Saturday, March 20, 2004
Gotta love this kind stuff
Gone are the days of 90 overs and 160 runs (well they are pretty rare from NZ teams anyway).
Aussie started the trend by smacking opening day scores of over 300 with monotonous regularity beginning in the 90s and NZ has followed suit along with several other countries.
"Chris Cairns's ballistic half-century lit up Eden Park as New Zealand built up a strong lead in the second Test at Auckland...Styris lunged forward in defence and Pollock latched on to the edge, diving low to his right (285 for 4). It ended a magnificent innings, one characterised by fearlessness under pressure, and included 24 fours and two mighty sixes.
Smith took the new ball immediately after the dismissal. But the new-ball bowlers were attacked with venom...Cairns began that job with a flourish. Pollock was hammered for four fours in one over as square-, cover- and straight-drives were all on show. The short stuff was carted to midwicket and Cairns raced to 40 off just 24 balls. All the other bowlers were bludgeoned too and South Africa didn't know what had hit them......"
Isn't it nice to have a decent cricket team once again?
On another sporting note, is this actually a national trend or an aberration?
Rugby crowds seem to be shrinking ever so slightly, while populations in the cities hosting the big games certainly are not. We even saw the astonishing sight of an All Black test match with empty seats a year or two ago in Christchurch.
Obviously the biggest games will always be packed to the rafters but what of the next tier down which always enjoyed huge support?
Auckland frequently draws criticism for it's meek following of it's sports teams (like it's a law that everybody in the world must be interested in their city's sports teams), but are we now seeing other cities following the trend?
More on this later...much later as I taught 38 classes this week and have about the same next week. Completely mentally shot last night. Even now after 8 hours sleep I am pretty shattered.
I see though that the 'no fun' police made a nice bit of cash last night.
Seven cars impounded in boy racers sting
20 March 2004
Seven cars were impounded and almost 300 traffic tickets issued during an overnight operation against boy racers in south Auckland, police said today. The operation took place in the Smales Rd and Harris Rd area of East Tamaki, a popular venue for off-street racing. A police spokesman said officers went through 200 cars, issuing about $100 in fines. Seven cars were impounded under legislation passed last year to combat boy racers, while 291 tickets were issued for a range of offences."
That's 'about' 30,000 dollars if those figures are to be believed (although due to the fantastic journalism perhaps it was 291 fines totalling $100 so it was an average fine of 34 cents).
I'm sure the motivation is all to do with that 'broken windows' type stuff. Tinted black windows in this case.
Personally I've never once had any troubles with a 'boy racer' and I was wondering what it is they do that's so naughty apart from leaving tire marks in interesting places. Anybody else able to enlighten me? I have more problems with men in the 40-60 age bracket driving massive, high powered 'Bathurst' style cars at 140+ km's on open roads right up my arse.
And back to the police making money...I was in Wellington a few months ago there was a speed radar check point a couple of hundred metres from where I was having a beer. They were hauling cars over faster than they could ticket them. Love to know how much they made there. I'll excuse them though as that was quite entertaining for yours truly.
bloggingitreal@yahoo.com
Aussie started the trend by smacking opening day scores of over 300 with monotonous regularity beginning in the 90s and NZ has followed suit along with several other countries.
"Chris Cairns's ballistic half-century lit up Eden Park as New Zealand built up a strong lead in the second Test at Auckland...Styris lunged forward in defence and Pollock latched on to the edge, diving low to his right (285 for 4). It ended a magnificent innings, one characterised by fearlessness under pressure, and included 24 fours and two mighty sixes.
Smith took the new ball immediately after the dismissal. But the new-ball bowlers were attacked with venom...Cairns began that job with a flourish. Pollock was hammered for four fours in one over as square-, cover- and straight-drives were all on show. The short stuff was carted to midwicket and Cairns raced to 40 off just 24 balls. All the other bowlers were bludgeoned too and South Africa didn't know what had hit them......"
Isn't it nice to have a decent cricket team once again?
On another sporting note, is this actually a national trend or an aberration?
Rugby crowds seem to be shrinking ever so slightly, while populations in the cities hosting the big games certainly are not. We even saw the astonishing sight of an All Black test match with empty seats a year or two ago in Christchurch.
Obviously the biggest games will always be packed to the rafters but what of the next tier down which always enjoyed huge support?
Auckland frequently draws criticism for it's meek following of it's sports teams (like it's a law that everybody in the world must be interested in their city's sports teams), but are we now seeing other cities following the trend?
More on this later...much later as I taught 38 classes this week and have about the same next week. Completely mentally shot last night. Even now after 8 hours sleep I am pretty shattered.
I see though that the 'no fun' police made a nice bit of cash last night.
Seven cars impounded in boy racers sting
20 March 2004
Seven cars were impounded and almost 300 traffic tickets issued during an overnight operation against boy racers in south Auckland, police said today. The operation took place in the Smales Rd and Harris Rd area of East Tamaki, a popular venue for off-street racing. A police spokesman said officers went through 200 cars, issuing about $100 in fines. Seven cars were impounded under legislation passed last year to combat boy racers, while 291 tickets were issued for a range of offences."
That's 'about' 30,000 dollars if those figures are to be believed (although due to the fantastic journalism perhaps it was 291 fines totalling $100 so it was an average fine of 34 cents).
I'm sure the motivation is all to do with that 'broken windows' type stuff. Tinted black windows in this case.
Personally I've never once had any troubles with a 'boy racer' and I was wondering what it is they do that's so naughty apart from leaving tire marks in interesting places. Anybody else able to enlighten me? I have more problems with men in the 40-60 age bracket driving massive, high powered 'Bathurst' style cars at 140+ km's on open roads right up my arse.
And back to the police making money...I was in Wellington a few months ago there was a speed radar check point a couple of hundred metres from where I was having a beer. They were hauling cars over faster than they could ticket them. Love to know how much they made there. I'll excuse them though as that was quite entertaining for yours truly.
bloggingitreal@yahoo.com
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