Comments on: Oram tests faithful

By: ICC World Twenty20: Super Eight «

ICC World Twenty20: Super Eight « — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:11:51 +0000

[...] promise in their two group matches as I thought they might, but the quality of Vettori, McCullum, Oram and Taylor (if all are fit at the same time) will raise hopes of a Semi Final [...]

By: jamie64

jamie64 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:19:05 +0000

Oram is a girl. In my day we bowled 50 eight ball overs a day, and played back to back tests. On roads mind you.

No wonder NZ are so useless. Their players are just soft.

Except for TWGA (The Worlds greatest Allrounder) James Franklin. (He bats at six you know and takes the new pill…)

By: Sid

Sid — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:17:50 +0000

Let me start the list with Freddie fuking Flintoff. “oh i am fitter than ever, form of my life” — shit head.

By: poopsie

poopsie — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:51:14 +0000

How many jellybean players are currently still trying to play international cricket in some form? Is there a starting 11?

By: Emma

Emma — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:09:40 +0000

just a small fact…
Oram wasn’t overlooked for the Indian Test Series, it was more he decided that he wanted time to prime his body for the IPL and feigned an archillies injury.

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:30:53 +0000

I can’t blame the guy really. Bowling 40 overs in a test match is insane. Look at baseball pitchers, they throw like 100 pitches every five days, that’s much less than bowlers in cricket, and bowling is way harder on the body. Humans weren’t designed to take that kind of stress. Back in the day when they played half as much cricket, bowlers could recover, but not now.
Oram is smart, why pick up a bunch of injuries for NZ, which are never going to be #1 in Tests anyway, when you could cash in on the T20 leagues in a format where you are a much better player. Man’s gotta eat.

By: Leg Break

Leg Break — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:14:16 +0000

The funny thing about this interview is that it’s basically had no coverage in NZ.

I guess people just thought they were suddenly listening to last year’s news.