Comments on: Hayden shoved, but he’s a big man and hard to move http://crucket.co.nz/2008/12/hayden-shoved-but-hes-a-big-man-and-hard-to-move/ Dedicated to the best little cricket team in the world – New Zealand's Black Caps Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:42:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ben http://crucket.co.nz/2008/12/hayden-shoved-but-hes-a-big-man-and-hard-to-move/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Ben Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:27:38 +0000 http://crucket.co.nz/?p=128#comment-79 Hey Sam. Merry Christmas and welcome to Crucket. You are so right about luck and who it chooses to favour. Cricket is such a game of momentum – form seems to matter as much as ability on any day. It is also remarkable how infectious good and bad performances can be. And as for umpiring, I have, in years passed, pulled out many clumps of hair in response to budding revivals of our struggling players cut short by decisions favouring the stronger team. It is a real pity that with Australia more vulnerable than they have been in 16 or so years, that we sent such a weak team over there. A bit of luck might have mitigated the result but not changed it I think. Still, we get another chance in Feb. in the ODI series. Hey Sam. Merry Christmas and welcome to Crucket.

You are so right about luck and who it chooses to favour. Cricket is such a game of momentum – form seems to matter as much as ability on any day. It is also remarkable how infectious good and bad performances can be. And as for umpiring, I have, in years passed, pulled out many clumps of hair in response to budding revivals of our struggling players cut short by decisions favouring the stronger team.

It is a real pity that with Australia more vulnerable than they have been in 16 or so years, that we sent such a weak team over there. A bit of luck might have mitigated the result but not changed it I think. Still, we get another chance in Feb. in the ODI series.

]]> By: Sam Hoben http://crucket.co.nz/2008/12/hayden-shoved-but-hes-a-big-man-and-hard-to-move/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Sam Hoben Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:49:13 +0000 http://crucket.co.nz/?p=128#comment-78 One thing I can't over, Ben, is just how much the luck follows the braver and (slightly) better. The South Africans completely deserved their wins, but boy has the luck gone their way - exactly the sort of breaks the Aussies usually get, especially at home: ... dropped catches; airy wafts finding the gaps; even umpiring decisions, which is where our Aussie friends normally reign supreme (the shockers Hussey's got spring to mind). You know what!? I'm thinking back to our recent series over there and wondering what might have been had we got the rub of the green. One thing I can’t over, Ben, is just how much the luck follows the braver and (slightly) better. The South Africans completely deserved their wins, but boy has the luck gone their way – exactly the sort of breaks the Aussies usually get, especially at home: … dropped catches; airy wafts finding the gaps; even umpiring decisions, which is where our Aussie friends normally reign supreme (the shockers Hussey’s got spring to mind).

You know what!? I’m thinking back to our recent series over there and wondering what might have been had we got the rub of the green.

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