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  1. banquetbear

    ...NZ Cricket own a 25% stake in a US T20 Competition: is that a good idea?

    ...I have a terrible feeling that NZ Cricket went into this thing with the same mindset. But its a terrible way to start the planning of a multi million dollar business. From what I can gather the bulk of the funding for the project was to come from the $40 million dollar per team franchise...
  2. banquetbear

    ...NZ Cricket own a 25% stake in a US T20 Competition: is that a good idea?

    ...from what I've been able to find on the net: the original pitch was for six franchise teams to participate, each of them paying $40 million for the honour. Unfortunately the people and companies that were approached balked at that offer and sent a collective letter of non-interest. The...
  3. banquetbear

    ...NZ Cricket own a 25% stake in a US T20 Competition: is that a good idea?

    ...saw this in the paper this morning: Cricket: Black Caps Facing Promotional Games In... | Stuff.co.nz The money quote: Unbelievable. And this: I can't imagine that the investment in this project would have been cheap. So New Zealand Cricket have decided they want to be at the forefront...
  4. banquetbear

    ***Official*** England in New Zealand series 2013

    ...I've been hoping my favourite bit of cricket commentary had made it to the net, but alas I can't find it. It was Coney, Parker and Waddle and they were in vintage form. I think Greatbatch was batting to save the test and somehow the cricket commentary morphed into a discussion of "Mystery...
  5. banquetbear

    ***Official*** England in New Zealand series 2013

    ...geez, I can't stand that man. Answer the damn questions and then maybe people will stop asking them.
  6. banquetbear

    Ross Taylor likely to be shafted from the captaincy?

    ...and just one other thing to think about: Hesson has already come out and admitted that he never actually said that Taylor was only loosing the one day and T20 captaincy. Hesson states that Taylor should have understood that in the context of the meeting (apparently it was a debrief on the...
  7. banquetbear

    Ross Taylor likely to be shafted from the captaincy?

    ...the Onion Headline would be "David White insists letter written by former policeman Shane Bond was full of inaccuracies." I don't care what Bob Carter or Mike Sandle have said to NZ Cricket in private. Lets hear what they have to say. As an employer I've never had meetings with employees...
  8. banquetbear

    Ross Taylor likely to be shafted from the captaincy?

    ...as someone in the comments in one of the stuff articles points out: this morning's revelations put into perspective this other cricket story that I read today: Black Caps | John Buchanan's message: Sort it out... | Stuff.co.nz Perhaps there are plans afoot to get rid of Bond and this was...
  9. banquetbear

    Ross Taylor likely to be shafted from the captaincy?

    ...quotes from Bond to NZ Cricket: Sourced from here: https://www.facebook.com/breakfastwithveitchy If your just catching up: this is the information that was held up yesterday by legal teams from NZ Cricket. This letter was sent to Bond on the evening prior to Chris Mollers press...
  10. banquetbear

    Ross Taylor likely to be shafted from the captaincy?

    ...so the revelations: Shane Bond is one of the good guys. Hesson is a liar. NZ Cricket has been sitting on information that Hesson is a liar. Shane Bond accused Hesson of sabotaging Taylors captaincy. The coaching team were shocked when Hesson fired Taylor. McCullum clearly knew what...
  11. banquetbear

    New Zealand doom and gloom thread

    ...it was obviously leaked: it didn't come from NZ Cricket itself. Veitch claimed it didn't make Hesson look good: obviously someone told NZ Cricket who got the lawyers involved. This is in regards to comments made by Moller in the press conference last year. Read more: Chris Moller: New...
  12. banquetbear

    New Zealand doom and gloom thread

    ...well: at quarter to seven this morning Tony Veitch told us that he was going to reveal what the "new information" was that New Zealand Cricket was investigating and that it didn't look good for Mike Hesson. After seven: Veitch said that he could no longer reveal that information for legal...
  13. banquetbear

    **Official** New Zealand in South Africa

    "Brendon McCullum: "Very tough Test matches, we were well short of the mark against the no. 1 side. We were really exposed. It is hard to point finger at anything at the moment, but we were outplayed in all departments by SA. We wanted to come here and compete, we showed glimpses at time. We had...
  14. banquetbear

    New Zealand doom and gloom thread

    ...but there is evidence of malice.
  15. banquetbear

    New Zealand doom and gloom thread

    ...Deaker has just called for a clean-out of NZ cricket. He says he had a long chat with a NZ cricket insider today who told him the agenda's of people at the top of NZ Cricket. He said he couldn't name names: then proceeded to name Bill Francis and Chris Moller in an unrelated matter...
  16. banquetbear

    New Zealand doom and gloom thread

    ...they are actually using the "Karl Rovian" method of "creating their own reality." Repeat something often enough, and get enough people to repeat it, and "reality is substituted by a new reality." So far Boock has tried to convince us that Ross Taylor was abusing players in the dressing...
  17. banquetbear

    New Zealand doom and gloom thread

    ...did anyone read the Richard Boock article today in the Hearld? Ross Taylor NZ Cricket Richard Boock | Stuff.co.nz This is the "new meme" thats being trotted out, there was another article earlier this week with similar sentiment on the radio today as well. I know that Boock has inside...
  18. banquetbear

    **Official** New Zealand in South Africa

    ...gonna be a long day for the Kiwi's. :( Well done South Aftrica: gonna bow out and go to bed, but a nearly perfect day of cricket from you guys.
  19. banquetbear

    **Official** New Zealand in South Africa

    ...looking good!
  20. banquetbear

    **Official** New Zealand in South Africa

    Queen - 'Another One Bites the Dust' - YouTube ...song seemed appropriate.

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