The Valke have dropped flyhalf Len Olivier for Friday night’s clash against the Blue Bulls in Brakpan for the versatile Riaan “True Blue” Smit.
IOL reports that Smit will again take up the flyhalf reigns with Olivier dropping to the bench after a scintillating display a fortnight ago against Western Province.
Valke coach Rudy Joubert has also recalled suspended winger Johan Swartz and moved the speedy Nicky Kritzinger back to fullback.
Currently contracted Blue Bulls players – winger Dewald Pretorius and outside centre Johan Jackson – will get an opportunity to impress against their employers.
Valke coach Rudy Joubert has also opted to bring back another Blue Bulls player, flanker Emile Verster, for his physical presence against his former team-mates. He replaces Reg-Hack Muller, who drops down to the bench after injuring an ankle.
A decision on big Wouter Moore, the fourth member of the Bulls quartet on loan to the Valke, will be made later this week. Moore is a vital member of the squad, and should he not play, Reg Perkins will keep his place in the Starting XV.
He will be joined by the rugged Ruhan “Chabal” van Jaarsveld, a Sebastian Chabal look-alike who won’t give an inch against a physical Bulls side.
Big Lungelo Payi has also been pencilled in on the bench as cover for Moore.
Valke: Nicky Kritzinger; Dewald Pretorius, Johan Jackson, Hanno Coetzee, Johan Swartz; True Blue Smit, Gerrie Odendaal; Sean Plaatjies, Emile Verster, Warren Perkins, Ruhan van Jaarsveld, Wouter Moore/Reg Perkins, Nico Pretorius, Ryno Barnes, Gavin Whittingham.
Reserves: Jody Jeneker, Frik Venter, Lungelo Payi/Reg Perkins, Reg Muller, Straatkat van Zyl, Len Olivier, Jeff Perkins/Mpho Matsaung. –
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okay pun not intended but I am truely shocked that they have dropped Len Olivier. I thought he has had a great fooking season.
But rudy joubert seems to know what he is doing so far this season so let’s have a wait and see.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 1) : Also got a bit of a skrik when i saw the headline
I hope True Blue (Riaan) Smit, does the business.
I really enjoy this team in the last few weeks.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 3) : you mean I can like to really enjoy this team, oubbas? 😉
just like he can like to enjoy his windsurfing
@robdylan (Comment 4) :
Ja bru, Ek gat my 1400 bakkie met my spinners en Bull-bar daar by die veld park en hulle watch ekse.
@PJLD (Comment 5) :
Ja but only if they are jolling “slice me nice” or Black Sabbath my bru.
En as ek so paar klippes weg het en my broer kan die bakkie so lekker rev rev dan klink dit soos musiek en wil ook sommer windsurf.
😯 sadi thing is you are probable speaking from experience 🙁
@PJLD (Comment 8) :
👿
FJ ELN!!!!!!!!!!!
😆
Experience as in seeing it happen.
Add windsurfing to the list of things I have never and will never triy/tried
Where do these Valke players get all there nic-names…
Straatkat, True-blue, Chabal, etc….
I think it is a RAU thing…
LIONS – Varkhond, Baywatch, Baksteen, Kapstok….
Nee jinne…
@KSA Shark © (Comment 6) : you know the ERT?
What pun ❓
OK Sharks Management with the check books….NOW IS YOUR TIME TO SHOP!!!! 😀
*cheque…before KSA says something.. 🙄 😉
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 12) :
“dropped”… 😈
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 15) : I see… thanks. 🙂
@KSA Shark © (Comment 9) :
If you do it properly – its nothing like “windsurfing” and actually very nice…funny how normally the windsurfing snotty comments comes from people with two left feet… 🙄 😆
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 12) :
“Truely” shocked that “True blue” replaced len olivier
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 17) :
okay sorry my mistake, Windsufing in a whirlwind is what I meant 😳
@KSA Shark © (Comment 18) :
dropped in the same sentence as a losskakel could also be…NOT? 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 18) : If you say so. Only ‘pun’ I know of is the one that I use to fry my eggs in the morning. 😕
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 20) :
Only if you are The Lions Flyhalf 😉
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 21) :
you scottish?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 23) : pun sounds like pan (afr).
@KSA Shark © (Comment 22) :
Ag please….which LIONS flyhalf can drop….and AndreP does not count anymore…
@KSA Shark © (Comment 22) :
I am actually talking “drop” kick here….as in THAT way … 🙄
A perfect pun exploits words pairs that sound exactly alike (perfect homophones), or two senses of the same word:
“Being in politics is just like playing golf: you are trapped in one bad lie after another.”
