Say what?
According to the press, South African coach Jake White says the Springbok loss in the weekend was "down to fatigue and most of their players were running on empty".
That has become a strong contender for most lame-ass excuse of the year. Let's refresh:
The All Blacks had just had a humdinger of a game against Oz, hopped on a plane to fly halfway across the world and then played at altitude. The South Africans had just had 3 weeks off. Who should be complaining about fatigue???
Sometimes bets in a winners market just don't go your way. Despite beating New Zealand and Turkey to reach the semi-finals, Argentina has drifted from 9/1 to 10.5/1 to win the World Basketball Championships, due to a) the Americans looking the real deal and b) the other favoured team (Spain) getting through to the semi-final match up. Decision time, and I'll let the bet ride - I don't think the Argentinians deserve to be 2.4 underdogs for the game against Spain.
The US Open has started, normally I'm not a fan of American hoop-la but the tribute to Billie Jean King was woth watching - what a remarkable women and the naming of Flushing Meadows after her is well deserved. To cap it off, the two old-timers in Agassi and Pavel produced a great tennis match and compared to some of the other first-round dross I watched, there is life in Agassi yet - I won't be surprised to see him go deep into the tournament.
And managed to see some of the England Pakistan 20/20 as well. The last ODI series England played they got walloped at home 5-0 by Sri Lanka and I'm expecting a similar result in this series. Pakistan are 1.67 for the first ODI and 1.5 to win the series - I'm not normally a fan of odds-on prices but the 1.5 is tempting. England and/or the weather need to stop Pakistan winning 3 out of 5 matches? Can't see it.
That has become a strong contender for most lame-ass excuse of the year. Let's refresh:
The All Blacks had just had a humdinger of a game against Oz, hopped on a plane to fly halfway across the world and then played at altitude. The South Africans had just had 3 weeks off. Who should be complaining about fatigue???
Sometimes bets in a winners market just don't go your way. Despite beating New Zealand and Turkey to reach the semi-finals, Argentina has drifted from 9/1 to 10.5/1 to win the World Basketball Championships, due to a) the Americans looking the real deal and b) the other favoured team (Spain) getting through to the semi-final match up. Decision time, and I'll let the bet ride - I don't think the Argentinians deserve to be 2.4 underdogs for the game against Spain.
The US Open has started, normally I'm not a fan of American hoop-la but the tribute to Billie Jean King was woth watching - what a remarkable women and the naming of Flushing Meadows after her is well deserved. To cap it off, the two old-timers in Agassi and Pavel produced a great tennis match and compared to some of the other first-round dross I watched, there is life in Agassi yet - I won't be surprised to see him go deep into the tournament.
And managed to see some of the England Pakistan 20/20 as well. The last ODI series England played they got walloped at home 5-0 by Sri Lanka and I'm expecting a similar result in this series. Pakistan are 1.67 for the first ODI and 1.5 to win the series - I'm not normally a fan of odds-on prices but the 1.5 is tempting. England and/or the weather need to stop Pakistan winning 3 out of 5 matches? Can't see it.
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posted by Rob Crawford at 10:24 AM
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