This past Saturday was the Super14 final and Soweto was transfixed into shades of Blue. It was a historic occasion with it be the 1st time a Rugby final was held in a "formerly so called black" neighbourhood. It is best said that sports bridges cultural differences in a way that no politician can and to see the Bull fans so humbled by their new hallow turf known as the Orlando Stadium. It was therefore fitting that the Bulls won the Super 14 final. This was a good spectacle and a taste of what is to come when the World cup starts in a couple of days time, people from across all walks of life coming together to support their favourite team. Sadly the team I support lost, but there is always next year :).
On Sunday the Turkish grand prix was basically controlled by Redbull from the start of the race till near the end when an over zealous Vettel tried an overtaking maneuver that cost him the race and his partner being relegated to 3rd place. it ended up with Mclaren finishing one and two.
To finish the Sunday was cricket, in the first game of the day, Sri Lanka took on India in Zimbabwe, it was not a high scoring match and it did little to attract new fans. The game was won by India in the 41st over.
The next game was between South Africa and West Indies, with South Africa already having sealed the series, they decided to Rest Dale Steyn and give JP Duminy another go. Beiung in the form of his life Hashim Amla scored his 2nd ton of the series at more than run a ball and was ably assisted by the likes of Smith, Kallis and De Villiers. South Africa look destined to reach the total 304 with some overs to spare, but with the departure of Amla, a conservative approach was adopted and needing a handful of runs from the final over they scratched there way to to 304 off the last ball of the game. They currently lead the 5 match series 4-0.
I also felt the urge to be patriotic so I bought my SA flag and mirror covers for my car and felt very good driving to work this morning.
Any have a fabulous day, until next we meet.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Unbelievable
I know I said I will only comment on sport stories but felt the need to share this, it is truly unbelievable, and very hard to believe.
Wow, if a husband believes this then he is from another planet altogether.
Wow, if a husband believes this then he is from another planet altogether.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Change of direction
I have decided to only blog about sport as this is what I am passionate about and it is what consumes most of my free time.
So lets start of with a shocker, taken from What was Venus Williams thinking when she stepped on to the court wearing a nightie(Dunno the word for it, think it is negligee)
Dunno how much tennis the men watched cause that for me is distasteful attire for tennis, keep it in the bedroom, and she is nogal wearing flesh coloured tights. You be the judge, wet dream material or nightmarish.
Overcoming the disappointment of the World T20 Championship was hard with Graham Smith getting so angry that he had a go on Twitter with his critics wanting to know where their winners' medals were, he has a point and 'ol Albie tweets that you gotta love us armchair critics, offcourse you do, without us there'd be no cricket unless Supersport will televise games in empty stadiums day in and day out.
Anyway, the tour of West Indies started on a positive note, with the Proteas winning 4 on a trot. Although AB has faltered a bit behind the stumps, it is nothing he cannot work on, this has given the team some options, whether to play an extra batsman or bowler. I am a great JP fan as he was representing the ouens from the flats, but I am glad he got dropped as his form over the past 12 months has been lacking and I have run out of excuses to support his place in the team.
I am looking forward to the rest of the matches and hopefully another 5-0 drubbing of the WI (ala 2005) is on the cards.
Bafana Bafana has shown great improvement since coming back from their training camps in Brazil and Germany, with a 4-0 thrashing of lowly Thailand and an impressive draw with a fancied Bulgarian team, looking forward to the Columbian match at Soccer City which I will be attending.
Heading into the Weekend, he highlight has to be the Super 14 Final between the the Orlando Bulls and the Stormers, my heart would want the Stormers to win but I think the Bulls have the edge. They have been playing the more attacking rugby all season and I think the Stormers will play a defensive game as that is their strength and counter by winning turn-overs and loose balls from the rucks.
For the Formula 1 fans, it is the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday and I am wondering if any team has the ability to stop the juggernaut that is Redbull Racing. On a personal note, I am glad there is no longer a 2 horse race between Ferrari and Mclaren Mercedes.
Let me end this session with a quote from Michael Holding and what he thinks of 20 over cricket as he does not rate players who excel only in this format:
"Pollard, in my opinion, is not a cricketer"
Bet he cannot say it to his face with a smile :)
I am outta here
So lets start of with a shocker, taken from What was Venus Williams thinking when she stepped on to the court wearing a nightie(Dunno the word for it, think it is negligee)
Dunno how much tennis the men watched cause that for me is distasteful attire for tennis, keep it in the bedroom, and she is nogal wearing flesh coloured tights. You be the judge, wet dream material or nightmarish.
Overcoming the disappointment of the World T20 Championship was hard with Graham Smith getting so angry that he had a go on Twitter with his critics wanting to know where their winners' medals were, he has a point and 'ol Albie tweets that you gotta love us armchair critics, offcourse you do, without us there'd be no cricket unless Supersport will televise games in empty stadiums day in and day out.
Anyway, the tour of West Indies started on a positive note, with the Proteas winning 4 on a trot. Although AB has faltered a bit behind the stumps, it is nothing he cannot work on, this has given the team some options, whether to play an extra batsman or bowler. I am a great JP fan as he was representing the ouens from the flats, but I am glad he got dropped as his form over the past 12 months has been lacking and I have run out of excuses to support his place in the team.
I am looking forward to the rest of the matches and hopefully another 5-0 drubbing of the WI (ala 2005) is on the cards.
Bafana Bafana has shown great improvement since coming back from their training camps in Brazil and Germany, with a 4-0 thrashing of lowly Thailand and an impressive draw with a fancied Bulgarian team, looking forward to the Columbian match at Soccer City which I will be attending.
Heading into the Weekend, he highlight has to be the Super 14 Final between the the Orlando Bulls and the Stormers, my heart would want the Stormers to win but I think the Bulls have the edge. They have been playing the more attacking rugby all season and I think the Stormers will play a defensive game as that is their strength and counter by winning turn-overs and loose balls from the rucks.
For the Formula 1 fans, it is the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday and I am wondering if any team has the ability to stop the juggernaut that is Redbull Racing. On a personal note, I am glad there is no longer a 2 horse race between Ferrari and Mclaren Mercedes.
Let me end this session with a quote from Michael Holding and what he thinks of 20 over cricket as he does not rate players who excel only in this format:
"Pollard, in my opinion, is not a cricketer"
Bet he cannot say it to his face with a smile :)
I am outta here
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