Fanciful Friday: It's Just Not Cricket
7.1.11
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| ink & watercolour illustration, 7" x 8.75" [18 x 22.5cm] |
I used to think cricket was an odd curiosity involving the curation of grass as a spectator sport. And occasionally, typically when one left the room to put on the kettle, a player would cheekily hit a ball or catch a ball as a mild distraction from the grass-watching task at hand. But in recent years, I've grown to love this gentlemanly pursuit and its familiar noise on the telly as I potter around at home. It sounds of summer to me. And with the rotten weather we've had for the past couple of months, anything reminiscent of summer is a good thing.
But woe is me, our fine Aussie cricket team has dropped off the perch lately. And the Pommie cricket team resoundly completed its Ashes series win today, creating an irksome tea stain on Australia's proud sporting history. I have to admit, the English side did a beyond-sterling job, and if not for some half-baked semblance of a detox over the holidays, I would drink a Long Island Iced Tea in its honour. {Granted, this rocket fuel rarely contains tea and bears no relationship to Australia or England, but it's a compelling amnesiac for embarrassing international incidents.}
Knowing the cricket selectors will make some changes, I've come up with my own Dream Team {shown here at the Sydney Cricket Ground, formerly-known-as-Illustrious}. And the simple solution I propose is that we double the number of players, then play ourselves. A guaranteed win every time. {My talents really are wasted...tell me about it.} My nominated team could make it a little harder to maintain the condition of the grass, but what is life without challenges. And on that note...
Happy Fanciful Friday to you!
PS: Thank you for your many concerned emails and comments. I'm relieved to say that {touch wood!} my immediate family and I are somewhat soggy, but gratefully unaffected by the massive flooding in our state, greater than the areas of France & Germany combined. If you would like to make a donation to help those poor folks in these disaster areas, you can do so here. Merci, grazie, thank you.
