Summer is upon us, so thanks go out to the excellent Rod Gilmour, the selector at the Telegraph, for squeezing me into his First XI - at No.11. But surely it is an extravagance to pick nine twelfth men:
Could only be written by an Australian, who offers his own forthright insights on the international game with more than the occasional dig at the Poms.
I would pick 11 bloggers. (Including The Old Basket and Vic Marx.) The line-up would be every bit as balanced as South Africa with 11 all-rounders.
I think I've found the cure for quicket. Send them out on more wickets like the one at Delhi. What a turgid contest was the Wags v Bushies last night. Low, slow and uneven. Conspiring against both bat and ball. Bowleds of all flavours. Chopped on, shooters, played too early or too late. It was disgraceful.
Posted by: Bruce | Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 02:54 PM
Sounds precisely like the sort of wickets countries will serve up to Australia until we can find a bulk wicket-taking spinner.
Posted by: Tony | Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 03:28 PM
By the way. How do you watch the cricket? It's not on any of my channels.
Posted by: Tony | Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 03:29 PM
It is on the new ONE HD and SD channels.
Digital only. Not sure if you have upgraded yet.
Golf in HD is a quantum leap. Variations in topology are much clearer and therefore you can see their relevance to the shots played. CH10's footy is pretty good too. They've gone full whack HD unlike CH7 which haven't. ONE also has College Football, NFL, baseball, NHL etc. It's pretty good. Still plenty of filler or niche sports - but enough quality to justify making the switch for any sports fan that hasn't made the upgrade.
Posted by: Bruce | Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 04:12 PM
No, I haven't upgraded yet. Been meaning to get a flat screen TV and HD. Looks like I better extract the digital. Ooo. That's a good one.
Posted by: Tony | Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 06:36 PM