Howzat!
Hands up cricket fans of the blogosphere?
While spending a late summer in Perth in Western Australia I was indoctrinated by some of my good Aussie mates. I was a reluctant victim, but I have to say, I got hooked to the extent I maintain a passing interest in the sport ever since. I got a good grounding in the game from my Australian associates and I can say with my head held high, it's a game I admire for its highly developed tactical elements and large amount of skill.
Tom has a great post on The Ashes which started yesterday. He covers the English social phenomonon that was the last Ashes series with some very useful analysis. For non-plussed readers there's even an Irishman on the fringes this time around if an excuse is required to pass comment down at the pub this weekend.
Unfortunately unless as in my case you're sat down on the couch before lunchtime with a carton (as they call it) of 24 beers and a gang of mates and forced to watch, you'll likely pass cricket and The Ashes tour by like a train in the night. That's a shame for any sports fan.
Oh, I almost forgot, the most important part of the sport as I had it explained to me is something called 'Pommy Bashing'. Now, I'm aware the numbers on teletext might not mean much to you, but lets just say things are going rather badly in the extreme for the unforunate English tourists in the first test.
Any tears in cornflakes over there this morning Colm?
tags: cricket
Published by Paul.
While spending a late summer in Perth in Western Australia I was indoctrinated by some of my good Aussie mates. I was a reluctant victim, but I have to say, I got hooked to the extent I maintain a passing interest in the sport ever since. I got a good grounding in the game from my Australian associates and I can say with my head held high, it's a game I admire for its highly developed tactical elements and large amount of skill.
Tom has a great post on The Ashes which started yesterday. He covers the English social phenomonon that was the last Ashes series with some very useful analysis. For non-plussed readers there's even an Irishman on the fringes this time around if an excuse is required to pass comment down at the pub this weekend.
Unfortunately unless as in my case you're sat down on the couch before lunchtime with a carton (as they call it) of 24 beers and a gang of mates and forced to watch, you'll likely pass cricket and The Ashes tour by like a train in the night. That's a shame for any sports fan.
Oh, I almost forgot, the most important part of the sport as I had it explained to me is something called 'Pommy Bashing'. Now, I'm aware the numbers on teletext might not mean much to you, but lets just say things are going rather badly in the extreme for the unforunate English tourists in the first test.
Any tears in cornflakes over there this morning Colm?
tags: cricket
Published by Paul.
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