It was bemusing to read so much stuff about whether Australia would or would not "engineer" the game against Scotland to keep England out of the WC. Is/was Australia so scared of England progressing that every cricket writer in the country felt compelled to at least discuss the possibility of it happening, including our two esteemed scribes at et al? The idea of the old enemy being kicked out of the comp - by nefarious means if necessary - was compelling, but I reckon Starc was right. It was all a media beat-up.
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Ah, Mother Cricket and Father Time. ‘They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had. And add some extra, just for you.’
Brian Close (I think) via Roebuck (possibly): "Make a mug out of cricket and it will make a mug out of you." (Or something like that.)
Eddie Barlow: 'Take the piss out of cricket and it will take the piss out of you.' From John Wright's autobiography. Probably many other variations.
It was bemusing to read so much stuff about whether Australia would or would not "engineer" the game against Scotland to keep England out of the WC. Is/was Australia so scared of England progressing that every cricket writer in the country felt compelled to at least discuss the possibility of it happening, including our two esteemed scribes at et al? The idea of the old enemy being kicked out of the comp - by nefarious means if necessary - was compelling, but I reckon Starc was right. It was all a media beat-up.
He was - total nonsense.
Netflix (and Amazon Prime, and other streaming services) come with ads now. I'm tempted to relive my rebellious youth and return to PirateBay etc via VPN
Ah, Mother Cricket and Father Time. ‘They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had. And add some extra, just for you.’