Post by snackswithbeer on Mar 5, 2011 17:15:36 GMT 9
NZ Win a game of Cricket
AP Saturday March 5, 2011
Good news for sport lovers from the earthquake-torn Pacific island of New Zealand today, as their national cricket team earned its first ever victory in an international "one-day" game. The tiny, isolated kingdom has been devastated by an earthquake that killed hundreds last month, in addition to being ravaged by godwits for the past several years. Mainly known as a rugby-playing country, New Zealand has recently fielded an experimental cricket team as part of government policy to integrate with the civilised world.
The game of cricket was played in Ahmedabadhookerandrootedheranyway, against a team from the poorest nation in Africa, Zimbabwe. Wearing improvised sheep-dung helmets and merino sheepskin pads, the New Zealanders - nicknamed the "Kiwis" by their loving supporter, amassed 166 runs in response to the Zimbabweans' 162. The score became a New Zealand record - 165 runs greater than their previous total in international cricket. Captain Daniel Vettori was jubilant after the match, claiming it as a milestone in New Zealand's attempts master the difficult craft of running in a straight line between the stucks.
"I can't wait to get home and root my suster," said Vettori at the packed news conference. "And her sheep too."
The game of cricket was part of the World Cup being played on the sub continent and won for the last three times by Australia, and to be won this year by any team other than poofy, girly, cock-kissing, Liberace-loving, fairy-floss eating, aardvark-fucking England.
"Sus? Get the sheep wit, I got a wuckut"
AP Saturday March 5, 2011
Good news for sport lovers from the earthquake-torn Pacific island of New Zealand today, as their national cricket team earned its first ever victory in an international "one-day" game. The tiny, isolated kingdom has been devastated by an earthquake that killed hundreds last month, in addition to being ravaged by godwits for the past several years. Mainly known as a rugby-playing country, New Zealand has recently fielded an experimental cricket team as part of government policy to integrate with the civilised world.
The game of cricket was played in Ahmedabadhookerandrootedheranyway, against a team from the poorest nation in Africa, Zimbabwe. Wearing improvised sheep-dung helmets and merino sheepskin pads, the New Zealanders - nicknamed the "Kiwis" by their loving supporter, amassed 166 runs in response to the Zimbabweans' 162. The score became a New Zealand record - 165 runs greater than their previous total in international cricket. Captain Daniel Vettori was jubilant after the match, claiming it as a milestone in New Zealand's attempts master the difficult craft of running in a straight line between the stucks.
"I can't wait to get home and root my suster," said Vettori at the packed news conference. "And her sheep too."
The game of cricket was part of the World Cup being played on the sub continent and won for the last three times by Australia, and to be won this year by any team other than poofy, girly, cock-kissing, Liberace-loving, fairy-floss eating, aardvark-fucking England.
"Sus? Get the sheep wit, I got a wuckut"
