1. Cricket. Great batting from the Pakistani opener, Fakhar Zaman. He now has an amazing record (on the back of playing Australia and Zimbabwe in ODIs) as the quickest ODI player EVER to 1,000 runs. The great IVA Richards took four more innings than him. Just quietly, Zimbabwe were lucky Viv did not play them!
Keshav Maharaj picked up 9/129 for the South Africans v Sri Lanka in their second test, but they are staring down a big loss again - and a lame series loss if they can't bat well. Amla looks to be the key. Recent South African team innings scores of 126, 73, 124 don’t win many Test matches and South Africa have been found out. Not good news for any of them seeking an IPL contract either. Can't play on low slow turners? ... don't go to India.
2. Waratahs. A mighty win for the much maligned team. No idea how they make the semis of that competition based on the season they have had. Sounds dodgy, but a trip to South Africa to play will test them. The poor home crowd sums up their season. The public have given up. A win would be intriguing. The comp will be restructured yet again if this occurs.
3. Crowd Sizes. It is always interesting when sports commentators and journalists whine about crowd sizes. Their air conditioned, free food and drink gets to their heads sometimes. The Tigers-Rabbits crowd was excellent for a cold Saturday night however.
4. British Open Golf. Speith and Tiger... Speith may be too far ahead. It will be interesting on the home stretch. The British Open and the US Masters always seem to be the most engaging of the golf majors. The US PGA and US Open just seem to come and go... like ODIs!
Keshav Maharaj picked up 9/129 for the South Africans v Sri Lanka in their second test, but they are staring down a big loss again - and a lame series loss if they can't bat well. Amla looks to be the key. Recent South African team innings scores of 126, 73, 124 don’t win many Test matches and South Africa have been found out. Not good news for any of them seeking an IPL contract either. Can't play on low slow turners? ... don't go to India.
2. Waratahs. A mighty win for the much maligned team. No idea how they make the semis of that competition based on the season they have had. Sounds dodgy, but a trip to South Africa to play will test them. The poor home crowd sums up their season. The public have given up. A win would be intriguing. The comp will be restructured yet again if this occurs.
3. Crowd Sizes. It is always interesting when sports commentators and journalists whine about crowd sizes. Their air conditioned, free food and drink gets to their heads sometimes. The Tigers-Rabbits crowd was excellent for a cold Saturday night however.
4. British Open Golf. Speith and Tiger... Speith may be too far ahead. It will be interesting on the home stretch. The British Open and the US Masters always seem to be the most engaging of the golf majors. The US PGA and US Open just seem to come and go... like ODIs!
Tiger showed some vintage touch in his third round 66. How brown is the course at Carnoustie? Looks like Royal Rouse in its summer heyday. Bad lies on holes where drives are easily hitting 400 yards... (rare gold) and rolling ridiculously far.
5. AFL. Geelong v Demons saw a thrilling end. A great game and good to see Melbourne start to prosper after years of problems. How the Swans lose to the Gold Coast Suns is beyond everyone. What a costly loss in the longer scheme of things. Ordinary and odd to me. The stewards need to have a close look at that one.
The AFL refs are an interesting beast. Zero accountability and lopsided free kick counts never seem to be picked up by media. The Swans have a few of these. GWS are on the charge now. They have too many good players not to make an impression. Great win in Adelaide v Port.
6. NRL. A rare weekend when Saints hit near to the top of the ladder and the Eels, Newcastle and Tigers win. The Tigers win over the 300 gamer, John Sutton, from Souths, was most surprising. Robbie Farah needs to retire soon before he has no memory of any games at all. He is getting bashed up badly at present. Sam Burgess sails close to the wind and is a risk. Jim Comans would have loved Sam.
6. NRL. A rare weekend when Saints hit near to the top of the ladder and the Eels, Newcastle and Tigers win. The Tigers win over the 300 gamer, John Sutton, from Souths, was most surprising. Robbie Farah needs to retire soon before he has no memory of any games at all. He is getting bashed up badly at present. Sam Burgess sails close to the wind and is a risk. Jim Comans would have loved Sam.
I cannot believe how many tackles Jonathan Thurston is missing each week. His shoulders must be gone. How good are the Storm? On top of the comp with a heap of blokes out, new combinations, etc. The Bellamy, Smith and Slater combo may be the best there has ever been.
Ricky Stuart is right. The Cronulla v Canberra debacle of the bunker and refs are a blight on the game. Over governed and too much obsession. How does the NFL get it so right? I suspect Stuart's points about rugby league losing fans after a blitz on penalties and the weekly focus on certain rules over others, are absolutely right. They breed an absolute contempt of the system.
Back in the day, the one ref and two touchies did not get it so wrong...even the in-goal ref wasn't so bad... even if we had the odd seven tackle furore and angry decision that was completely wrong. The crowd loved to boo!
7. Basketball. The aptly names "FIB - A" are a joke... telling more lies than the actual footage revealed. The behaviour of the Phillipino basketball team, coaches and crowd was a complete disgrace. Then they do the old 'blame the visiting team' thing to protect themselves.
A joke. Who would have thought they have the next FIBA World Cup of Basketball there in the coming years... would never have picked it.
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