Another glorious victory for NZ cricket

[Jethro]

They have managed to beat Pakistan by an Innings in the third test to square the series.

This was vitally important for the Kiwi's due to their recent lack of form, having only beaten the minor cricketing nations, (Kenya, Holland, England) in recent years.

[chrisjk]

Originally posted by Jethro
England) in recent years.

Yeah, ha, ha very funny, seen as we invented the ****ing game, as god-awful and boring as it may be (a bit like Golf - you've got us to blame for that too). Even though england is **** at cricket we aren't quite at the level of holland/kenya (i didn't even know they played it)

BTW, when I said Us, I meant britain, not scotland. I might also add I'm getting pretty damn tired of your insults to england/britain ("POMMIES").

Just reporting the facts.....

Also see an earlier posting, (like months ago) "Ten Things l Love about England".

[chrisjk]

England is not a "minor cricketing nation". They couldn't play their way out of a paper bag, but they still ain't a minor nation. I admit they're a level down from yourselves and a few others, but not "minor"

And i suppose another of your "facts" is when they decided to help us poor pommies by making food drops. Hmmmm...interesting.

[chrisjk]

BTW I did a search for "Ten Things l Love about England" and it returned about 28,000 results, so i'm buggered if i'm ganna look through them

[chrisjk]

All is forgiven...http://forums.vb-world.net/showthrea...threadid=65179

yeah.. NZ did a good job.. considering the other team was PAK

but don't call England a minor team... they are coming back into the center stage.. they atleast beat Sri Lanka and may not be white washed by Ausiie

Don't worry fellas New Zealand managed to loss to Zimbabwe

[Beacon]

Facts straight:

Holland
Kenya
United Arab Emirates
Scotland
Bangladesh

Are ONLY limited overs cricketing countries!
test playing nations are:

NZ
AUST
INDIA
PAK
WI
ZIMB
S.A
ENG
S.L

Jethro England aint minors of cricket! Even the arrogant aussie you dubbed can admit that!
They aren't goin the best but could turn it on in the ashes tour! Australia look to lagged and need some refreshing new talent! That bracken guy's a tool!
Australia could well come off the rails(prediction)!

[Active]

Originally posted by Jethro
This was vitally important for the Kiwi's due to their recent lack of form...

They won the ICC knock out cup ! They are still strong.

Originally posted by Beacon
Facts straight:

Holland
Kenya
United Arab Emirates
Scotland
Bangladesh

Are ONLY limited overs cricketing countries!
test playing nations are:

NZ
AUST
INDIA
PAK
WI
ZIMB
S.A
ENG
S.L

Jethro England aint minors of cricket! Even the arrogant aussie you dubbed can admit that!
They aren't goin the best but could turn it on in the ashes tour! Australia look to lagged and need some refreshing new talent! That bracken guy's a tool!
Australia could well come off the rails(prediction)!

Those facts weren't straight.. Bangladesh is now a test playing country.. They played their first test against India at Dhaka in Nov

Updated list:
One day playing countries
[i]They have played atleast one official ODI

• Kenya
• Holland
• Scotland
• UAE
• Namibia
• Hong Kong
• Canada
• Barbados (now part of West Indies)
• East Africa (now part of Kenya)

Test playing countries

• Australia
• India
• England
• Sri Lanka
• New Zealand
• West Indies
• South Africa
• Zimbabwe
• Pakistan
• Bangladesh

But I think cricket is a very popular game only in South Asia, Australia, South Africa and Windies

[Beacon]

Sorry, anoop007 is correct. But i thought i did a pretty good job off the top of my head.
Only getting 1 wrong!

Don't you think it's popular in Britain?

By the way what drugs are you giving harbijhan singh(hope thats right) he's killing them!

i don't think its all that popular in England now..

hehe.. you had one spelling mistake.. its Harbhajan Singh..nicked as Bhajji

.. dunno what they give him but his hands can really turn the ball..

.. heard that Bhajji has a new name in Aussie?.. some thing like the Terminator . or so?

[b]
But i thought i did a pretty good job off the top of my head.
Only getting 1 wrong!
[b]

Yeah you did a good job.. and I too got if off the top of my head.. didn't have time to do any research.. maybe somebody will come up with a more accurate list

[Beacon]

I'll agree with that nickname.
He destroyed the aussie batsmen!

With him and Kumble India will be unstoppable at home!
And laxman and dravid what i stand i reckon that has got to be one of the best partnerships in years!
Not even 1 chance in a whole day!

We better win the next match!!!!!

yeah.. at home India maybe good..

but overseas.. well you know how India crashed in the last tour to Australia.. India had not lost a series at home for 13 years till 2000.. but has won just one test overseas in the same period.. well that speaks the truth... India is very good at home and is utter crap overseas..

I think only the great West Indies team of the 80s were able to knock India over in recent memory. Yeah, with their new Captain and hard nose attitude the current Indian team could do a Sri Lanka. I wonder if they would swap their new spinner for Warne. The advantage for India is that they would not need pitch rollers.

England

They get a couple of wins and are suddenly World beaters. Sorry guys, 4 nil to the mighty Australians with one match rained out.

Beacon

Todays the day our Batsmen have got to perform.

[chrisjk]

Old Shane Warne plays here for Hampshire, maybe he is trying to teach us how to play

Originally posted by chrisjk
Old Shane Warne plays here for Hampshire, maybe he is trying to teach us how to play

Can you guys maybe keep him, your Pie industry will see rising profits.

[chrisjk]

We have enough pies being eaten already. Fat ****, Two Jags, John Prescott (The first part is his "nickname", he's the deputy PM incase you didn't know) keeps the industry working overtime on his own!!!

[Beacon]

Maybe thats why Warnie went so crap in India. He burnt his index finger on a Hampshire Pie?

Wait for yet another warnie comeback! Were his career took off in England. Remember the Gatting Ball?
Greatest ball ever or close to. Also produced similar deliveries against the windies!

India

Well it seems they all hate ganguly over there?
Has something to do with a movie star or something! Someone correct me! They booed him off in 2 of 3 tests.
Bit of tention there between him and oz!

We'll win this one Martyn, Gilly and Hayden! Ponting will continue his crap form so will waugh but mcgrath and harvey will shine with the ball!
ha!

Ganguly's popularity is going down fast!.. got nothing to do with any movie star as far as i know.. But his batting has been crap and he is just too over-reactive..

He's having problems with Steve Waugh (who is a very popular cricketer here).. It seems all other Indian and Aussie players are good friends off the field but Ganguly and Waugh are really going mad at each other..

But Ricky Ponting has made a great comeback!! 103 thats cool! and the aussie batsmen are playing well..
They are 259/3 as i write this and S.Waugh just hit a six

Yeah... I expected Warnie to play well here.. but yes.. he'll make a comeback.. we'll see more of those 90 degree spin from him!