Personally, the Aus have dropped a clanger here. ‘Denton’s, The World’s Largest Law Firm’ has taken the place of the KFC logo. I mean, dry, dry, dry. Who’s ever heard of them before, people want pazazz, they want glitz, they want KFC. Definitely played it’s part in the result. Bowlers running in see the KFC, have seen Ponting have a go at being the Colonel and think, ‘that could be me one day’ and it gives them the extra yard. Denton’s is about as motivating as a root canal scheduled for the morning.
There are articles saying the Moon landings were faked, the Earth is flat and that Trump is a wonderful guy.
Doesn’t mean we have to pay any attention to them.
I’m off to write an article about how Bazball has been totally vindicated by this result and demanding that McCullum be given a ten year contract and the freedom of London. May the defensive shot be banished forever!
I first got into Test cricket in the early seventies when there was comparatively little limited overs stuff anyway. I was intrigued by the many intricacies of the longer game, that threw up such challenges, not only to the players’ skills and techniques but also to their patience and resolve, a real ‘test’ of their mental strength as they battled themselves as much as their opponents. I’ve never bought the idea that it was “boring”, even during the quieter spells there is always something happening within the game if you care to look for it, but then I suppose some people need see lots of action, many bells and whistles, for the game to hold their attention.
Anyway, generations of kids before me were quite capable of understanding the game with no need to simplify it or speed it up, so I cannot really understand why today’s crash-bang versions were deemed necessary to now hold their interest. Another symptom of the general dumbing down of society, I think.
Feel free to castigate me as an old fart who needs to ‘move with the times’, but I feel we would lose something very special if Test cricket was allowed to wither away.
