Okay, feeling a bit bleary-eyed this morning but with good measure- We won the 2006 ODI series!
I was thinking my observations of this game would be similar to my January experience. Despite there being 10,000 less people there last night compared to January's game, did not mean a thing.
The smaller the crowd, the more rowdy they are. (unless it's really that the hard-core fans are the rowdy ones with no full-time jobs, or chucking a sickie from work. EDIT: I was good and went AFTER work)
Anyway, to the game....
1) It was made known that the the mexican wave is not permitted at the ground, and anyone caught instigating it would be immediately evicted. To say the least, some evictions took place and the rest of the crowd decided to keep it going and going, so it wouldn't stop. Hence no need to instigate it!
2) Being Valentines Day, a few banners were strategically placed around the ground by:
Males ditching their female counterparts for the game:
Sorry hon, we'll do dinner next year.
Ribbing the Sri Lankan team's defeat in the last game:
Roses are Red, Violets are Blue
Look out Murali, Roy's after you.
Hey Murali, reckon u can make a ton. How about it? 0 for 100.
And those with no relevance to the game whatsoever:
Hi Tokyo, Wombat Cricket Club.
3) A partially-clad man then raced onto the field and was crash-tackled by a security guard in spectacular fashion, and then cheered as he was taken away to a nice prison cell.
4) The game was halted for a few moments due to the mexican wave starting again, and rubbish being pelted onto the playing field. Whilst ground staff dealt with this, the Sri Lankan physio decided to play impromptu sprinter/cricket clown by racing out onto the field, giving a player a rub-down and then racing back and doing a well-executed leap over the fence into the player's area.
5) Murali being chanted at by the crowd to come back to the out-field to be abused for no-balls and general lack of bowling skill. (come back Murali, come back!)
And special mention must be made to our Andy 'Roy' Symonds for winning Player of the Series.
4 comments:
I reckon a cricket match makes great Valentines day outing... what's more romantic than catching a Ricky Ponting 6 in Row M together?
Josh told me that Ray wanted (or actually did) a sign that said "Murali will you be my valentine?"
Jeff
No Jeff that is sadd.... When V day and cricket mix you get breakups and divorces! The Guy who stuffed dinner for cricket won't have a next year to make dinner.. hes in dumpsville as of today! And people who want murali to be their valentines are weird! Valentines and cricket should not be mixed!! Unless you both are ROY fans... thats the only exception :P Symonds and Clarke need some love back in valentines after causing each other to be run out at least 4 times this series :P Where is the love in the Australian Middle Order? Certainly not with Roy and Clarke!
wow, that blog was way to cricketty for me, didn't understand half of it... :P, although i do know what a mexican wave is, but what's a murali? teehee
Sel
lol!!
Selena says:"But what's a murali?"
Murali is a Person :P
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