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Disaster turns to farce
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of February Leave a comment on this post
England’s disasterous preparations for the first Test is rapidly turning into a farce. First it was Michael Vaughan’s knee. Then Baroda-belly hit the spinners. Then Simon Jones had a wobbly stomach. Then Marcus Trescothick flew home. Now Simon Jones has recovered from his gut-ache and has twisted his knee. No, not his dodgy right knee (which he injured/snapped in Australia a few years ago) - his left knee! It’s all going horribly wrong.
The good news, though, is Andrew Flintoff has decided not to go home on or around the second Test, if / when his wife goes into labour for their second child. Flintoff is England’s captain for the remainder of the tour. (thoughts on this yesterday)
It’s almost funny…
Tags: disaster, england-in-india, farce, marcus-trescothick, michael-vaughan, simon-jones |
3 Responses to “Disaster turns to farce”
February 27th, 2006 at 5.30 pm
February 27th, 2006 at 6.03 pm
No, its not almost funny…God, please tell me we’ve at least got a couple of our normal team in. Or anyone at least half-decent, besides from Flintoff…
February 27th, 2006 at 6.55 pm
Here’s one of those strange stories that happen in cricket. Today in Germany, it is Rose Monday, the highest Carneval day in this State where all work stops, people put on silly costumes, paint their faces and get drunk. At bit like Egdbaston actually. But my boss, the grey bastard, does not celebrate so I had to go to work.
On the dot of 5pm, I left the office and headed to the train station bearing my n-power shoulder bag. At the station there were a bunch of students dressed as - yes! cricketers! Eye contact, then g’day. They were a mix of German and friends of Antipodean extraction, well juiced. They had had some extreme fun and seemed very well informed about the England tragedies, but less up to date about Oz.
After suffering a bit of stick about Jones flying home - note please - no mention at all of those burned wooden bits in a small jar - they were not up to date on Punter, Clark and Symonds. Never mind poor McGrath. And Lee’s bowling? … tee hee. Made my day, I can tell you that 
