1st of the ODI's

are on...go Da Proteas!

 It is raining and I doub t whether there are going to be a game today.  

 yes it's look that way...ain't no sunshine over there

 5.15 pm start .        34 overs game .

AB sends NZ in to bat 

 Parnell out, Shamsi in .

 good move, Parnell is useless.
Good move by AB.....Platinum rule....win toss bat second ..

 Well done to the Black Caps, after looking dead and buried they've fought back nicely to post a competitive score. I thought our bowling and poor fielding assisted their fightback, still it's a pretty easy wicket and it will be interesting to see how the Proteas respond to a bit of pressure. Thought AB missed a trick by not keeping one of the spinners for the final overs.

 Wo w, what a finish. Still trembling.

 Hard luck Kiwis, thought you had it for a while but fortunately for us we've unearthed a new star.
As I've said up above, you showed guts and smarts all the way through the game to make it an oh so close game. The result could have gone either way....stay away rain as we say bring it on Wednesday.

So much for weatherman Tokkie. Great game....unfortunately because SABC isn't covering the series Willow in the States appears to have lost their source.

". . . we've unearthed a new star."
New?
Dense, had you not heard of Andile Phehlukwayo before today?

So how many ODIs has he played? Seems this was his fourth ODI innings.....and he is 20 years old. I think the term 'new star' is entirely appropriate. Did you think new related to him being discovered by fans dumbass? It relates to the fact that he has made good on his potential and emerged as a match winner. Now you see spellcheck just can't help you with that.....hahaha.

Actually being a bit contrary I thought you might be from St Louis on this one....so I found this nice example for you Urinal ......... 'A new tennis star emerged. When it comes to women's tennis, you'd expect to see the names of Serena Williams, Angelique Kerber, Victoria Azarenka etc. up in lights. But not in Rio — Puerto Rico's Mónica Puig took out the women's singles title, winning the country's first ever Olympic gold medal. Watch out, world!' ............. You see Puig emerged by winning the Olympic singles, but obviously she already had a great resume.....it's a standard usage. Now you know and hopefully you wont make a complete fool of yourself in this way again. No need to thank me, I know it's hard for you.

 Mozart
The game was supposed to start at 02:30 SA Time.   I watch the programme bfore the game started  - the umpires went onto the pitch to inspect and they started to remove the covers when the rain started aagain and came down - so they had to replace the covers.    At that stage the clouds were thick and the rain started again.   That was when I wrote the comment on the weather and it was perfectly logical to come to that conclusion.
Logic has never been your strong point.    

But it never occurred to you that the game hadn't been called, that the match officials had access to the best weather advice and that a 'reduced over' option was available? ........ I guess logic isn't your forte.....being wrong is...hahaha.

 Now you know and hopefully you wont make a complete fool of yourself in this way again.
We live in hope.
Moz, now can you cut him some slack, seriously now, I feel for the guy, I mean every time the blithering fool opens up you are there ready with mallet in hand.
Hey um UrineRooi...recovered yet?