne would have to be the biggest run scorer in history not to get a ton wouldn’t he ?
Kumble got one and I remember Harbajan got two back to back against us !!!! Fuck me days.....how embarrassing.
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@snowy said in Black Caps tour to England:
@mn5 said in Black Caps tour to England:
Fuck me days.....how embarrassing.
Sadly our cricketing days are full of embarrassment. Best not to dwell on it.
Yet to be beaten......
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@mn5 said in Black Caps tour to England:
@snowy said in Black Caps tour to England:
@mn5 said in Black Caps tour to England:
Fuck me days.....how embarrassing.
Sadly our cricketing days are full of embarrassment. Best not to dwell on it.
Yet to be beaten......
I was just about to bring that up, that is about the only one that still annoys me ha ha
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@bayimports said in Black Caps tour to England:
@mn5 said in Black Caps tour to England:
@snowy said in Black Caps tour to England:
@mn5 said in Black Caps tour to England:
Fuck me days.....how embarrassing.
Sadly our cricketing days are full of embarrassment. Best not to dwell on it.
Yet to be beaten......
I was just about to bring that up, that is about the only one that still annoys me ha ha
They were well in the game for a bit as well ( 200 vs 246 )
Sigh......makes this era all the better huh ?
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@snowy said in Black Caps tour to England:
We did well to get 26. The pitch was a minefield, the English doctored it, they would have been lucky to get 10. Even Extras got a duck FFS.
That's all I've got. I had some straws a minute ago, somewhere.
Good yarn except the match was played in fucken Auckland haha
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@mn5 said in Black Caps tour to England:
Good yarn except the match was played in fucken Auckland haha
Never said it was anywhere else. They were out there changing the weather, rubbing their shoes on the pitch, bought the grounds person (never assume gender). Rumours have it ball tampering involved.
Just found those straws.
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@snowy said in Black Caps tour to England:
@mn5 said in Black Caps tour to England:
Good yarn except the match was played in fucken Auckland haha
Never said it was anywhere else. They were out there changing the weather, rubbing their shoes on the pitch, bought the grounds person (never assume gender). Rumours have it ball tampering involved.
Just found those straws.
Anyone still alive ? Perhaps we could assemble survivors for a rematch ?
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@snowy I know you jest and the 26 does irk me as week but we have had way more abject batting performances.
We can all fap away about the current side but their performances on the last tour of Oz were way more disappointing than a bunch of amateurs caught on a sticky wicket against a good England side. Three of the current side were in the team that gave a heartless display in reaching 45 at Cape Town in 2012.
So yeah I want the monkey of 26 off my back(thought England were going to do it a couple of years back) but I have seen much worse batting performances from NZ unfortunately.
Trivia that actually is a bit of a straw to clutch. NZ has the lowest test innings but its not the lowest collective batting performance in a completed innings. In 1924 Sth Africa got to 30 against England but extra's was11. So their eleven batsmen only managed 19in total with no one making double figures. A pyrrhic victory to us!
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@dogmeat said in Black Caps tour to England:
@snowy I know you jest and the 26 does irk me as week but we have had way more abject batting performances.
I jest because it hurts slightly less and it has more than irked me for a lot longer than a week.
I would suggest that we don't delve into great NZ cricket batting failures any further - this will be a really long (and depressing) thread. I will take the small victory there though, thankyou. I have mentioned extras earlier, trust him to show when he wasn't wanted.
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@dogmeat https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-south-africa-2011-12-514013/south-africa-vs-australia-1st-test-514029/full-scorecard
This one offered massive hope.
Oz was 9 down for 21 where we went 9 down for 26 - another pyrrhic victory!
@MN5 - none of those guys are alive. John Reid and Matt Poore both died last year and they were the last.
