Oh, Jiminy!

Well, I won’t be going to see the one day cricket match between South Africa and England on Newlands. No tickets left! Granted, my friends and I waited too long to go and get the tickets (match is on Sunday, I think). Still I blame the English! Them and their bloody Barmy Army! Half the tickets were probably already sold to them before they became available to the South African public. These people travel the world to support their team, robbing the locals of a chance to see their team play a home international match. And do you know how they can afford to do it? Because, somewhere back in England, there are South Africans doing their work for them! Bah! I also blame the Barmy Army of a total lack of imagination: how can you be content to chant “Ba-me-Army!” for hours on end??

Those two old gentlemen on the TV ad really had me fired up for the match.

We lost the test series against England 2-1, but I don’t blame the boys. They’ve had a rough time the past few months. They are far from the form they could (or should) be in, but did well against a team which is regarded as one of the best in the world.

Much respect goes out to the Bangladeshi team who won their first test series ever the other day (their 100th test match coincided with their 3rd test victory). To the Zimbabwean team: better luck next time!