“A fight broke out in a kitchen. Egged on by the waiters, two cooks peppered each other with punches. One man, a greasy foie gras specialist, ducked the first blows, but his goose was cooked when the other cold-cocked him. The man who beet him, a weedy salad expert with big cauliflower ears, tried to flee the scene, but was cornered in the maize of tables by a husky off-duty cob. He was charged with a salt and battery. He claims to look forward to the suit, as he’s always wanted to be a sous-chef.”
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 28) : Impressive!! 😀
@Silver Fox (Comment 29) : Not my own work, I plagiarised from someone else.
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 30) : I will take the liberty to also borrow this piece, cause there are way too many people saying pun intended/or not, and then not knowing what they are talking about. really super example to show them.
And I am not taking a shot at you KSA, yours was okay, it fooled the blonde one and me as well. 🙂
@Silver Fox (Comment 31) :
The Blonde One…
GO VALKE!!!!!!
@H.O. from work (Comment 33) : Amen!
@H.O. from work (Comment 33) : Ever heard your boss being called Silver Fox? 😈
@Silver Fox (Comment 35) :
You are not the boss of him… 😈
wondering what you guys would call yourselves on an Italian language blog…? 😉
@robdylan (Comment 37) :
Why?? Any suggestions?
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 38) : never mind 😉
@robdylan (Comment 39) :
You know – you all have these secret little jokes that only you understand and the rest of us feel like poepols and I for one always feel like a complete dumb blonde!!???
Quite bazaar, dont you think??!! 😉
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 40) :
Oh …and if Fish reads this…yes I know you will never say that I a stupid…although you might think it… 😉
ICC Test Batting Rankings | Rankings
Rank Player Country Rating Career High
1 S. Chanderpaul WI 890 890 v Australia, 12/06/2008
2 K.C. Sangakkara SL 882 938 v England, 01/12/2007
2 M.E.K. Hussey AUS 882 921 v West Indies, 23/05/2008
4 R.T. Ponting AUS 880 942 v England, 01/12/2006
4 Mohammad Yousuf PAK 880 933 v West Indies, 27/11/2006
6 D.P.M.D. Jayawardena SL 847 847 v India, 23/07/2008
7 M.L. Hayden AUS 834 935 v England, 07/11/2002
8 J.H. Kallis SA 823 935 v New Zealand, 18/11/2007
9 K.P. Pietersen ENG 816 909 v West Indies, 28/05/2007
10 Younis Khan PAK 799 856 v England, 04/08/2006
11 M.J. Clarke AUS 723 761 v India, 26/12/2007
12 G.C. Smith SA 713 756 v New Zealand, 26/03/2004
13 A.G. Prince SA 707 756 v Pakistan, 11/01/2007
14 A. Symonds AUS 700 718 v West Indies, 30/05/2008
15 S.R. Tendulkar IND 684 898 v Zimbabwe, 21/02/2002
16 I.R. Bell ENG 683 704 v South Africa, 10/07/2008
17 A.B. de Villiers SA 679 679 v England, 18/07/2008
18 V.V.S. Laxman IND 674 753 v Australia, 02/01/2004
19 R. Dravid IND 673 892 v Pakistan, 16/03/2005
20 A.J. Strauss ENG 662 769 v South Africa, 13/01/2005
21 A.N. Cook ENG 661 711 v Sri Lanka, 18/12/2007
21 V. Sehwag IND 661 854 v South Africa, 28/11/2004
23 R.R. Sarwan WI 659 697 v England, 12/08/2004
24 S.C. Ganguly IND 651 713 v Australia, 10/12/1999
25 H.M. Amla SA 615 627 v India, 26/03/2008
26 N.D. McKenzie SA 614 632 v England, 10/07/2008
@Hmmm (Comment 42) :
At least we have 4 in the top 20…
But I am surprised with Mackenzie who is at 26 already and he just started playing since 4/5 years ago – West Indies I think (is this not his second series back?)…if not mistaken he fell out of the top 100 before coming back…
He does have a high average apparently this year…
