Mrs Inventory and I are in Christchurch for the weekend, celebrating the 90th birthday of a rather remarkable relative. Oh, and doing a bit of business, so as to justify taking a day off yesterday!
But what a weekend of sport is in the offing. The Black Caps are hanging in by the skin of their teeth against the Aussies, and if they can knock over the last four wickets without too many more runs being added, there is an outside chance of an upset win.
There's the League World Cup final tonight (the word "World" being used fairly liberally!), where the Aussies plan to bash Kiwi playmaker Benji Marshall, but where the Kiwis can still call on the memory of their 24-nil spanking of the Aussies three years ago. And the weather forecast for Brisbane tonight is a shocker!
And of course, the All Blacks take on Wales tomorrow morning at Cardiff - always a huge occasion, even if the Welsh don't rate themselves much of a chance, if former Welsh flanker Gwyn Jones' words are any indication. But the AB's will be determined to put to rest their last visit to Cardiff, of which the less is said the better.
A Kiwi trifecta - well, I wouldn't bet on it, but in this post-Helengrad age, who would discount it??!!
3 comments:
Call me a killjoy if you like but I see only a win in Cardiff.
They way the cricket is going even though the wicket is said to be a very good batting one I don't see the NZ batsman chasing down a likely 250/300 even with over two days to do it. I see only Jamie How capable of a big hundred with the rest `waffling' there way to 20or 30 and then getting out.
The league - no chance.
I hearby tender my resignation as a predicter of the results of Rugby League games. I rarely watch league (that is now very obvious I guess) and last night turned off at 10-0.
Now for Ross Taylor nd Daniel Vettori to put together a partnership of 180 plus today to prove me wrong there as well. I am starting to think How is another who flatters to deceive - I haven't seen his secongd innings dismissal by the SST says it was pretty feeble.
I hope you're leaving some North Island money in the south. We were up in Christchurch last week and there were signs it was in need of a financial injection.
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