Friday 13 April 2007

Fantasy cricket lovers ignored by Punter

Lawks a mercy. It's difficult enough as it is to pick 11 world cup performers, rotate one or two and work out which of the cheap players might slog a 50 or turn in a decent threefa. And then Punter wins the toss agains the Boggies and sticks them in! Where's the sport in that? Wickman, running out of substitutions owing to a misunderstanding of the rules, spent hours agonising over the delicate choice of whether to stick in Symonds for Colly or Gilly for McCullum and then Reeky goes and wins the toss and sticks them in! The result? 46-6 and Hayden to knock em off in about 7 overs, everyone packs up and wanders back to the hotel pool. Wickman has noticed this as a recurring World Cup trend from the Aussies. Why go to the bother of assembling 600 against Hertz van Rentyl, Honest Mugabe or Plucky O'Criggit and the boys if you can skittle 'em and be back in front of the PS3, Gideon's Bible or form guide for the local nags before the scheduled lunch break? Right. That's it. Wickman never wanted the Canaries to win the cup anyway. Now he's off to change his name by deed poll to Wickermasinge George David Alfred Pushpinappleupatreeanka or something similar. Sri Lanka for the cup. Erm except if England beat South Africa and West Indies before turning Australia over in the final. *looks out of window and watches as pig flies by*

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well Wickman is at it again - taking cheap shots at the Aussies for their "unsporting" behaviour against the potato-eating Irishmen. While i agree with the sentiment - that is, Australia should have batted and made 500+ and skittled the Irish for less than 50 - it is hardly "unsporting" behaviour to bowl first. It might not be the ideal scenario for the fans, but if they want to see a great world cup final with players at their best, then a quick game against the Irish is something they'll have to live with.

When we think back to everything that has happened in this world cup - the potential match fixing, and Bob "i wish i hadn't sunk a bottle of whisky in the shower before having a chat with Inzy" Woolmer's murder, is bowling first against a minnow really that bad. This writer thinks not...