Wednesday 28 March 2007

Its Unbelievable Jeff!

I was browsing the Internet the other day and i came across this petition to make Sky Sports presenter Chris "Kammy" Kamara an MBE. Despite presenting Goal's On Sunday he is better known for the Soccer Saturday programme, where he usually appears over live video link providing brief updates on the match he is watching and he is often known to get over excited with "Its Unbelievable, Jeff!" to host Jeff Stelling, his best known catchphrase amongst others.

Most football fans will know who is he already but if like me you want to reward Kammy for his services to football and for brightening up your day even when your team is losing (like mine are recently) then add your name to the list which can be found here http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Football/.

Saturday 24 March 2007

Top Ton

Today saw Matthew Hayden hit the fastest world cup century off of just 66 balls beating the previous record set by Canadian Jon Davidson in 2003 by just one ball. The remarkable thing about this is it wasn't against a minow but against the team currently ranked number one in the world South Africa. Hayden's innings consisted of 14 fours and 4 sixes before getting caught just 3 balls after breaking the world record for 101.

Friday 23 March 2007

Bob Woolmer's Death

The Cricket World Cup was overshadowed tonight when the confirmation came that the Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was murdered less than 24 hours after the shock defeat against Ireland sent them crashing out of the competition without progressing out of the group stage. The post-mortem examination established that the former England player had died as a result of "manual strangulation", police commissioner Lucius Thomas said.

Jamaican police say Bob may have known his killer or killers as there were no signs of forced entry into his room and none of his possessions had been taken. "Bob was a large man. It would have taken some significant force to subdue him," he said, adding that police were ruling nothing out and had "lots of lines of inquiry". Authorities are studying CCTV footage from the hotel to see who was around when the murder took place.
All i can say is i hope whoever did this will be bought to justice and and the cricketing nations who made the super 8 stage will put on a show to make Bob proud.

Friday 16 March 2007

Six Sixes!

Herschelle Gibbs made history earlier today in the match between South Africa and the Netherlands when the South African batsman hit six sixes in one over. This is the first time it had been achieved in a one-day international. It had been done before in first class cricket with West Indian legend Sir Viv Richards the first to acheive the feat whilst playing for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in 1968. Before the tournament began American Billionnaire Johnnie Walker said anyone acheiving this feat would be donated a million us dollars to give to a charity of their choice so Herschelle has choosen the the Habitat For Humanity charity. Gibbs went in to make 72 off of 40 balls before being caught from the same bowler that he smashed for 36.