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Simon Katich is in career best form, peaking right in time for the Ashes. 0 runs from 17 balls is a special kind of innings that only the best modern players have the aptitude for. With a few more of these knocks Katto will be elevated to the level of a Rahul Dravid or Jacques Kallis, Test match gods amongst their contemporaries.

Not hitting a single run from three overs while Philip Hughes knocks around 17(26) at the other end, this is the sort of knock that I want to see more of from Katich. This is the form that bags him triple centuries in domestic competition, and god wont save the Poms or our Queen if he continues this sort of form in Cardiff.

We can but hope that Katto has removed that foul swipe outside off from his arsenal and from this scorecard I have determined that his mind is 100% focussed on redeeming the failures of 2005… although Aleem Dar must also take his share of the blame for the cleansing to be complete.

Let us pray that he’s been able to utilise his full arsenal of non-scoring shots in this dig, the ambitious and exaggerated leave wide outside off, the late bat swerve and shimmy round the ball which just misses the off stump, the forward defensive, the back foot punch, the push to cover, the duck, the swerve and the mis-timed pull to mid-on, all are integral parts of the Katich defensive suite.

This knock is honestly what I like to see from Katto. In that tough period approaching stumps with 5 overs to negotiate I applaud a non-scoring not-out.

He took a wicket too, in the 8 overs that Ponting gave him. If Punter stays true to form he wont bowl again this series.

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Yep, the Springboks are scum, and powerful scum at that.

Thank’s to South Africa’s national broadcaster SuperSport for pointing this out.

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If only the Saffa’s had thought to appeal, Haddin could have been guilty of one of the laziest run outs in ODI history.

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Here’s a pearler from the 80’s with Mike Whitney and Joel Garner that adds yet more weight to the shit beer good advert theorm.

Bugger, now I feel like a Tooheys.. but not two, no-one would make that mistake twice!

Hat-tip to Cricket-Blog for digging this one up.

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• Nancy Kerrigan had her leg broken

• Prince Charles was shot at in Sydney on Australia Day, with blanks
• Kurt Cobain commits suicide
• Nelson Mandella is inaugurated as South Africa’s president
• Colombian soccer player is shot dead in the street for an own goal in the US FIFA World Cup
• Cabramatta politicain John Newmann is shot outside his home
• Friends premieres in the US
• Moses finishes year 12 and gets a job

and the Proteas won their last “live” Test against the Baggy Greens at home, with an “Australian” as their captain and the top scorer having money on the result. [url=http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63642.html]Scorecard[/url]

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The ICC Champions Trophy in late September has been moved from Sri Lanka to South Africa, because “Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) were unable to provide a guarantee during a teleconference on Wednesday that there would be no rains in Colombo during the tournament”

What a crock of shíte! Surely this rain is not a new phenomena, perhaps even something they could have considered before awarding the series to Sri Lanka in the first place?

Presumably Cricket South Africa have guaranteed a mid spring dry spell, and have their best witchdoctor slaying the finest vírgins to ensure no rains eventuate.

Can’t they just say it’s cause of terrorists? No-one wants to get shot so they’ve moved it and blamed it on the weather. There, that wasn’t so hard, was it?

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The current system and all it’s flaws is explained nicely over at King Cricket. I agree with the King that we should utilise technology to maximise the correct decisions, but am opposed to the players being able to question the umpires decisions, and also opposed to them having a limited number of occasions to use the technology.

My solution is to implement a protocol similar to that used in Rugby. Leave the on field umpires in charge, their authority can not be challenged and once the finger goes up you are out. However, allow the on field umpires to utiise the technology in their decision making. If they are not 100% convinced about an aspect of the decision then let them go upstairs and ask the third umpire for clarification.

Some questions you might hear:

• “I’m happy with the height and that it was going to hit the stumps, however can you confirm that the ball pitched in line?”

• “Can you check hot spot and advise if that was bat or pad?”
• “Did the ball hit the bat before or after hitting the pad?”

While we’re changing the umpiring laws, lets have the third umpire check all dismissals for front foot no-balls as a matter of course.. if he happens to see one then call the batsman back.

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