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Public support for the Ashes
By Will last year, mid-May, 14 Comments »
One of the big differences between the 2005 Ashes and those before was the support of the public. Granted, this was helped by the Edgbaston win, but even before that, in the one-day series, there was a tangible sense that Britons had had enough of doffing their cap to the Australians.
You could see it with the guard of honour at each match, which got up the nose of Ponting when the kids were waving flags in their faces. The crowd at matches were baying for Australia’s blood. When Ponting was run out by Gary Pratt, prompting his red-mist at Duncan Fletcher as he made his way up the pavilion steps, the initial reaction was shock. But it quickly dissipated into derision. All these little things helped make 2005 the series to beat them all, but in particular they helped England win.
Someone on TV said the other day that for England to win this year’s contest, the public will have to be right behind them. I hope so, purely as I want an even and drama-filled series, but I just can’t see it happening now that cricket is no longer on terrestrial. The ECB made a killing out of Sky, but will it come back to haunt them if it hasn’t done so already?
Here’s an infantile clip which never ceases to make me chuckle.
14 Comments »Wake up to the video revolution
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of December, 2 Comments »
I’m seeing this more and more on Youtube:
This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Cricket Australia
I don’t blame Cricket Australia. They’re only doing what they have to, but TV companies in general need to become more open about how they use/offer video, as the BBC have shown with iPlayer. Be as open as possible.
2 Comments »The Bay 13 vibe…in Helsinki
By Will 3 years ago, mid-May, 1 Comment »
Cricket really is spreading. Here follows a minor non-ICC-accredited brawl, involving some Bay13ers, in Helsinki.
Gotta love Youtube.
1 Comment »Video of the Mark Vermeulan incident
By Will 4 years ago, mid-September, 4 Comments »
See here. And see here and here if you don’t know what I’m talking about.
4 Comments »Oddities – and “four to zero”
By Will 5 years ago, mid-October, 4 Comments »
Received an email from “John Smith” (he wishes to remain anonymous!) showing me this link to Google Video, in which someone (I guess from Google News) mentions England’s Ashes victory. It’s right at the end of the clip, to save you listening all the way through it. The only remarkable thing was listening to the American say “Australia, who were four to zero (4-0) at the close”, which raised a smile.
It’s all very odd.
4 Comments »