Jesse Ryder - us feeling sorry for him on TV3
Poor bugger - sort your liver, head and hand out mate and we will see you at Lord’s…click on big Jess to see tonight’s TV3 story with one of the BB co-founders getting 3 seconds of airtime.
February 25, 2008
February 24, 2008
Episode 62 of The BYC podcast: If I Had A Million Dollars?
Episode 62 in which Jesse Ryder ruins himself tragically, we destroy the Poms, the News or Ruse is a doozy, the IPL and international cricket crisis is explored with Parore getting a slap, Kev S is awol again and congrats to Boston’s finest on her engagement…
Listen to the streaming version below by clicking on the triangle…download the mp3…nail the cheeky RSS for your iPod/mp3 catcher…or visit The BYC page on iTunes.
Oh no.
Jesse Ryder undergoes surgery on injured hand
BLACKCAPS opening batsman Jesse Ryder is expected to be out of cricket for three months after injuring his right hand following the series win over England in Christchurch early this morning.
Ryder damaged the index finger and thumb on his hand when he broke a window at the Stock Exchange bar trying to gain access to a toilet area that had been accidentally locked. The incident happened at 5.30am.
He was scheduled to be operated on in Christchurch Hospital this afternoon. Ryder requires a reconstruction to the exterior tendon on his index finger, a flap reconstruction and a skin graft. It is expected to be six weeks before he can start light training and up to three months before he can resume playing competitively so long as there are no complications.
Lindsay Crocker, BLACKCAPS general manager, said New Zealand Cricket and the team are disappointed in Ryder’s behaviour and viewed this incident seriously.
“We recognise the pressure Jesse has been under through his success in the England series and he has suddenly become a high profile international player. However, this behaviour is unacceptable and we will have a serious discussion with him to ensure situations like this do not occur in the future.
“Jesse had shown increasing maturity during the England series and we had been happy with his behaviour up to this point. However in light of this event we shall ensure additional support is provided to Jesse.
“We have team behavioural protocols which are monitored by the group as a whole and this system has served us well for the past four years. The incident will be worked through when we next assemble to see whether there is anything which should be improved,” he said.
“Ryder will pay for the damage and apologise to the bar owner. No further disciplinary action will be taken as Jesse’s injuries should serve as enough of a lesson on this occasion.”
February 23, 2008
February 17, 2008
The Fleming Song: The BYC version of Poison’s ‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’
With apologies to Poison, listen in here to The Woman Slayer’s outrageous remix of sleaze rock’s greatest ballad…
Episode 61 of The BYC: The IPL and Fleming Tribute
Episode 61 of the Beige Brigade’s podcast, The BYC, in which the IPL and international cricket crisis is discussed, Kev S finds Kev P endearing, a spot of cricket on ice in News or Ruse, domestic cricket gets a mention and a smorgasbord of emos to yak about…
listen to the streaming version below…download the mp3…nail the cheeky RSS for your iPod/mp3 catcher…or visit The BYC page on iTunes.
February 16, 2008
Herald: Underarm drama lives again
Our ball is making waves.
This is from the NZ Herald…. Buy a ticket to the play here.
Some people can’t wait to touch it - others don’t want too get close.
Now, for the first time in years, the humble white-leather cricket ball which incites emotion from sports fans on both sides of the Tasman can be seen by the public.
At least, by those who are game enough to re-live the day in 1981 when an Australian bowler delivered the final ball along the ground, obliterating New Zealand’s chance to hit a six and tie the match.
The incident has been dubbed a “breaking point” in transtasman sporting relations. It was dubbed “an act of cowardice” by then Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon, while his Australian counterpart, Malcolm Fraser, said it was “contrary to the traditions of the game”.
The ball used on that day will be under guard at Papakura’s Hawkins Theatre from tonight during the season of The Underarm, a play about the incident.
While the ball has scuff marks on both sides, it was not obvious if they were exacerbated by its roll on terra firma.
“It means something to everybody, that fateful day. They probably remember where they were when it happened,” said producer Graeme Bennett.
He said the ball, on loan from its owners the Beige Brigade and insured for about $15,000, drew strong reactions. “It’s emotional.”
Some people couldn’t wait to get their hands on it, while others didn’t want to touch it, he said.
It is signed by the man who bowled it underarm, Trevor Chappell, and the man he bowled it to, Kiwi batsman Brian McKechnie.
Bennett said McKechnie would face the ball again for the first time in years at the play’s opening ceremony.
The show - and the ball - will tour New Zealand after its eight-night season in Papakura.
February 15, 2008
TV3: Theatre production remembers NZ’s most infamous cricketing moment
See video here…Buy a ticket to the play here.
A group of kiwis have gotten together to produce a theatre production about the most infamous cricketing moment in New Zealand history – the under arm bowl on the last ball of the Cricket World Series in 1981.
27 years on, Alan Bruton and Chris Brougham think it is finally time to make light of the most infamous bowl in cricketing history.
On Saturday night, Brian McKechnie will relive a defining moment from his life, with the very ball that was bowled to him in 1981.
For those who still cannot let it go, beer cans are provided to vent their pent up frustrations.
An invitation has been extended to the Black Caps as well as the Beige Brigade, and depending on how it goes down, the pair will take their sledging across the Tasman.
Love these chaps
A Beige Brigade hardcore member’s relative, Mac Lynn is on the pigskins…it is the unhome-schooled version of Evermore - Fake by Braxton Hicks.
February 14, 2008
From the Stuff.co.nz website: Under-arm ball features at premiere
Papakura is playing host to an infamous piece of sports history.
The cricket ball bowled under-arm by Australian Trevor Chappell to Kiwi batsman Brian McKechnie as the final ball of a one-day match in 1981 has been shipped to town in time for the premiere of a theatre production about the incident.
The Underarm will be staged at the Hawkins Centre and starts with a gala night opening on Saturday. Hawkins Centre manager Graeme Bennett expects the ball to be a drawcard.
“A lot of people are interested and they want to have a look at it or touch it or pick it up.”
The ball is on loan from its owners who are members of Beige Brigade – some of New Zealand’s keenest cricket fans. Both Chappell and McKechnie have autographed it and it is thought to be worth more than $10,000.
People can also check out the sporting artefact before the show starts. It will be on display at the Papakura District Council offices until Friday.
The show tells the story of two brothers torn apart by conflicting views on the infamous cricketing incident.Chappell’s under-arm bowl made it all but impossible for McKechnie to score the six runs required to draw the match.
Special guests from the cricketing fraternity are expected at Saturday’s gala opening, including past and present New Zealand and English cricket players and administrators, along with the Beige Brigade and representatives from the Barmy Army.
The seven-show season ends on February 23.
As part of the Counties Manukau Cricket jubilee year a portion of all tickets sold throughout the Papakura season will be donated to Counties Manukau Cricket Association jubilee year and the New Zealand Cricket Players Hardship Fund.
[Buy a ticket to the play here.]
February 10, 2008
Episode 60: The BYC, the Beige Brigade podcast
The Licorice Allsort Instalment in which we slag off a beer promotion, get serious about us against the Poms and why we won at the Caketin, are shocked at Fleming and Bond’s news, the Ruse wins again, emos from around the world, a domestic wrap from Offwhite Thunder, Kev chips in and a tribute to our new Kiwi cricketing cult hero……listen to the streaming version below…download the mp3…nail the cheeky RSS for your iPod/mp3 catcher…or visit The BYC page on iTunes.
