His name is Bond, Shane Bond and he had bowling figures of 10 overs, 4 maidens, 15 runs, and 2 wickets. He "took care" of Bangladesh and went back to the dressing room to drink his vodka martinis. It was a great bowling performance but...
Was Bond really the man of the match? Scott Styris took 4 wickets for 43 runs in his 10 overs and Fleming scored an unbeaten century to see NZ home. Weren't they more worthy of the 'mom' award?
Bond getting the 'mom' award reminded us of Al Pacino not getting an Oscar nod for 'Godfather II' and finally getting the award for the eminently forgettable 'Scent of a Woman'. It was more of a reward for past performances and less of actually being the 'mom' on the day. Anyway, we won't begrudge Bond his 'mom' award just like we didn't begrudge Al Pacino his Oscar award. Both deserved their Oscar/'mom' award.
We are a little worried about the health of NZ'ers. They are dropping like flies. On this day, they lost Michael Mason and James Franklin. Other injuries to the side include Darryl Tuffey, Lou Vincent, and Gillespie. We were aghast and impressed when we heard that Lou Vincent broke his wrist in practise while facing Bond. These NZ'ers take their practice seriously.
The Black Caps can take a leaf out of the Indian book and avoid injuries during practice. Indian cricketers know practice is inherently dangerous and hence avoid it at all costs (Sehwag) or if they are forced to practice they ask bowlers not to bowl bouncers while they are batting (Ganguly). If there was a world cup for the least number of injuries to a side during practice, India would win hands down. No question about it.
We are really hoping that they can somehow field their best team for the important matches up ahead. On a brighter note, as long as Bond is around, NZ will remain a potent force (hope we didn't jinx Bond).
Tomorrow's match between South Africa and Ireland is going to be pretty boring. In fact, we will go out on a limb and predict that South Africa (in a very boring way) will beat Ireland. All is not lost for Ireland though, based on Bangladesh's past two performances, the match between Ireland and Bangladesh will be close and Ireland have a pretty good chance of winning that match.
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and to top that, BD play Ireland in front of a sellout!!
I feel bad for the ticket buyers. After having spent so much money they have to watch a match they have no intrest in.
However, it could be a very close match and they might have more fun than watching a crappy Indian team take on a crappy Pakistani team.
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