Australian Domination

[kevin_standlee]

I've just watched Australia put the finishing touches on destroying England 5-0 to sweep the Ashes Series international cricket match. This is only the second time in the long history of this England-Australia rivalry that a team has swept the series 5-0. And Australia didn't just win, they dominated England.

While Cheryl supports England [because it's actually England & Wales], she bowed to the inevitable and gave her stuffed kangaroo a brush ("Sweep!") to hold while we watched this fifth test.

Cheryl and I split the cost of the DirectTV coverage and I got to see about half of the games, and I'm glad we did. I got to see some historic moments in cricket, and I think I now understand the attraction of the game. Oh, great, yet another sport to distract me.

Comments

[wild-patience.livejournal.com]

That's a very scary icon.

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

And not just any sport, but a sport where a single test match lasts FIVE DAYS and they stop for tea ... in other words, a civilised sport :-)

Unlike, say, American Football, which is a 60 minute game that takes four hours because they stop for advertisements! (or so it seems), and for cheerleaders (which I heartily approve of!) and to move the cameras down markers, and for nachos and hot dogs and beer ... (while a lot of beer is consumed during a cricket match, I'm guessing there's more wine consumed during an hour of cricket than an hour of American Football!)

:-)

Cricket is a game where you'll never see a seventh inning stretch (hey, Australia barely had time to start a second inning before the game was over!)