So much for the hype
November 27th 2006 05:46
There has been this huge hype over the Ashes series which has over the past five days has done nothing to explain the reason for all the fuss. It seems like just another ordinary Ashes series where the Aussies give the Poms a beating and the Poms once again become the laughing stock of the tabloids both in Australia and in England. They can be thankful though, they aren't the West Indies who seem to turn in Jekyll and Hyde performances every second or third match and then become the laughing stock of the cricketing world.
I believe that if there's supposed to be the hype I want it to come close to living up to what it was billed to be. Now this happens a lot with television programmes and movies which are billed to be hilarious or guaranteed to knock your socks off in some way, shape or form. So you sit there expectantly waiting to be blown away only to find yourself thinking halfway through "Why the hell am I watching this rubbish?" I had the same experience watching the Poms get absolutely mauled first by the bat then by the ball on a flat pitch. They're damn lucky they got to the fifth day. If the English want to come out under the guise of wanting to play and then play like they don't want the Ashes then maybe they should have just couriered them back instead of wasting the cricketing publics time.
You know when you're getting old when you can think back twenty years and have vivid recollections of the last time the English won on Australian soil. It is one thing that I can truly say I miss...an Australian loss. Don't get me wrong I don't hate the Aussie team but I can't truthfully say I like them either and there are times when I like them more when they lose. They seem greedy and covetous when they hold every trophy available to them in their cabinet and it was refreshing last year to see an English team that had fight and spirit to regain the Ashes. It made me feel good to see real competition on the field and I am waiting for that day when the cycle spins again to another team that holds supreme in the cricketing world. I don't want total world dominance from any team just a good old healthy close battle. Is that too much to ask?
I believe that if there's supposed to be the hype I want it to come close to living up to what it was billed to be. Now this happens a lot with television programmes and movies which are billed to be hilarious or guaranteed to knock your socks off in some way, shape or form. So you sit there expectantly waiting to be blown away only to find yourself thinking halfway through "Why the hell am I watching this rubbish?" I had the same experience watching the Poms get absolutely mauled first by the bat then by the ball on a flat pitch. They're damn lucky they got to the fifth day. If the English want to come out under the guise of wanting to play and then play like they don't want the Ashes then maybe they should have just couriered them back instead of wasting the cricketing publics time.
You know when you're getting old when you can think back twenty years and have vivid recollections of the last time the English won on Australian soil. It is one thing that I can truly say I miss...an Australian loss. Don't get me wrong I don't hate the Aussie team but I can't truthfully say I like them either and there are times when I like them more when they lose. They seem greedy and covetous when they hold every trophy available to them in their cabinet and it was refreshing last year to see an English team that had fight and spirit to regain the Ashes. It made me feel good to see real competition on the field and I am waiting for that day when the cycle spins again to another team that holds supreme in the cricketing world. I don't want total world dominance from any team just a good old healthy close battle. Is that too much to ask?
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