what'd you call my mother?So, it’s lightly drizz­ling up here at Wel­ling­tonista Towers at present, which is just a short walk from the Sta­di­um, where today’s One Day Inter­na­tion­al (or Oh Dee Eye as they seem to have taken to call­ing this form of the game on the telly) between the NZ Black Caps and the Aus­trali­an, er, Baggy Greens is to take place.

The fore­cast from Met­Ser­vice is for “Becom­ing fine this morn­ing. South­er­lies tend north­erly.” If someone can tell us exactly what “South­er­lies tend north­erly” actu­ally means, we’d be most appre­ci­at­ive. Unfor­tu­nately the rain radar is down for repairs at present, so there’s no way of telling if there’s any more rain on the way, but, look­ing South over the green hills of Kel­burn and Karori, it does seem to be light­en­ing up that way, so it seems as if there will be a chance for some play today.

But, boy, it’s still humid. Does­n’t humid­ity assist the bowl­ers? Don’t the Aus­trali­ans have Brett Lee? Where’s the rain when you need it?

Live ball-by-ball inter­net cov­er­age from 2pm over at Cri­cinfo.

UPDATE: Not a cloud in the sky to the South, and just a few clouds hov­er­ing around the ranges to the North and East, so should be good for a full game by the looks of it. Hot and humid, lovely.

And Met­Ser­vice have updated their fore­cast to: “Fine weath­er. Tend­ing north­erly.”