I Don't Like Cricket. Oh No.

As the temperature starts to (unfortunately) rise in my homeland, I have to admit that I'm looking forward to the summer cricket season this year. Whilst I'm far from being a 'sports guy', I am fortunate enough to be surrounded by televisions at my workplace, so soon there'll be something half way interesting to watch.

I'm still largely undecided as the where I stand in the scheme of patriotism. There are aspects of it that I abhor, and I'm not sure I'll ever be able to get behind our national anthem (I mean I want to, but it's just such a lacklustre song). On the flipside of that I find myself from time to time actively getting behind some Aussie sporting teams. It's a dichotomy far too complex and unimportant to delve into here, but when I stumble across things like this site it's a little easier to understand my fondness for our national sporting endeavours. If you can't be bothered clicking on the link (and no one's blaming you) it's a site that lists examples of sledging amongst famous cricketers. There's quite a few good stories on that site, but when reading about moments such as the one I've pasted below, I realise that however base the level, professional sportsmen do serve to be entertaining once in a while.



Merv Hughes and Viv Richards: Merv Hughes usually never short of a word while on the field, rarely keeps quite. During a test match in the West Indies Hughes didn't say a word to Viv, but continued to stare at him after deliveries. "This is my island, my culture. Don't you be staring at me. In my culture we just bowl." Merv didn't reply, but after he dismissed him he announced to the batsman: "In my culture we just say f*ck off. "