Thursday, October 9, 2008

The First Test - Bella (the mole) has started

* And it's tea in Bangalore.  Australia is 2/166 with Punter on 94* and Brazen yet to get off the mark.  As an aside, Franz Ferdinand don't really work with a slow motion montage of Asad Raouf making decisions

* Speaking of Bangladesh v NZ, let's take a look at the progress.  After struggling to 6/79 thanks to 3 wickets from Mashrafe Mortaza, Jacob Oram and the best finger spinner in world cricket put on 70 runs in 20 overs to help guide the Black Caps to 9/201.  The Balls own Jessie Ryder contributing a glorious 34 off 35 at the top of the order.  In reply, the Bangladeshi's have made steady progress to be 1/67 after 19 overs.  MC Gregor is torn between the love for his country of birth and his wish for Bangladesh to be successful at international level.  Mix Master D merely wants Bangladesh to win to see MC Greogr shed a tear

* The curator is sitting on the boundary looking sheepish.  This is either due to the state of the pitch, or the state of NZ cricket in their latest blockbuster against Bangladesh

* Ishant Sharma continues to look at his image on the scoreboard after every delivery as he tries to figure out exactly what Gabriella Sabatini is doing at Bangalore

* 2-166 as the man with the worst nickname ever (Mr Cricket, please) has joined the captain.  With Punter only 6 runs from the ton, look for Brazen to turn over the strike initially before settling in to his innings.

*Thankfully, The Balls have moved to an area where we still get the commentary rather than the trivia.  Life is good.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

No live blogging of NZ v Bangladesh?

Free pass to Cricinfo

MC Gregor & Mix Master D said...

You strike me to be a medium paced bowler who would have taken 3/77 off of 5 five overs (with two dropped catches).

Anonymous said...

3/78. It was 3 dropped catches. The Balls are no friend of accuracy it does seem

and for the 4 other blokes who visit this site, those figures were attained over two spells