ICC Test Bowling Rankings | Rankings
Rank Player Country Rating Career High
1 M. Muralidaran SL 907 920 v Bangladesh, 11/07/2007
2 D.W. Steyn SA 864 897 v India, 03/04/2008
3 S.R. Clark AUS 863 863 v West Indies, 12/06/2008
4 B. Lee AUS 793 811 v West Indies, 30/05/2008
5 R.J. Sidebottom ENG 761 769 v South Africa, 10/07/2008
6 M. Ntini SA 737 863 v India, 26/12/2006
7 W.P.U.J.C. Vaas SL 689 800 v India, 02/12/2005
8 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 684 855 v New Zealand, 26/12/2003
9 A. Kumble IND 669 859 v Sri Lanka, 26/01/1994
10 S.E. Bond NZ 668 778 v West Indies, 09/03/2006
11 M.S. Panesar ENG 641 721 v West Indies, 15/06/2007
12 J.E. Taylor WI 628 628 v Australia, 12/06/2008
13 C.D. Collymore WI 621 700 v India, 02/07/2006
14 Mohammad Asif PAK 619 710 v South Africa, 26/01/2007
15 Danish Kaneria PAK 614 723 v England, 12/11/2005
16 M.J. Hoggard ENG 605 795 v Sri Lanka, 28/05/2006
16 Zaheer Khan IND 605 689 v Pakistan, 26/11/2007
18 Harbhajan Singh IND 594 765 v New Zealand, 12/12/2002
19 D.L. Vettori NZ 591 681 v Australia, 11/03/2000
19 A. Flintoff ENG 591 810 v Pakistan, 12/11/2005
21 J.M. Anderson ENG 588 588 v South Africa, 18/07/2008
22 C.S. Martin NZ 584 643 v England, 24/05/2004
23 J.E.C. Franklin NZ 576 679 v Sri Lanka, 07/12/2006
24 Umar Gul PAK 572 627 v West Indies, 27/11/2006
25 J.H. Kallis SA 567 742 v England, 21/08/2003
26 I.K. Pathan IND 566 761 v Sri Lanka, 10/12/2005
27 A. Nel SA 544 763 v Australia, 02/01/2006
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 40) : maybe I’m the one who’s a dumb baldy? 😉
@Hmmm (Comment 44) :
Steyn has been caught up by Clark and since the last test against India Muli has created an even bigger gap…
But Steyn still in 2nd and this only his second season as regular bowler….not bad…
But lets face it….Muli is going to be THE bowling legend….he is going to create such a gap between him and second placed person in most wickets ever (currently still Warne)…especially if he bowls to the same age Warne did (about 5 years to go)…and off-spinners usually last longer than leg!??! I wont be surprised if he does not end on close to double the next person….
ICC ODI Championship | Rankings
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1 Australia 49 6338 129
2 South Africa 43 5478 127
We only 2 behind Aus in the ODI…so if we win that series we should move into top spot not!??!
ICC ODI Batting Rankings | Rankings
Rank Player Country Rating Career High
1 G.C. Smith SA 792 792 v Bangladesh, 14/03/2008
2 M.S. Dhoni IND 773 806 v West Indies, 18/05/2006
3 R.T. Ponting AUS 751 832 v New Zealand, 20/12/2007
4 M.E.K. Hussey AUS 750 863 v New Zealand, 28/01/2007
5 S. Chanderpaul WI 744 754 v South Africa, 27/01/1999
6 S.R. Tendulkar IND 743 887 v Zimbabwe, 13/11/1998
7 Mohammad Yousuf PAK 738 777 v South Africa, 10/10/2003
8 A.B. de Villiers SA 733 733 v Bangladesh, 14/03/2008
9 A. Symonds AUS 730 778 v India, 14/10/2007
10 K.C. Sangakkara SL 729 760 v India, 11/02/2007
11 M.L. Hayden AUS 722 854 v India, 15/02/2003
12 H.H. Gibbs SA 718 750 v Sri Lanka, 03/03/2003
13 K.P. Pietersen ENG 717 834 v Australia, 08/04/2007
14 M.J. Clarke AUS 703 756 v Sri Lanka, 22/02/2008
15 Yuvraj Singh IND 699 739 v West Indies, 20/05/2006
16 S.T. Jayasuriya SL 697 838 v Bangladesh, 14/02/2003
17 C.H. Gayle WI 693 804 v Zimbabwe, 30/11/2003
18 J.H. Kallis SA 688 816 v West Indies, 04/02/2004
19 G. Gambhir IND 682 696 v Sri Lanka, 03/07/2008
20 Shoaib Malik PAK 676 685 v India, 13/02/2006
@Hmmm (Comment 46) : He’s a chucker.
