Dear England Cricket Team

[lemonbella]

When you ruined my christmas, I was sensible and considerate and I took a little break and stopped yelling obscenities at you. I left you alone and gave you the time and space you obviously needed. Then you started winning during the matches I didn't watch, and I was grudgingly impressed from a distance.

Now, when I've steeled myself to watch again, dusted off my cricket patriotism and started to get excited, you're going to throw away wickets against New Zealand are you? That's really how it's going to be?

Bastards.

Comments

[indian-skimmer.livejournal.com]

If we had real Sky we could be watching giant Dutch people hug (http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/73606858.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1935B3684F2B7A07BEB8C86758D64BCE7AB) right now.

[lemonbella.livejournal.com]

I know.... It's so unfair. I can't beleive they've shoved the giant people on a channel I can't get despite paying an horrendous amount for SS.

[indian-skimmer.livejournal.com]

If they show England and Kenya instead of South Africa and Australia next weekend I'm going to be exceptionally put out.

[lemonbella.livejournal.com]

I bet they do, I may have to write an angry letter.

They've got four channels! one of which was showing motorsport this afternoon...

[indian-skimmer.livejournal.com]

It just depends if they decide to show the big game of the day, or if they decide to show a home nation regardless, in the assumption that more people want to see Ireland play Bangladesh than want to see Australia, or want to see people pat Herschelle.

I want to see people pat Herschelle.

[lemonbella.livejournal.com]

Surely people want to see people pat Herschelle?

They've shown all the home games, so I suspect we'll get england/kenya.

[indian-skimmer.livejournal.com]

I find it hard to believe there's anyone out there who wouldn't spend four hours watching people pat Herschelle, or failing that spend four hours watching him bat.

[lemonbella.livejournal.com]

Well, if there are those people, they're weird and shouldn't be accommodated by television schedulers.

It's not even like it's *just* Herschelle being patted. There's pattable Graeme as well.

[indian-skimmer.livejournal.com]

I think the definition of insanity may be someone who would rather see England and Kenya than watch people patting Herschelle.

And Pollock. Pollock can get patted too. It might put him in a better mood.

[lemonbella.livejournal.com]

Especially given how likley it is that Kenya will bowl us out for 17.

AB can be patted too, just so there's an even number.

[lemonbella.livejournal.com]

Wow. It says I'm forbidden to see that. Is it *that* good a picture of giant dutch people hugging?

[indian-skimmer.livejournal.com]

Sadly it was just hugging, I don't know why Getty's withholding it...

See if this (http://editorial.gettyimages.com/Search/Detail.aspx?axd=DetailPaging.Search|1&axs=0|73606360%2c73606391%2c73606364%2c73605947%2c73605941%2c73605857%2c73606367%2c73606867%2c73606874%2c73605940%2c73606010%2c73605904%2c73606976%2c73606816%2c73606863%2c73606858%2c73606879%2c73606884%2c73606437%2c73606475%2c73606380%2c73606282%2c73606923%2c73606932%2c73606356%2c73606402%2c73606365%2c73605949%2c73606372%2c73606293%2c73606116%2c73605997%2c73584243%2c73583922%2c73583513%2c73583368%2c73582953%2c73584241%2c73583901%2c73583023%2c73582993%2c73583156%2c73582972&id=73606858) works

[lemonbella.livejournal.com]

It's nice to see they've still got a sensibly sized keeper even if the rest of them are Giants.

*poor AB*

[indian-skimmer.livejournal.com]

Their keeper is still small and quite sprightly. In one of the photos on Getty he leaps.

[lemonbella.livejournal.com]

*goes to check*

[indian-skimmer.livejournal.com]

It's an impressive leap, even for a keeper.

[lemonbella.livejournal.com]

It is, isn't it? He's leaping in the group hugs too. I approve of him.

[indian-skimmer.livejournal.com]

Although he may just be small and spritely in comparision to the giant people.

[lemonbella.livejournal.com]

It's hard for giants to be spritely. They have to be loud instead.

[akkrenskarin.livejournal.com]

I'm struggling to care enough to be distressed by our incompetence. It's just not right without Geraint.

[lemonbella.livejournal.com]

It's not. If they were any good I could just about cope, but there's absolutely nothing good if they're rubbish *and* Geraint's not there.