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caddymanWho’d have thought it? The Premiership season started at the weekend and Wolves came out of it with a win. We are third in the table, on alphabetical order only, behind Man Utd. I bet I could get good odds from the bookies on that still being the case next May.
We can but dream. I think 15th is a more realistic finishing place, provided we can play 90 minute games instead of our customary 85…
Around half an hour before the season kicked off (how’s that for timing?) England were confirmed as the world ranked number 1 Test Team in cricket, having comprehensively ground India’s solidly underperforming World Champions into the ground. Considering cricket is the national game on the sub continent, it is a shame how little interest their cricket board seems to have in test series since they started their very lucrative cricket league. As ever, money talks and I suspect that while they will continue to be a force in many competitions, sheer weight of games will ensure that come the next round of international games, the Indian players will be too jaded to show off their undoubted abilities.
Of course, that’s not to say that England haven’t thoroughly deserved their series win and elevation in the world rankings, but it would have been sweeter if India had made a decent fist of defending their position. As it was, we only got the briefest glimpses of their cricketing ability as they spent most of the time going listlessly through the motions.
In other news, I have new shoes and it is the last week at work before our fortnight’s holiday. Mentally I’m already there, but it will take until Friday evening for the rest of me to catch up.
We can but dream. I think 15th is a more realistic finishing place, provided we can play 90 minute games instead of our customary 85…
Around half an hour before the season kicked off (how’s that for timing?) England were confirmed as the world ranked number 1 Test Team in cricket, having comprehensively ground India’s solidly underperforming World Champions into the ground. Considering cricket is the national game on the sub continent, it is a shame how little interest their cricket board seems to have in test series since they started their very lucrative cricket league. As ever, money talks and I suspect that while they will continue to be a force in many competitions, sheer weight of games will ensure that come the next round of international games, the Indian players will be too jaded to show off their undoubted abilities.
Of course, that’s not to say that England haven’t thoroughly deserved their series win and elevation in the world rankings, but it would have been sweeter if India had made a decent fist of defending their position. As it was, we only got the briefest glimpses of their cricketing ability as they spent most of the time going listlessly through the motions.
In other news, I have new shoes and it is the last week at work before our fortnight’s holiday. Mentally I’m already there, but it will take until Friday evening for the rest of me to catch up.
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Date: 2011-08-15 06:20 pm (UTC)