I love Cricket.
All the more for Australia's return to form.
Too the sheer cheeky Barmy Army makes Cricket better.
We Aussies can not tell why but we love to think we hate the Poms.
We love to beat them, but do we hate them?
True Cricket fans may welcome the mad hatters that add color to our game and chant insults and just sheer good fun.
That is the very Barmy Army sitting out in Perth,s heat day after day praying for? rain the only true chance of not being defeated.

Well sports fans are thin on the ground in OLO.
And those who are probably are watching the game, as I am.
Thought we could do with a break from our usual stuff and this might have been it.
It is my view we can find much of Australian Humor has its roots in such as England,s Barmy Army.
Yes cranky POMS exist but most are just stirring as we do.
However I will admit current Australian position helps keep the grin on my face.

Hmmmm, let's see what The Goodies have to say about cricket.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxoMhIGKqB0

While cricketers do pose a lot, at least they are not taking dives all of the time as in that infernal round ball game, remembering Gareth Young, Ashley Bale et al. It is a very long list who should be required to pay subs to Actors Equity.

I don't have the patience for watching cricket any more. I never really did, although I enjoyed playing and the good companionship after.

Balmy Army? No, I don't go for that. Don't like some of the partisan stuff that is developing into yobboism. I like cricket and any credit goes to the players and the team not to attention-seekers posing as supporters.

I've given up on cricket at present. I must have missed it for a while as I turned the radio to the cricket on a recent drive. Ten minutes later I still did not know which team was batting.

The commentators had not told me, I did not recognise the names of the batsmen or the bowlers, or any of the fielders mentioned.

I found the talk of the commentators so inane, I switched to some music. I doubt I'll be back.

Hasbeen I did say we do not do sport very well here in OLO.
And that is about all that can be said.
Although it asks a question GY must ask himself often.
Just how representative are we of average Australians?

don't love cricket, but I watch it. actually prefer baseball.

Good to smash poms though.

with foxtel, so many sports to watch; hardly a dull moment.