A lot of this article is in pretty poor taste and not in-keeping with the rest of the journalistic endeavors championed by other people like Gideon. Sure, its interesting to read/learn about tape ball cricket, the first four paragraphs were somewhat informative, but to read about the author committing insurance fraud, advocating for spot fixing in sport, and implying that indoor cricket players are terrorists is extremely poor journalism and I'm not even sure it could be described as satire. Maybe this sort of article would be better served at Betoota where you usually write.
Tapeball is all very fine, but you're forgetting (like Ch10 is trying to forget) the juggernaut that was Sandball, the acme of televised Beach cricket.
1) Vale the V6 Holden engine timing chain. Lest we forget the two days on the hoist it took to fit it, and the $1,900 bill from the mechanic when it was eventually done. I literally had one tell me he never wanted to see my car again
2) (half) Tape Ball brings back memories of playing street cricket in Melbourne's south-west in the 80s. The ball would swing like a mortgage belt voter, and was absolutely brutal if you got hit in the cruets from your best mate's older (thug) brother coming in off the long run and taking the pi55.
That explains my experience with indoor cricket and those who it attracts.... The similarities between indoor cricketers and some people i met in Afghanistan are inseparable.
Moronic. Especially the bit about backpacks, fertiliser and nails. You think that kind of stupid tasteless crap is funny?
A lot of this article is in pretty poor taste and not in-keeping with the rest of the journalistic endeavors championed by other people like Gideon. Sure, its interesting to read/learn about tape ball cricket, the first four paragraphs were somewhat informative, but to read about the author committing insurance fraud, advocating for spot fixing in sport, and implying that indoor cricket players are terrorists is extremely poor journalism and I'm not even sure it could be described as satire. Maybe this sort of article would be better served at Betoota where you usually write.
They were jokes dude. Like Gideon's analysis...
A couple of indoor cricketers sounding off in the comments hey
Tapeball is all very fine, but you're forgetting (like Ch10 is trying to forget) the juggernaut that was Sandball, the acme of televised Beach cricket.
Or more correctly, the ONLY of televised beach cricket. You can probably guess why.
1) Vale the V6 Holden engine timing chain. Lest we forget the two days on the hoist it took to fit it, and the $1,900 bill from the mechanic when it was eventually done. I literally had one tell me he never wanted to see my car again
2) (half) Tape Ball brings back memories of playing street cricket in Melbourne's south-west in the 80s. The ball would swing like a mortgage belt voter, and was absolutely brutal if you got hit in the cruets from your best mate's older (thug) brother coming in off the long run and taking the pi55.
That explains my experience with indoor cricket and those who it attracts.... The similarities between indoor cricketers and some people i met in Afghanistan are inseparable.
Yep, stuyvos...