Perhaps I should do what Uncle JRod has done and head to the northern hemisphere. It seems fortunes are easily made there – JRod had been in England less than a day and already he has a job, as a blogger for The Wisden Cricketer!
Who knew that The Wisden Cricketer had a blog? I guess I had better add it to the blogroll. It's pretty dry stuff though. "Should Steve Harmison have an England future?" "Collingwood or Gallian? You decide..." JRod is like a dingo yapping amongst a pride of dozing lions. His Wisden posts are thoroughly watered-down compared to Cricket with Balls, but still have much more bite and are far more entertaining than the regular posters. "Why English Administrcrats should apologise to me," he brazenly blogs in only his second post.
He's already started offending the Brits. He called Michael Vaughn a kitten and got this response:
Vaughan was a very hard man on the field....I’ll judge Vaughan in that light and I’ll judge those taking cheap shots at him in that light too.In fact, he's managed to offend me somewhat. JRod dropped a couple of his regular shticks into his first post, Natalie Portman and the insignificance of New Zealand. Out of context, the reference to Natalie Portman makes him seem just a little desperate (rather than like a stalker, as he does in Cricket with Balls). As for the belittling of NZ cricket, on Cricket with Balls the occasional jab in the ribs of NZ cricket fans and a laugh at our expense are one of the highlights of the blog. However, his jibe on Wisden was...well jeez JRod, it was mean!
Cricket is facing a major road-block if one of the major cricket nations, not one of the minnows like New Zealand, cannot be toured by people with a pale complexion.
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They let me get a peyote reference in today, you don't need a weatherman to see which way the wind is blowing.
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