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Published: April 16th 2007
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Bracken on the rampage
At one point the man was on 3/9. Brilliant. Blogger Bec What a game. What a thrown game.
Very disappointed Mr.Moody, very disappointed.
Sri Lanka chose not to play two extremely key players in this tussle between 2 of the best teams in the world and as a result, Sri Lanka never really put up any fight.
Yes, Malinga was injured. But Vaas and Murali were NOT. They were just rested. That is like resting Ponting and Gilchrist because they wanted to save them for the finals.
I'm sorry but that just ain't cricket.
Still, lots of fabulous shots by the hardened and magical Aussie blokes and some inspired bowling by Bracken.
We had our banner out ("G'day Jingers, the Zhous and Oz") which was hit by a 4 by the orgasm-inducing-in-Mark-Nicholas Matty Hayden.
We also GOT ON TV!!
When Jayawadene was dismissed by (my favourite little Aussie legend) Hogg, the roving camera man pounced on us and filmed us for about 20 seconds. He said we "got on" and when the replay was shown after the match, there was Dougo's face (and me in the background) plastered all over the screen but only for about 2 seconds. Go Dougo!!
Grenada
Warming up
What a fit bunch of blokes! is COMPELTELY over run by Aussies which makes a nice change from the HORDES of Saffers that have dominated the region over the last month or so. Everywhere you go to eat, play, read, shop or just stickybeak, almost millions of Aussies are already there. It's nice actually. Well, on game days it's nice. Other days it's a little scary because you think you are home but are quite obviously not.
The way we are experiencing this holiday is interesting. As a (mostly) non-drinking, non sun loving extremely budget travellers, our experience of this cricket world cup differs so greatly from most people's.
Most people spend their non game days baking in the sun, followed by 8 -10 hours of hard drinking. (Come to think of it, that's what game days are like too...) Also, being a couple, things are very different.
I feel slightly guilty that we are not doing the same, despite the fact that I wish to do neither activity.
If Dougo was here by himself, no doubt he would be doing the same thing as all the other groups of blokes (not paying to stay in hotels, drinking a lot and eating
We're on TV
This the roving camera man who captured our glorious gobs on international TV!! two minute noodles in order to save money for beer). He doesn't have any issues with our style but acknowledges it would be different if he was here with other guys.
I guess when you are surrounded by thousands of people doing one thing and you are seemingly the only ones doing the opposite, it's quite normal to feel salmon-like.
I just keep reminding myself that we are here for the cricket and if we are seeing all the cricket that we can whilst here then we are living our dream.
It's really frustrating to feel peer pressure at this age. Intellectually you can know something but somehow your heart feels something else. Mostly it ties into my issues of "not missing out". If lots of people are doing something and I'm not (ie meeting most of the Aussie, Saffer and Kiwi team out on the piss or on the beach), perhaps I'm missing out on something and THAT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT!!
To counteract my feelings, I go out and try and do the lazing on the beach followed by drinking. All I end up with is sunburn and a hangover, rather than a tan and some
Roy's 50
Another great Aussie moment as Roy thrashes the Lankins. great stories of meeting international cricketers.
Ahh, the personal growth, you can just smell it in the air!!
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