Quick-twitted action from the OB guy

DURING the final T20 international at St George's Park, SuperSport's great over-enunciator, Pommie Mbangwa, cornered ace swimmer Cameron van den Burgh for a quick natter.

The Olympian spoke about how he played "Bakers Mini Cricket" in his formative years and before you knew it, some eagle-eyed, nimble-fingered OB van knob turner had the new sponsor's twitter handle on the screen.

THE new mini cricket sponsor also happens to be the T20 series benefactors and SuperSport's commentators have now followed the lead of their Channel Nine colleagues by reading scripted ads between deliveries. Of course the current sponsors demand their pound of flesh and in their ad they seemed to suggest they promote an active lifestyle. Good on them for picking up on the fact that some of their customers and cholesterol have formed long-term bonds.

MOST former players can't be expected to sound intelligent, but what is it with some of SuperSport's commentary team insisting on pronouncing the word series as "serious" during SA's T20 matches against New Zealand? We realise they're trying to talk up T20 cricket as something worth taking seriously, but this is not the way to do it.

AT least SuperSport know that if it's Wednesday it must be Port Elizabeth. The SABC repeatedly broadcast the bulls**t that the second match of the series would be played in Port Elizabeth and the third in East London. It was the other way around, boofheads.

GOOD to see Simon Doull has not lost faith in the Black Caps team he used to play for. "You might only need four days of tickets," he said as the test series loomed into view. He did remember to splutter that he "didn't mean New Zealand couldn't win it". By then the toothpaste was out of the tube.

WRITING in the New Zealand Herald after the Blacks Caps were shot out for 86 in the first T20 international, Mark Richardson let fly with the long handle in a way he never came close to as a stodgy top-order batsman for the Kiwis: " ... our boys were once again un-smart. To be precise, they were dumb. They were dumb in the mental skills necessary in all forms of cricket."