There are people out there that believe England’s trip to South Africa is less about competition and more about recruiting.
That is unfair, and funny.
Their trip to South Africa is about their love of draws.
And not just any draws, but four and a half days of lifeless cricket, and then a final afternoon that wakes up anyone who has accidentally left the TV on.
This is the 5th test since the start of 09 that England has produced a thrilling end after days of wrist slicing tedium.
5 times have we said, fuck the win, what a draw. And 5 times have we fallen asleep earlier in the match.
We have to thank England for exciting us.
Whether it is with a collapse like the last two, or by not getting out Fidel Edwards they know how to draw.
Most teams just play shitty draws that people hate.
Not England, they are the kings of the crowd pleasing draws.
In the future English fans might boo victories, wishing for the rush from that plucky draw with the classic not quite complete collapse or the moral indignation that comes with not getting the tenth wicket because of a bad declaration.
If it means seeing the Bruce Willis of Nudgers, Collingwood, doing his batting impression of dragging himself through the remains of his dead comrades as mortar drops around him and a tailender batting better than Ravi Bopara, I will tune in for it.
Viva la draw.
If you are thinking this seems familiar, that is because it is. I just cut and pasted a post from the first test with minor adjustments, if England are going to take the piss, so am I.
It’s actually 2010, but anyway. England’s recruiting drive may work, they could pick up Makhaya Ntini, hah.
Bugger; AJ beat me to that bit of pedantry.
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AJ, very sorry, hadn’t finished editing when i pressed pubish, but isn’t that the fun of reprinting your old post?
LB, I’m sure you’ll find more.
Pubish. *snigger*
yeah…spell checking is boring. i like the excitement of the jrod’s mistakes.
I only happened to switch to the Test match telecast thanks to the boring ongoing ODI at Dhaka. Wow! Everytime they manage to fuck up on the last day, it’s like watching 2005 all over again!! Pity the opposition :P
The wife taking the piss out of you Uncle J.
It was funny hearing Boycot go on and on about how Colly and Belly were going to take them home comfortably and bagging the pitch, bowlers and all non English. He was just short of bring his “moom” into it. Would hve loved it if were on the air during the last hour. Saved by a tailender. Again.
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Jrod, noticed any more bald people in England lately?
One stressful game like that is enough to make your hair fall out. God only knows what 5 matches would do.
i think it is still funny ..context the same. Jrod has a knack in telling what is in people’s mind in a funny way. Even cut and paste is funny…As i was reading.
you are more funny than stargate universe guys who try to make the show funny with fat genius and failed every time. You should write for some TV series…may be saturday night live..perfect fit!. :D
Slow growth is better….
My apologies jrod, good to see you’re on the ball(s), well covered. (Y)
tense draws are circumstantial. but the basic pom batting somehow is still excruciatingly boring. i dont know how they do it. i’d rather watch the rain and the covers on.
Colly has a different plan for different situations, I find him admirable and his normal stroke playing is so ugly that I like him playing with no back lift, it gives me less quantatively to wince about in aesthetic terms..
Look at most of the Aussies, they have one plan for any situation, Brad Haddin only being the most obvious exponent.
Test (aka Jurassic Age) cricket just appeals to mamas boys, 40-year old virgins, and
other sexually non-threatening males.