@Hmmm (Comment 48) :
Smith still comfortably in top spot…
AB 8th 😯
Gibbs and Kallis still in the top 20….strange that we do so well then!??! Maybe it is the bowlers…let me check…
ICC ODI Bowling Rankings | Rankings
Rank Player Country Rating Career High
1 N.W. Bracken AUS 769 806 v Sri Lanka, 16/04/2007
2 D.L. Vettori NZ 761 790 v England, 23/02/2008
3 S.E. Bond NZ 711 811 v South Africa, 14/04/2007
4 M. Muralidaran SL 707 913 v New Zealand, 09/04/2002
5 W.P.U.J.C. Vaas SL 686 861 v South Africa, 20/08/2004
6 A. Nel SA 682 685 v Bangladesh, 12/03/2008
7 M.G. Johnson AUS 674 674 v West Indies, 06/07/2008
8 B. Lee AUS 667 853 v South Africa, 03/02/2006
8 J.E. Taylor WI 667 688 v South Africa, 25/01/2008
10 K.D. Mills NZ 663 694 v Bangladesh, 31/12/2007
11 D.B. Powell WI 655 686 v Australia, 27/06/2008
12 Shahid Afridi PAK 654 685 v Bangladesh, 08/06/2008
13 S.C.J. Broad ENG 646 646 v New Zealand, 28/06/2008
14 M. Ntini SA 635 782 v West Indies, 25/01/2004
15 Iftikhar Anjum PAK 632 632 v Bangladesh, 04/07/2008
16 J.D.P. Oram NZ 627 768 v Australia, 16/09/2004
17 M.F. Maharoof SL 625 671 v England, 07/10/2007
18 G.B. Hogg AUS 620 687 v India, 14/10/2007
19 A. Flintoff ENG 619 755 v Bangladesh, 12/11/2003
20 P.J. Ongondo KEN 610 610 v Bermuda, 27/10/2007
20 Sohail Tanvir PAK 610 619 v Sri Lanka, 29/06/2008
@Hmmm (Comment 51) :
We only have Nel in the top 10 (which is a surprise 😯 )…
And Ntini at 14…
How do we win so many ODI’s…
Must be a team effort….LoL
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 49) :
That might be but it is deemed legal…
And thus the records will stand….
@Hmmm (Comment 53) : It’s a farce.
@robdylan (Comment 37) : Would love to know that one. My Italian really is not up to scratch. And now someone should say,” as is your English “. 😀
@Silver Fox (Comment 55) : Fatti’s and Moni’s!! Sorry for being so slow! 😆 😆
@Silver Fox (Comment 56) :
We all know who is “Fatti”…but who the hell is Moni’s…HMMMMMM???? 😈
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 57) :
Hmmmmmm sorry I bleive thats his name… 😉
Muttiah Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
Player profile
Full name Muttiah Muralitharan
Born April 17, 1972, Kandy
Current age 36 years 105 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Chennai Super Kings, ICC World XI, Kandurata, Kent, Lancashire, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height 5 ft 7 in
Education St Anthony’s College, Kandy
Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 121 210 40287 16247 746 9/51 16/220 21.77 2.41 54.0 42 65 21
ODIs 310 302 16822 10858 475 7/30 7/30 22.85 3.87 35.4 13 9 0
T20Is 1 1 24 27 2 2/27 2/27 13.50 6.75 12.0 0 0 0
First-class 220 63181 25064 1320 9/51 18.98 2.38 47.8 117 33
List A 396 20988 13299 598 7/30 7/30 22.23 3.80 35.0 15 11 0
Twenty20 23 23 522 560 28 4/18 4/18 20.00 6.43 18.6 2 0
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 57) : Sorry ( between the tears ), but I enjoyed it tremendously. Old Rob made my day, was beginning to wonder about his sense of humour!! And then you….BWAHAHAHA!!! 👿
@Hmmm (Comment 59) :
Ok I got his age wrong…
But look at his total wickets…
And he surely has another season or two….
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 54) :
746 test wickets already…
The worst chucker is that guy with the highlighted hair. His arm BARELY goes above his shoulder, yet he is deemed legal.
