Driving marathon for the Ferns, a poor choice of words and - yes! - an Aussie failure
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The Silver Ferns not only suffered the indignity of being stuck in Canberra for close to a week while waiting to play the fifth Constellation Cup test, their Wellington-based players then discovered that a storm prevented them landing in the capital upon return. They had to fly into Auckland and drive. Word has it that Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit's driving is regarded so poorly by teammates that she was banned from getting behind the wheel at any stage.
Schadenfreude corner
One of life's great pleasures is rejoicing in the misfortunes of Australia's cricketers, mainly because you know it won't be long before they're back in business. But savour this statistic for a moment. The top four (and five of the top six) run chases in ODI history have been achieved against Australia. That includes yesterday's extraordinary Indian chase in Jaipur, when the home team ran down the Aussies' 359 to cruise home with nine wickets and 39 balls in hand. But topping even that was the sight of James Faulkner poking Brad Haddin in the eye when a high five went wrong during the first ODI, in Pune. More evidence that when it comes to cricketing high fives, leave it to the Windies.
Oklahoma college footballer Trey Metoyer was arrested for indecent exposure on Wednesday. Metoyer allegedly pleasured himself in front of a female on two separate occasions. One of his coaches, Jay Norvell, gave us this interestingly worded quote, according to Sports Illustrated: "He's going through some things right now. He's trying to get his hands around it. We just wish him the best as he works his way through that." Hmmm, trying to get his hands around it might not be the best course of action.
High-voltage revenge
According to Metro, a striker in Tajikistan has had the electricity shut off at his home after scoring two goals that knocked the local team out of a cup competition. Ahtam Hamroqulov lives a short distance from the Vaksh stadium and when he arrived back at his house after his match-winning double he discovered engineers shutting off the power supply. The local mayor ordered the hot water to be shut off at the striker's home, too. The power stayed cut off until five days later when Hamroqulov and his side were themselves dumped out of the tournament after a semifinal defeat.
