What a disastrous start its only been three days of the first test and after all the hype and bluster, we are reduced to praying for rain to save England from defeat. I wont pretend to be an authority on cricket, but even I realise that you need to have a captain with a bit of imagination a captain with courage, Andrew Strauss lacks both those quality’s. Contrast to the Aussie captain Ricky Ponting who really does lead from the front, after declaring 239 runs ahead it looks like curtains for England, how they perform today weather permitting could define the way the rest of this series go’s, if England can dig in and show some tenacity batting, they need to bat all day for a draw, then the remaining tests could yet be close. But if as expected they are steamrollered then a series whitewash could be on the cards.
Sunday, 12 July 2009
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ReplyDeleteCricket is not a sport. Any 'sport' that takes several days to complete is not a sport. Neither is one where a team prays for rain precipitated from a low weather front or the rotation of the earth relative to the Sun to affect the score.
This is 18th century nonsense. Rain stopped play. Bad light stopped play. What a load of boring rubbish.
TWenty-Twenty? Don't get me started
I once went as a kid (i kid you not) and none of us could see the ball. What a drab day that was. When the umpire declared bad light stopped play we questioned this. Rather, bad light stopped farce.
People who say "Ah there's nothing quite like the sound of leather on willow" are right - there isn't. Its the sound of boredom.
Cricket should be a byword for boring. Example 'The movie was too long. I was cricketed out of my skull'. Or 'I was cricketed senseless'
Cricket - what nonsense.
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