Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Outsourcing Old Scores in Bangalore: it just ain't Cricket!
Aren't England kinda lucky they never took up Hurling or even Gaelic Football?
Ireland's victory over her Old Masters in (wud ya b'lieve it?) the Cricket World Cup in Bangalore this afternoon sort of makes up for a few defeats over the past eight-and-a-half centuries.
Thanks Bangalore for providing the venue. European Conquerors have always had a habit of taking their victories on Third Parties' turf. e.g. Clontarf, Kinsale, Aughrim, Derry, The Boyne, Waterloo.. . . .
And who was that English pundit this morning constantly interrupting the commentary to moan about these mere 'Associate sides' messing up real Cricket ?
Tags for Forum Posts: Bangalore, Cricket World Cup, Irish Cricket, Olé!Olé!Olé!-Olé!Olé!Olé!
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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The question is, will the world bat an eyelid if Andy Flower is found murdered in his hotel room tomorrow?
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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Probably not.
Other question is: would OAE know the difference between a cricket bat and a hurley - not to mention the difference between a puck and a short legover?
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I'm refreshing this pointless Cricket "discussion" in the vain hope that out there among our nearly 4,000 members there must be at least one English cricket anorak dying to take umbrage at yesterday's great news from Bangalore. btw that moaning pundit (pandit?) whose aspersions on mere 'associates' got on my wick yesterday morning was someone called Geoffrey Boycott.
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Everybody hates Geoffery Boycott. I am heartened with the manner with which England have taken their defeat, gracefully praising the Irish team, who at 111/5 were 400/1 (even Dennis Lillie would have taken those odds). A shame you have not been crowing about the various McGraths and McMillians who have been perfoming so well against England the past twenty years.
I'll never forget the day I saw a newspaper outside my office from the Emerald Isle crowing about being favourites against the All Blacks in Wellington that weekend. I offered an itinerary to my boss Mr O'Mahoney that involved taking only one day off work and not having to book a hotel in order to witness this wonderful spectacle. He wisely declined.
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I'm real sorry I didn't take them at that 400/1. Yes my cricket patriotism's in my pocket.
I have to agree that the cricketing English in defeat are still in the League of Gentlemen.
I also have to agree that Irish in 'down-under' diaspora have always performed in these "foreign sports" better than the sods who stay on the old sod. Still, the new Dublin Coalition Government will soon have its transportation emigration programme up and going. The future of the All Blacks is assured.
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Last word, John. We can't go on dialoguing like this in the vain hope of rousing an Englishman. However a letter from this morning's Irish Times:
"Madam,-
I have suffered jeers and sneers for my love that dares not speak its name. After Wednesday's historic victory I can finally come out and say that I am proud to be an Irishman who loves cricket. Yours, etc
Aubrey Fennell."
Though with a name like Aubrey, I guess there are some dominant English cricketing genes lurking in the family tree.
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