Steve Marshall sports Hobbit ears every time an international cricket match hits the University Oval.
''I've been wearing them for 'ears,'' he said, laughing.
He had worn the ears alongside his older brother Peter Marshall at every New Zealand match since 2008.
The one-day match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka yesterday was no different.
However, the most notable outing for the ears was the test between New Zealand and England in 2013.
On the embankment, donning his ears and wielding a whiteboard, he wrote a prediction of the score at the end of the first session - 80 runs for five wickets - before England walked out to bat.
He held the whiteboard high, announcing his prophecy to a doubtful bunch of English ''Barmy Army'' supporters.
The forecast became a reality after a poor display of English batting and the British supporters nicknamed him ''the oracle''.
The prophecies continued as the brothers followed the tour north but future predictions were far from infallible.
''The last day of the last test, the sign read 'retired','' Steve said.
A new addition to the brothers' supporting gear this year was a larger-than-life picture of actor Russell Crowe - the cousin of New Zealand cricketers Martin and Jeff Crowe.
The Marshall brothers had been collecting signatures and players had been signing their names on Crowe's beard.
''I offered the moustache to [Luke] Ronchi and [Grant] Elliott,'' Peter said.
However, after the unbeaten sixth-wicket partnership of 267, the cricketers were ''respectful'' and signed in sideburn, side and front of the beard.
Steve said the two days of cricket at the oval had been ''awesome'' and they and Crowe would return to the oval, Steve said.
''Russell will be here for years to come.''
Steve said he would continue to wear the ears, too.
''It's just part of me coming to the cricket.''
