This summer’s Ashes series has just done it for me. For those of you who don’t watch cricket, style up, you don’t know what you’re missing. Glenn McGrath destroying England with the new ball in the first test, England’s two run victory in the second. This series is threatening to take over my life for the next few weeks. Especially now the carnival has moved to Manchester. Never one to sit on the fence, I’m going with England. This is probably the only time I will support England to win anything, mainly because the Aussie press is even more irritating than the British tabloids.
Kenyans hold amusing opinions on cricket, most of which centre upon the ridiculous idea that cricket is a “white mans game”. In fact if you examine the criticism levelled at cricket and go back to 1990 those are exactly the same things that people were saying about rugby, and look at how rugby has become vogue and cool.
Bloody hell we are frigging World Cup semi-finalists at cricket for crying out loud, ebu start showing some necessary respect.
As for rugby, the new seasons starts at the end of September and us card carrying members of the Front
Row
Union are meant to be in a serious pre-season training camp which so far has consisted of a debate on the hypothetical question of the exact texture of the ultimate half time orange. It’s good to see the Boks knocking the stuffing out of the Wallabies and the All Blacks.
Let the rambling continue.
Pamoja Tuangamize Ukimwi
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August 11, 2005 at 8:02 am
Ms K
Say what you will but I cannot watch an entire game of cricket. Give me highlights and maybe an hour at a time. Lakini sijui five hours? Heh heh apana!
That said, I do think cricket is a fascinating game. Lakini ebu explain the sijui Ducksworth whatever!
August 11, 2005 at 8:39 am
Farmgal
Hey good to see there are KBW cricket fans! I want England to win. did you see the last game?
August 11, 2005 at 10:12 am
Emily
CORRECTION; Cricket is a YELLOW mans game, Not white
August 11, 2005 at 12:30 pm
hash
Yani, how can you compare these two sports?
Watching a 3 day cricket game is as enjoyable as having your teeth pulled without anesthesia - time slows down and you wish for the end painfully. A rugby game is full of action, violence and excitement - no wonder its popularity has grown so fast.
August 11, 2005 at 1:21 pm
Wangari
you are supporting England?! haiya is ON!!!
we (i’m including myself with the Oz team here) are gonna RUN circles all over you!!
you are not doing badly at the moment though… McGrath needs to do something fast!!
August 11, 2005 at 2:41 pm
Guess
As a card-carrying member of Cricket Dis-interesteds, I refuse to style up. I dont know the first thing about it, and I refuse to learn. But if there is anyone who has a pain/snoozefree, enjoyable, erotic even,(preferably of the opposite sex) way of teaching me, we can have fun, and I will have thus, styled up.
Otherwise, a resounding NO!
August 11, 2005 at 3:27 pm
Wambui
@G: LOL!
August 11, 2005 at 4:31 pm
Nyakehu
MA I am with you on this one, I am so looking forward to the English keeping the Ashes, can not watch the game though much too boring.