The Rave

The English fans are revolting - their trumpeter Billy Collins has been banned (and reinstated) and they are drowning in regulations around how to watch cricket in Brisbane. We know what they are on about - witness the security at Eden Park or the Stadium in Wellington as an example of overkill. A ripper piece is here in The Observer.

Thanks to Narly for this one…

Stuff’s captions MAY have got out of alignment with their photos or else they are all drunk down there. Note Stepehen Fleming’s “retro” 1992 World Cup WStar shirt - the new hard case NZC effort for the Twenty20s against Sri Lanka in December. The new Rainbow shirt is not retro at all really - the 90s are still not cool - and grey just was never amusing in any way shape or form. Another master stroke from the muppets at WStar - for the record the Beige Brigade think the new gear is atrocious.

Thanks AS for this one - the DomPost sub-editor gets a bit carried away. If they had played in Amsterdam it might hev been more appropriate - but nevertheless well done that man…

We are set to announce a cheeky Beige Brigade fundraiser for Beige Brigadiers who are in the throes of developing their facial growth for the month of Movember. A big beige man is Willie - look at the state of this. As he said - “not bad for a man with only three pubic hairs”. Look out for him in a lycra suit at the big gala partay in Auckland.

Just discovered the following wonderful posting on Murali’s website - obsessive Indian fans make the cricketing world go around!

The Beige Brigade has its 10 cents’ worth in the Dominion Post today - to read Matt Torbit’s cracking article click on the pic below (it is quite a big file - 3meg or so)… 

A hat-tip to SG for uncovering this one from The Telegraph in Calcutta. Presumably DLV and CLC thought they could get away with saying these sorts of soppy spew-inducing things to Indian papers - this makes the Woman’s Weekly look quite hard-hitting!

Sample quotes:

That’s New Zealand cricket star Daniel Vettori for you. Tall, fair, handsome, modest, charming and successful — all the qualities a girl would want in her man.

Family facts: First the good news: he’s still a bachelor. Then the bad news: “I’ve been seeing this girl for nearly two years now. Marriage is on the cards but not right now. I’m just 27!”

Cairns exudes a sensual feel, a raw sex appeal with his muscular frame and piercing light brown eyes.

Rugged looks with the right mix of dashing and dapper. “It feels nice to receive attention and be called hot by women. But I’d rather stay away from all that; it would make my wife very angry,” he laughs.

Man they better have got paid well for doing this.

A new - and dreadful - twist on the Australian “where the bloody hell are you” campaign (featuring that hot chick Laura Bingle) has been unleashed by a group of tourst hotels in Bali - “Where the Bali Hell Are You?”. The best bit is at the end where our wonderful Balinese host stuffs up the punchline (he just says: :Where the Bali are ya?”)- but look out for the ‘real subtle’ steretypes of the various nationalities of tourist that venture to Bali for their holidays…

Beige Brigade northern hemisphere logistics manager and co-founder Mike Lane had a great win while in Sth Africa for the weekend last month:

£10,000 ‘Hole in One’ WINNER at the SA Charity Golf Day.
Date: 08 September 2006

1st Contact sensationally gave away £10,000 to one lucky winner at the SA Charity Golf Day held at Foxhills Golf Club.

With over 400 players registered to raise funds for South African charities, 1st Contact were offering £10,000 towards a dream holiday to anyone who hit a hole in one on either of our sponsored holes.

Mike Lane was ecstatic after hitting the perfect shot on the par 3 hole (200 yards), to the jealously and amazement of the other players. This was a phenomenal feat.

1st Contact CEO, Reg Bamford, who presented the giant £10,000 cheque to Mr Lane at the gala dinner, was delighted to add appeal to the largest charity golf day in Europe. ‘It has been a fantastic day for an even better cause. 1st Contact are extremely proud to be associated with such a positive initiative and are thrilled to see someone scoop the £10,000 prize’.

It is safe to say Mr Lane will be back to support the charity event next year… that is, if he’s back from his dream holiday.

Cheers to Matt for sending this mighty global Beige Brigadiers pic - this is him and his wife at Niagara Falls! Matt is the sports co-ordinator at Glenfield College. C’mon the Gryphons!

We did some wheeling and dealing and managed to get an ad sorted out on Radio Sport - have a listen to it here…even the small horse gets a mention!

How good is Cricinfo’s description of Andre Nel’s bowling style?