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A (much) higher percentage of MFC supporters in the MCC take up memberships than the percentage of MFC fans who are non-MCC members. The crux of the matter is playing good footy over a consistent period of time.

Tigers by 21 I reckon. They'll be better than their first half last season but not as good as their second. This season I think will see fantastic competition for the 8 though a few very strong teams up top. Top 4 vital as always. Looking forward to Monday's game, obviously, though it'll be very hard to watch Clark as a neutral and fully enjoy the game I reckon. The Saints will lift for Riewoldt, not sure if they have enough quality to get the job done. I hope the swans annihilate the Bombers though their matches are usually of a very high quality. Crows Kangas could be a ripper as well as, obviously, Freo Port. Overall a pretty entertaining round to start the year - shame there's no footy tomorrow though.

Siddle's lost his CA contract but still in the squad? Is that right?

How can one player get off because a tribunal "isn't comfortably satisfied" that he took a supplement while another player gets two years when everyone fully accepts that he didn't!?!

Grazman, you can watch live via the Cricket Australia website and app.

Guptill.

Kids want to meet the players, feel special, get an autograph and a photo. Everyone else wants to follow a club that wins games of footy. Win that and you've made up for missed opportunities.

Hopefully we will have the last laugh.

Evidently your memory is absolutely rubbish. The way I recalled it, the mighty wreckers were missing their best 16 players and took out the rest of the once all-conquering top 4 who had every single player in, fit and firing. Glad I sorted this misrepresentation out in time.

Glad you liked it, OMR. I'd put myself at about 100-1 of going back to back. Even at my best I was mid table in all stats. No idea how last year happened.

The leadership of Robbo (and promise to ditch any rubbish) was enough to get me in. What do I throw up JCB...?

While we're on the subject of help. Can you guys help me out please? I seem to have misplaced my trophy. I'm sure it was amazing and gigantic and filled with beer but I just can't locate. Can we confirm that it wasn't given to first, second or third on the ladder from last year before I rolled them consecutively? Any help would be appreciated. Love, Your Leader - wreckers

Don't forgot Johnson, 1 off 7 and 0-68 off 6!

Hopefully not IN the Tasman!

Personally I don't like goal accuracy (gee I'm sounding negative aren't I). It just seems unnecessary. Would rather 5 for score tbh than 4 and 1 - and I'm rubbish at score!

Is the total score out of 18? That leaves room for a tie? (Not necessarily a bad thing). Personally I don't like the playing through byes but that's open to everyone.

They reached South Africa's same score for the same loss of wickets 33 balls earlier but they look like they may fall 50 or so behind. 111 off the last 6 overs they conceded! Even if they went for ten an over during that period they still could have won. After 32 overs Zimbabwe were 2-189. South Africa were 4-136.

Fantastic death bowling here from Pakistan. India were well placed all innings to run away with it and entered the final ten at 2-217 probably eyeing 320 plus. 56 runs from the first 5 overs threatened to blow them out of the match in my opinion. 5-27 from the final 5 overs. Could be a great evening of cricket, hopefully. On the umpiring, very poor on their behalf and it denied a well-deserved ton. Also denied england the indignity of securing the most meaningless century recorded in the game to go alongside the most meaningless hat-trick.

Zimbabwe a chance?

NZ are a lock for the semi in my book. Faulkner injury is probably the first cricket injury I've cared about since Mcgrath hurt his stomach when I was about 10. Bringing the grand total to 2.

Honestly though I don't think I can commit. If someone is lurking in the wings, feel free to take the reigns of the reigning champion.

Will get back to you when I finish my raging bender from winning last year's once-coveted "trophy".

I'd argue that depends entirely on your point of view.

I know for a fact that she would hate that you spelled her name wrong. Do you understand that she did not begin the hashtag? A sad part of me feels that you, and/or people like you, heard the news from France and responded with a grin. I pray that I'm wrong.

Can't be worse than his batting...