I would like to apologise....
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lemonbellaFirstly, I would like to apologise to the five Sussex supporters who were sat in front of me for all the screaming and yelling I did in their ears.
Secondly, I would like to apologise to the well intentioned Kent fan sat beside me, who with Kent needing 4 runs off four balls in the semi-final, uttered the Fate-tempting phrase "we can do it from here". I'm sorry I turned on you and told you I would personally eject you from the ground if you ever said that again. However, I would have done and you needed to be warned. You should know better than that.
I had an utterly fantastic day, helped in no small amount by the fact that Kent won. It appears that my terrible, awful cricket karma of the past two years momentarily left me as the day was packed with superb happenings.
Don't get me wrong, this in no way makes up for the hysterical wicket-keeper related depression which descended this time last year, but it is more than worthy repayment for the destruction of the Special Weekend of Specialness, the missing of Geraint's century, and the withdrawal of Sangakkara from Sangakarra week.
1)
They not only won, but won against the odds in a thrilling manner, fielding exceptionally, with everyone contributing. In future, though, I would prefer it if they didn't save the winning until the final damn ball. Of both damn matches.
2) Matt Prior was rubbish and was heckled by his own fans. They even have a heckling song.
3) Lanky the Giraffe was a wonder to behold, constantly dancing to a little tune in his own head.
4) Lasith Malinga is a tiny person and looked confused when a woman from Sky with a clipboard asked him questions. Geraint had to come over and help.
5) Charles Colvile spent the day stalking Geraint and a large proportion of the afternoon leaning against the dugout and possibly asking him out for a drink.
6) Charles Colvile took the Kent side to the beach and let them play on the dogems. Although we're still awaiting video confirmation, we're fairly certain he bought them all ice cream too.
7) Charles Colvile referring to Geraint as "The Enforcer". That's his nickname from now on.
8) The Darren Stevens thing was confirmed as a both a batting and a bowling thing.
9) Ryan McClaren was utterly stupendous and when interviewed was not as disappointing as most sportsmen.
10) Kent trained directly in front of us, which meant we could experience exactly how bad Geraint is at football even though he wears his hat backwards.
11) There was a Good Child with a Good Parent sat near us. They are few and far between nowadays and therefore should be celebrated.
12) There was a fantastic picture of Ian Bell in the members' lounge, for once looking more than 14 years old.
13) Edgbaston has telescopic floodlights which appear excitingly over the top of the stands.
14) I resigned from being a Kent fan several times and vowed never to attend a game of cricket ever again because it was just too stressful.
15) Edgbaston is much bigger when you circle it anticlockwise than when you circle it clockwise.
16) Kent were excellent at celebrating and Geraint was the happiest I've seen in a long time. He even got to leap excitedly onto several bowlers.
17) On the way home we passed a row of policemen on crowd control duty discussing how the umpire should have referred Rob Key's wicket to the third umpire.
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akkrenskarin Did you eat your hat yet?
Secondly, I would like to apologise to the well intentioned Kent fan sat beside me, who with Kent needing 4 runs off four balls in the semi-final, uttered the Fate-tempting phrase "we can do it from here". I'm sorry I turned on you and told you I would personally eject you from the ground if you ever said that again. However, I would have done and you needed to be warned. You should know better than that.
I had an utterly fantastic day, helped in no small amount by the fact that Kent won. It appears that my terrible, awful cricket karma of the past two years momentarily left me as the day was packed with superb happenings.
Don't get me wrong, this in no way makes up for the hysterical wicket-keeper related depression which descended this time last year, but it is more than worthy repayment for the destruction of the Special Weekend of Specialness, the missing of Geraint's century, and the withdrawal of Sangakkara from Sangakarra week.
1)
They not only won, but won against the odds in a thrilling manner, fielding exceptionally, with everyone contributing. In future, though, I would prefer it if they didn't save the winning until the final damn ball. Of both damn matches.
2) Matt Prior was rubbish and was heckled by his own fans. They even have a heckling song.
3) Lanky the Giraffe was a wonder to behold, constantly dancing to a little tune in his own head.
4) Lasith Malinga is a tiny person and looked confused when a woman from Sky with a clipboard asked him questions. Geraint had to come over and help.
5) Charles Colvile spent the day stalking Geraint and a large proportion of the afternoon leaning against the dugout and possibly asking him out for a drink.
6) Charles Colvile took the Kent side to the beach and let them play on the dogems. Although we're still awaiting video confirmation, we're fairly certain he bought them all ice cream too.
7) Charles Colvile referring to Geraint as "The Enforcer". That's his nickname from now on.
8) The Darren Stevens thing was confirmed as a both a batting and a bowling thing.
9) Ryan McClaren was utterly stupendous and when interviewed was not as disappointing as most sportsmen.
