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    I’m a cricketer, get me out of here

    By Will 2 years ago, at the start of August Leave a comment on this post

    John Buchanan, the tireless laptop-addict and innovator-in-chief of Australian cricket (he is also a coach) is sending his troops on a not-so-secret-but-he’s-trying-to-keep-it-close-to-his-chest camping trip to a remote region of Queensland. The Ashes might be several months away, but they’ve effectively already begun. Tomorrow’s third Test against Pakistan will provide yet more speculation as to England’s preparations. And meanwhile, Australia are to venture into the outback - avoiding those very poisonous spiders and snakes, we hope… - for team-building and other such pitiful phrases which masquerade as a jolly old holiday.

    Glen McGrath and Stuart Clark

    Officials are adamant that it will not be the kind of boot camp that has become the trend for football clubs, at which players have been pushed to their physical limits along the Kokoda Trail, in the case of Hawthorn, or Arizona, in the case of Collingwood.

    While the leadership course is a departure from the usual routine of gathering for a cricket training camp at the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane before the summer, Buchanan has a history of overseeing physical and spiritual team-building exercises during his coaching tenure.

    No sign of Ant and Dec yet…

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    5 Responses to “I’m a cricketer, get me out of here”

  • japaddy wrote:
    August 4th, 2006 at 7.59 am

    Is it to be a survivor like exercise, or more of a temptation island? either way keep an ear out for some sexual intrigue, australian men are known to become a little dis-orientated when they smell the red dust.

  • harrowdrive wrote:
    August 4th, 2006 at 8.25 am

    That’s one way the Aussies have an advantage. They can propery build up their fitness after a break whereas England can only ‘keep going’ through tournaments and don’t have time for a rest/recovery period.

    In sports science terms, a bit of boot camp work pre-season is probably the right thing to get a performance edge.

  • Woody wrote:
    August 4th, 2006 at 12.06 pm

    I’m not sure a group of middle-aged men running about the undergrowth playing silly buggers is going to scare anyone. But then maybe the ability to live on small rodents and insects whilst following an axe-wielding Ricky Ponting in pursiut of a killer Koala is the perfect preparation for…er…a game of cricket.

  • Wraye wrote:
    August 4th, 2006 at 5.43 pm

    Nah, it’s probably the only way to keep Warnie in his own bed.

  • Reverse Swing wrote:
    August 5th, 2006 at 8.17 pm

    Unless Warnies learnt the art of omnipresence, I think he’s probably in Southampton…

    Sensible chap!

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