Test matches
Most wickets in career
Player………………Mat..Balls.Runs..Wkts.BBI..BBM….Ave…Econ…SR…..5..10
M Muralitharan (ICC/SL) 122* 40335 16285 746 9/51 16/220 21.82 2.42 54.0 65 21
SK Warne (Aus) 1992-2007 145 40705 17995 708 8/71 12/128 25.41 2.65 57.4 37 10
A Kumble (India) 1990-2008 129* 39672 17790 608 10/74 14/149 29.25 2.69 65.2 35 8
GD McGrath (Aus) 1993-2007 124 29248 12186 563 8/24 10/27 21.64 2.49 51.9 29 3
CA Walsh (WI) 1984-2001 132 30019 12688 519 7/37 13/55 24.44 2.53 57.8 22 3
N Kapil Dev (India) 1978-1994 131 27740 12867 434 9/83 11/146 29.64 2.78 63.9 23 2
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) 1973-1990 86 21918 9611 431 9/52 15/123 22.29 2.63 50.8 36 9
SM Pollock (SA) 1995-2008 108 24353 9733 421 7/87 10/147 23.11 2.39 57.8 16 1
Wasim Akram (Pak) 1985-2002 104 22627 9779 414 7/119 11/110 23.62 2.59 54.6 25 5
CEL Ambrose (WI) 1988-2000 98 22103 8501 405 8/45 11/84 20.99 2.30 54.5 22 3
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 58) :
No such person exists…
That is if you are referring to me of cozz…
Or is that your blond spelling coming through…that I can understand…
@Hmmm (Comment 64) : You are a regular statitician!?! It is only that ” ag jinne ” that you frequently use that is bothering me…. 😉
“Statitician” looks very wrong to me. Come all you half-Afrikaners, help out here! 😀
@Hmmm (Comment 65) :
Too many MMMMMM’s for you to handle????
Ag Jinne…FJ! ELN! 👿
@Silver Fox (Comment 66) :
LoL
I love saying jinne…..I heard it last year sometime for the fisrt time and still hasn’t gotten old…LoL
Sorry though…but jinne…I still love saying it…
@Silver Fox (Comment 66) :
If you talking about the spelling….it is like so….
Statistician
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 67) :
Two words:
Effort – Lazy
@Hmmm (Comment 70) :
Speak to the hand… 👿
@Hmmm (Comment 69) : Yep, knew there was something wrong. Thanks! 🙂
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 67) : What’s that FJ! ELN! stand for. I’ve seen it around, but cannot quite make out the meaning. The first part?.. or is it too abusive? 😕
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 67) :
And where do I complain…JINNE…LoL
@KSA Shark © (Comment 63) : I believe that as long as your bowling arm/elbow is straight it’s legal. But I could be wrong. And Murali definitely chucks. 😈
@Silver Fox (Comment 72) :
You are obvioulsy right about the first part…the second “Ek Loop Nou”…
@Hmmm (Comment 73) :
Dont try and suck up to me now… 😈
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 75) :
Or thats the version *I* have of it.. 😉
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 75) : Thanks blonde one! Whatever is the story behind Hmmm? Everyone’s obvious dislike in him? REALLY hope this one is not a her!! To me he seems to have enough knowledge to participate in these discussions, so obviously he has rubbed you guys the wrong way! C’mone, do “skinder” a bit. 😀
@Silver Fox (Comment 72) :
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 76) :
Yip you have it right. [email protected] JOU!! EK LOOP NOU!!!!!
Comes from another blog where some of the Bulls fans would throw their toys with such (or similar) an outburst telling all and sundry to shove the site where the sun don’t shine and that they will never return only to be back a day or so later.
Hence the accepted response to FJ!!! ELN!!! is usually “Okay, see you in bit” 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 78) : He he he!! That sounds so ” bullish “. Good one though!! 🙂
@Silver Fox (Comment 77) :
People dislike me 😯
@Silver Fox (Comment 77) :
No No, Nobody dislikes Hmmm, we just love giving him a hard time and he loves pulling our chain. We give him shit and he takes it in a good spirit as we take his kak in a good spirit.
Hmmm is the bloggers version of Steve Irwin, You see some of the things he does or says and you think to yourself, “you idiot, what are you doing” yet the next time he is on you watch with interest.
Oh and Hmmm is a he BTW, you got that one right ;wink:
@Hmmm (Comment 80) :
Only a few of, Some more than others 😉
@Silver Fox (Comment 77) :
I came to this site by invitation…
So…the rest should blame Rob and take all issues regarding me up with him…let him have it…
@KSA Shark © (Comment 81) : That’s the spirit then, for he does contribute a lot to these discussions. Hmmm, NOW go measure your head and you will see a certain likeness to our rugby problems! 😀
@KSA Shark © (Comment 81) :
I do…I am always friendly and only have good things to say about all players and bloggers…
@Hmmm (Comment 85) :
@Hmmm (Comment 80) :
I’ll give you some lessons on being liked… 😉 😉 😈
@I’ce (Rebel With a Cause) (Comment 86) :
What…do the oppo of you… 🙂
@Silver Fox (Comment 84) :
Small!??!
LoL