Random thoughts and observations
Australian cricketers wore VB promotional caps on their opening match of the West Indies tour overnight, causing a furore among diehard fans and former players. “Money talks, you’re selling your pride, selling the baggy green, what price is it? It just cheapens things,” former Test player Greg Matthews said. “Personally I would have worn my [...]
Andrew Symonds shoulder charged a streaker at the Gabba tonight in a bone-jarring tackle more reminiscent of rugby than cricket. It will send the otherwise ho-hum, yawn pitch invasion into the realms of sporting folklore. And let’s face it, a photograph or video footage is necessary to make a streak memorable. There was a female [...]
My last words on the cricket monkey furore: I think New Zealand Judge John Hansen reached the obvious conclusion. No disrespect to match referee Mike Procter, but the judge knows what he’s doing. Far-reaching decisions like this need to be based on evidence. I found this part of the transcript interesting:
Adam Gilchrist dropped a bombshell by announcing his retirement from all forms of the game during the Adelaide Test. As a young boy I idolised Allan Border and thought nobody could replace him in the pantheon of cricket greats. Gilchrist came close. He is a sensational batsman and a great bloke. I won’t compare him [...]
Sledging is part of cricket and some examples are better than others. Sometimes it rebounds on the bowlers who deliver the words. Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath to lower-order Zimbabwean batsman Eddo (chicken farmer) Brandes: “Why are you so fat?” Brandes: “Because every time I “f**k” your wife, she gives me a biscuit.” In an [...]
