Shane Warne about to release a missile...
The reason why this blogger of yours enjoys cricket has nothing to do with the more obvious part of it. Batting is like pop music for the masses while bowling is more like a shostakovitch-like complex composition. Mr Shane Warne, an extremely talented Australian cricket player, was able to marvel us with his deliveries. Almost against the Laws of Physics that govern motion. He is retiring from Test Match cricket after a whitewash of the England team, when Australia regained the Ashes.
I saw him at Lord's, almost two decades ago, having secured an unatainable ticket by bluffing all the way to the General Secretary of the MCC. The gentlemen with "bacon and egg" ties of that most English of clubs (Marylebone Cricket Club) were impressed that a barbarian from a non-cricketing country could be so enthusiastic about the Game. Howzat?
I tried to start a tradition when I was posted in London. Ensuring that at least one of the diplomats at the Embassy at a given time would be able to read the results columns of a cricket match. I'm afraid I was not successful.
I still remember reading hastily the booklet "Bluff your way in Cricket" on the eve of my first match at Lord's... It seemed intelectually challenging but with no real emotion on the pitch.. And then a certain Shane Warne started to run...
I saw him at Lord's, almost two decades ago, having secured an unatainable ticket by bluffing all the way to the General Secretary of the MCC. The gentlemen with "bacon and egg" ties of that most English of clubs (Marylebone Cricket Club) were impressed that a barbarian from a non-cricketing country could be so enthusiastic about the Game. Howzat?
I tried to start a tradition when I was posted in London. Ensuring that at least one of the diplomats at the Embassy at a given time would be able to read the results columns of a cricket match. I'm afraid I was not successful.
I still remember reading hastily the booklet "Bluff your way in Cricket" on the eve of my first match at Lord's... It seemed intelectually challenging but with no real emotion on the pitch.. And then a certain Shane Warne started to run...
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