| <Everybody gotta lose sometimes, I guess> Dear Stephen Fleming, 9:49pm WOW!!! 40-3!!! You are absolutely amazing!! The commentators are singing your praises and I am inclined to agree with them. (No I�m not a bit biased) and isn�t Shane doing bloody well!?! WOOT!! - Heard you on the radio this morning, woulda been about 9:30pm in South Africa, right. Isn�t that past your bedtime? 9:59pm OH YEAH!! Bye bye Lehmann. I�m so STOKED - This world cup is causing something of a rift in my family. Me against my parents. My father believes I am neglecting my schoolwork. I don�t do much schoolwork anyway, so this is really beside the point. Mum just thinks you guys are wusses for not going to Kenya and is very outspoken about it. I try not to bring the subject up much, my mother is a psycho. 10:48pm And Shane (once again) delivers. Awesome!!! 10:49pm Doesn�t everyone look happy!! YEAH!!! One mores the hattrick. 10:59pm Oh yes!! Tell Shane he is amazing. - You can hear Brendon when he is standing up at the wicket. You can hear Louie when he is anywhere! Its (all together now) �ENCOURAGING!� - You�ve got one pair of ugly sunnies already, why do you need another on top of your head? Actually, the second lot is an improvement! 11:11pm Take a bow, Shane Bond, you fully deserve one. - Mate, you could put yourself in to bowl. Hahaha. I've heard tales of your bowling � �attempted spin, with the emphasis on the ATTEMPTED� 11:23pm That was an abysmally poor ball from Andre - wickets, dagnabbit, we need WICKETS 12:10am What�s happening Stephen? 12:15am Nice shot Andre� Though it was good, him being the first one down there and saying, �I�m sorry, are you okay?� 12:20am Good job Louie - Pepsi�One, Chris-Nil 12:27am And Andy Bichel gets out. Finally. Batting. 1:17am Daniel Vettori, in 1:17am Stephen Fleming, in 1:17am - careful Stephen, careful 1:25am AUGH� Danny!! Daniel Vettori, out 1:25 runs 10 Nathan Astle, in 1:25 1:29am OH SHIII� Poor old Nathe� now where�s this innings going? Nathan Astle, out 1:29am runs 0 Scott Styris, in 1:29am 1:45am bugger. Partnerships, it seems, is a four letter word. Scott Styris, out 1:45am runs 3 Chris Cairns, in 1:45 - Who or what did Brett Lee tell to �fuck off� at the end of the fifth over? 2:05 am You and Chris look nice and solid. I�m crossing my fingers. 2:21 Awwww crap, I didn�t cross them hard enough! Bear it well, Stephen Chris Cairns, out 2:21am runs 16 Lou Vincent, in 2:21 am 2:48am ACK� Louie!! What was all that wandering down the wicket in aid of? Lou Vincent, out 2:48am runs 7 Chris Harris, in 2:48am 3:12am Oh no� Oh no� Oh Stephen, I think I�m going to cry! Stephen Fleming, out 2:48am runs 48 Brendon McCullum, in 3:12am 3:22am Awwww shit, Brendon!! No no no, this is NOT how it�s meant to go! Brendon McCullum, out 3:22am runs 1 Jacob Oram, in 3:22am 3:25am Damn you, Brett Lee Jacob Oram, out 3:25am runs 0 Andre Adams, in 3:31am Goodbye Andre� Andre Adams, out 3:31am runs 0 Shane Bond, in 3:31am It�s over Stephen. Shane may still be in, but we both know its over. Now you just gotta do what makes you okay with it. Yell at someone if it helps. But take heart, my friend, for you yourself did a fine job. You fielded well, capitalizing on a couple of good hunches, quite the instinct player. Moreover, your batting was the shining light in the innings. As always, I�m proud of you. - Uh oh, Sister is on the telephone. She sounds very emotional� Good luck, Stephen Fleming. Yours in Cricket, Puppet. |
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