Running out of fingers to count on
Allow me to expand on Mr Random’s definition of cricket, that we referred to a post or two ago:
There are two teams. The Australians win.
So far, so good. But there is actually more to it that we decided not to bore you with at the time:
In the absence of Australians, the team with the most South Africans wins.
Well, on a tally of 11-2, we were never really in with all that much of a chance, were we?
Still, we are enjoying a splendid late stand from that noted batsman Ravi Bopara who, while partnered by those other noted batsmen Monty Panesar and James Anderson, has managed to put down more runs than Bell, Vaughan, Pietersen or Flintoff and get within an ace of Collingwood’s impressive total of 30.
Happy days. I expect he’ll be offered the captaincy shortly.
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