Sporting weekend

Look, if I was a guy, I would have been in absolute guy heaven this weekend. Friday, it was rugby and cricket. Saturday, rugby and the F1 qualifying. Sunday we watched F1 and the most amazing cricket match in history of cricket.

I love to watch sport. I am more of a rugby fan than Mr B. He often asks me to
identify players on the field. I am also a Blue Bulls fan and as luck would have it,
the only one in the house. Our provincial rugby team must still be born, because the guys playing currently can't do it. So, please forgive us for supporting other provinces. What happened this weekend. All the South African teams lost except for the Bulls. What a wonderful game they had! 23-16 win against the Hurricanes. Pedrie Wannenburg scored 2 tries to secure the win.
*photo courtesy of www.sarugby.co.za


As for the cricket, the game on Friday night in Durban, was a humdinger.
Close finish and if Smith didn't bowl and gave away 22 runs in one over, we would have clinched that game and the series. But no, he had to go and try be a hero. We narrowly lost that game and that leveled the series at 2 all. We then had to wait until Sunday in Johannesburg. We watched the start of the game. Ponting played a brilliant innings for Australia. He scored 164 of something like 106 balls(I stand corrected on the number of balls). They scored 434 and we had to come in and score 435 to win. We switched over and watched the F1. Mr B is an absolute F1 fan. Sakkie was watching cricket and F1 in his room. Switching between the two. Eventually we didn't know what to watch because it was so exciting. He came in while we were watching F1 and said that Dippenaar had gone out for 1. What a bummer! Mr B decided to stick to the F1. He knew his guy would win. I'm a Ferrari fan. Always have been and always will be. Sakkie came in about 30 minutes later saying that we better put the cricket back on because something is happening. Fortunately the Grand Prix was just about finished. Just as it finished, we crossed back over to the cricket. Smith & Gibbs were doing magic. So many sixes and fours!! To chase such a total seemed impossible at the start. However, the boys were doing it. Smith went out for 96. If he hit one more 4, he would have set a record for the fastest 100 ever scored. Gibbs continued his magic and after being dropped by Bracken(Thank you) scored 175 runs. Don't forget about Bouchers brilliant stand of 50 which included the winning runs. Before I get too long winded about this, I just want to say, that if you missed this game, you missed something special. I saw grown men crying in the stands. I saw grown men crying in my lounge. With 4 balls left, we had Andrew Hall facing Brett Lee. Hall connected the ball and it went straight to a fielder. OUT! With 3 balls left, Ntini was facing Brett Lee. We thought it was all over. He connected the ball. He ran a single which tied the game and which left Boucher facing Lee. We needed one more to win. Boucher connected the ball and we all held our breaths. It went for 4 runs. Jubilation!!!!

Proteas, we are proud of you. You can do it!!!
*photo courtesy of www.cricket.co.za