Astle gets NZ Order of Merit

[James]

Astle gets NZ Order of Merit

 

[Fiery]

Well deserved. One of NZ's finest batsmen

 

[Richard]

 

[Perm]

Meh.

 

[Fiery]

Meh.

 

[James]

Good on Astle for getting one, but I don't agree with sports people getting recognised in this way.

 

[Flem274*]

Good on him. He deserves it. And people thought he'd be a bits and peices cricketer when he first started. Look how wrong they were.

 

[armchairumpire]

Mind boggles as to what Honour Fleming will get when he retires. Sir Stephen?

 

[Fiery]

Mind boggles as to what Honour Fleming will get when he retires. Sir Stephen?

Nah, guys like Martin Crowe, John R.Reid and Bert Sutcliffe haven't been knighted so Flem probably wont be. Paddles is our only cricketing knight.

 

[armchairumpire]

Is Astle still playing first class cricket or did he retire all together?

 

[Perm]

Is Astle still playing first class cricket or did he retire all together?

Retired from all forms of cricket I think.

 

[Fiery]

Unrelated but this is quite good

 

[Flem274*]

Retired from all forms of cricket I think.

I'm pretty sure I heard him on the radio playing FC cricket opening for Canterbury. Could have been Todd Astle though.

 

[Perm]

I'm pretty sure I heard him on the radio playing FC cricket opening for Canterbury. Could have been Todd Astle though.

It would've indeed been Todd Astle.

 

[Flem274*]

It would've indeed been Todd Astle.

OK then, my bad.

They didn't even mention Astle on the news for his order of merit. Disgraceful IMO. Especially when they mentioned Ruben Wiki in front of Lomu and no Astle at all.

Where's that damn rant thread in OT....

 

[Perm]

OK then, my bad.

They didn't even mention Astle on the news for his order of merit. Disgraceful IMO. Especially when they mentioned Ruben Wiki in front of Lomu and no Astle at all.

Where's that damn rant thread in OT....

Wiki>Astle IMO.

 

[Macka]

Mind boggles as to what Honour Fleming will get when he retires. Sir Stephen?

The fascist Labour government removed knighthoods. Can anyone remember who were awarded honours last year?

Kind of puts it into perspective when Astle gets an award like this. Decent player, good ODI batsman... but yeah, hardly deserving.

 

[Flem274*]

Wiki>Astle IMO.

Fair enough, not going to stop me having a rant in OT though.

 

[Richard]

OK then, my bad.

They didn't even mention Astle on the news for his order of merit. Disgraceful IMO. Especially when they mentioned Ruben Wiki in front of Lomu and no Astle at all.

Where's that damn rant thread in OT....

Post it in the one in CC... then I can Saj it next week.

 

[Richard]

Nah, guys like Martin Crowe, John R.Reid and Bert Sutcliffe haven't been knighted so Flem probably wont be. Paddles is our only cricketing knight.

Must say I've always been really surprised Bert Sutcliffe was never knighted.