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Kiwis Cricketers Doing the Sensible Thing

Now without putting too fine a point on it every time I hear a thuck Nuw Zuland uxxent the hairs on the back of my neck stand up like viagra-charged Rhodesian ridgeback and I want to kill, main and destroy.

My slight overreaction probably comes from having seen those evil All Blacks beat our golden lads - the Wallabies - throughout the early to middle decades of last century.

And they make horrid commercial beer - even worse than ours (which is saying something) - and when it comes to being bleeding hearts, well their system takes the cake.

I should also point out their PM has the rudest hairstyle in the history of - well, ever - and she is not only loose with the truth about policies, but also knows about art forgery.

And they do go on about underarm cricket - but possibly it's time for them to let that old bone go.

However, I have always had a soft spot for the Kiwi cricket team (although never against our lads) and this sees me getting a bit hot under the collar about this about-to-be World Cricket Cup in southern Africa.

Now the series - due to kick off on Saturday (8 Feb) - is not only being hosted by South Africa, but also Kenya and Zimbabwe - home of Robert 'Human Rights' Moogabe.

South Africa is not a worry, however, both Kenya and Zimbabwe are dangerous enough to be taken off my travel itinerary for the foreseeable future.

Now the Kiwi cricketers, who it must be remembered had a bomb explode outside their hotel in Sri Lanka some while back, have refused to play in Kenya because of the security risk.

Instead of saying "we'll reschedule it elsewhere", the tossers of the International Cricket Council will take the points of NZ and is threatening to fine them $2m.

Well, utter bollocks to that!

It sounds to me like the ICC is playing Moogabe-style politics to cover up the fact it either did not think this whole safety issue through, or is so slow-witted it can't change something that so obviously needs revamping.

Why should sportspeople put themselves at serious risk because an organisation has sold the TV rights to a competition.

All I can say is that it is a shame the Australian cricketers don't make the same stand as our fellow ANZACs and say "up yours" to the ICC about playing in Zimbabwe.

Mind you, it's not the safety aspect that would deter me from playing cricket in Zimbabwe but rather the fact I may have to shake hands with Moogabe and there's enough blood on that a-hole's hands to make that too unpleasant to contemplate.

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