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Here come the effigies
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of January, 36 Comments »
Surprisingly delayed, but here come the effigies of the three doomed members of the Sydney Test: Ricky “boooo” Ponting; Steve “Edges” Bucknor. And Mark “give us a” Benson:
Here’s how to make your point. LOTS OF FLAMES AND FIRE AND BURNING THINGS:
I have to tip my hat to this one though. Inspired use of the roadside donkey:
All in all, a disgraceful turn of events. Let them abandon it and let them bugger off home. Just spoken to my Indian friend who diplomatically asked my opinions on it. I told him how India have dug themselves a hole, and continue to act as though Australia have nicked their dummy. He and his mates, all Indian, agree. I fear he and they are in the minority.
Get over it.
36 Comments »A Barmy Englishman in India
By Scott 4 years ago, mid-April, No Comments; be the first!
Phil Long is with the Barmy Army and he wrote an account of the riot at Gawahati for the BBC.
I’m not sure what sparked off the initial trouble but certainly where I was perched it wasn’t the result of any tannoy announcement as there simply hadn’t been any.
Only when the first advertising hoardings were being ripped from their frames to be used as material for the on-terrace fires that followed was a plea of ‘Please be patient’ made – and ignored.
After that, the whole thing snowballed and although I later found out that some injuries occurred I never felt in any particular danger.
This feeling was reinforced by the local police who instead of tackling the trouble head on found it inconveniently coincided with their lunch break.
So we witnessed the somewhat surreal sight of the local constabulary munching contentedly on their lunch as chaos ruled around them.
I don’t think there was anything particularly sinister about the riot. Just the locals were extremely peeved about not seeing any cricket. Sadly, rain interruptions and soaked outfields are just as much a part of the game as reverse swing and cover drives. Anyway, it was a very interesting read by Phil Long.
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