10) Kent trained directly in front of us, which meant we could experience exactly how bad Geraint is at football even though he wears his hat backwards.
11) There was a Good Child with a Good Parent sat near us. They are few and far between nowadays and therefore should be celebrated.
12) There was a fantastic picture of Ian Bell in the members' lounge, for once looking more than 14 years old.
13) Edgbaston has telescopic floodlights which appear excitingly over the top of the stands.
14) I resigned from being a Kent fan several times and vowed never to attend a game of cricket ever again because it was just too stressful.
15) Edgbaston is much bigger when you circle it anticlockwise than when you circle it clockwise.
16) Kent were excellent at celebrating and Geraint was the happiest I've seen in a long time. He even got to leap excitedly onto several bowlers.
17) On the way home we passed a row of policemen on crowd control duty discussing how the umpire should have referred Rob Key's wicket to the third umpire.
akkrenskarin Did you eat your hat yet?
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Date: 2007-08-05 08:27 pm (UTC)There was so much heckling I should tell you it all....
Date: 2007-08-06 05:00 pm (UTC)Matt Prior has just come to the crease. Sussex need him to consolidate, stick around and then play an innings worthy of an England player: he takes a monumental swipe at his second ball after dancing down the wicket, and almost gets run out. Several Sussex fans in the seats behind me all independently shout "it's not a test match."
Then, during Sussex's fielding Prior misses a stumping and is shown on the big screen laughing about it. There are choice words from the Sussex fans around which were unsuitable for the four year old sitting near us.
Sadly, I didn't catch all of the words to the song, laughing hysterically as I was. However it contained the line "He's the England Keeper and we don't know why".
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Date: 2007-08-05 08:36 pm (UTC)My Tredwell Thing seems to be worse for him having got Prior out...
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Date: 2007-08-06 05:02 pm (UTC)I didn't manage to catch all the words to the song, as I was laughing too hard. However, it did contain the line "He's the England Keeper and we don't know why"
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Date: 2007-08-06 05:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-06 05:45 pm (UTC)Can I ask you a huge favour? Is there any chance you could pick up a copy of the Kent Gazette for me this week, as apparently they have a special feature. I will pay you interest! Or at least promise not to make you eat your hat.
I'd get it myself but I can't get down there this Sunday as I have to go to the stupid test match.
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Date: 2007-08-06 06:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-06 07:01 pm (UTC)I'm aiming to get down there again soon, but I don't know quite when.
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Date: 2007-08-06 07:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-06 01:06 am (UTC)2. This has just made my dad. I need those lyrics!
5 & 6. Who is Charles Colvile, why is he a monumental sleeze and where can i get his job?
7. This nickname is killing me.
10. football as in soccer or football as in league or union?
11. Why are there not more Good People in this world, especailly Good Children?
1 (again. YAY KENT! My county won! :D
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Date: 2007-08-06 03:43 pm (UTC)He has a bit of a man-crush, that's all.
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Date: 2007-08-06 05:11 pm (UTC)2) I missed a lot of the song because I was laughing so hard, but one of the lines was "He's the England keeper and we don't know why"
5&6) Charles Colvile is my favourite person in the entire world. He's a Sky Sports cricket presenter. He mostly does the special highlights shows, but they let him out into public for the big ocassions. He adores Geraint more than I do and once told him live on air that he dressed well and smelled nice.
7) Geraint "The Enforcer" Jones has a nice ring to it.
10) Football is in soccer. Although given that no one ever passes the ball to him, it's hard to tell if he knows that.
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Date: 2007-08-07 05:56 am (UTC)2. I would've been killing myself. And that is going to be my msn name.
5&6. Oh lol. they seriously need more commentators and media peole like that.
7. Im seeing a line of action figures.
10. Ah yeah that would be because in the 90s pretty much no body over here played soccer. Now everybody just plays every possible football there is.
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Date: 2007-08-07 11:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-07 12:14 pm (UTC)Comes with defined muscles, skin tight uniform, gratuitous arse perving poses and Munchkin Stance of Victory.
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Date: 2007-08-07 12:14 pm (UTC)Comes with defined muscles, skin tight uniform, gratuitous arse perving poses and Munchkin Stance of Victory.
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Date: 2007-08-07 12:39 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-08-06 03:09 pm (UTC)None of the other teams got taken to the beach.
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Date: 2007-08-06 05:14 pm (UTC)Did the other teams go anywhere with commentators or was it entirely an excuse for Charles to take Geraint to the beach?
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Date: 2007-08-06 05:43 pm (UTC)None of the other commentators take the other teams *anywhere*. Lancashire and Sussex got those ordinary interviews where you don't even hear the questions and Gloucester got Sparkly chatting to Jack Russell. THat was it.
None of the others got ice cream.
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