Hello and welcome back to my blog
Finally I return to my weekly musings about the game of cricket. Four weeks have gone by and, due to extremely limited internet access, I was unable to comment (or even discover much about) the world of cricket. The IPL concluded another season only to be decapitated by the removal of Modi over questions of money laundering and illegal betting. The English domestic season has begun (although most couldn't care less) and all the while the New Zealand team prepared for the 2020 World Cup. Yes it's that tournament that we had not even a year ago in England! Geoffrey Boycott may be dismayed at the lack of interest in the domestic competitions in England at the moment but he had no sympathy for this ridiculous state of affairs on his radio show this week
Personally I'm not too annoyed by THIS instance of cashing-in by the ICC because, having missed most of the IPL, I wouldn't mind a bit of 2020 cricket. Plus the early games have been quite interesting. The pitches in the West Indies are proving difficult to score big totals on and thus NZ were able to defend a very small total in their opening game against Sri Lanka.
I also offer my congratulations to the Afghanistan team for their entry into the top tier of cricket even if it was a harsh examination at the hands of the Indian team
The next week should provide some good entertainment and with the games being staged at 1:30 am and 5:30 am here, I should get to view a few of them. Look out next Sunday for my blog to return to the formulaic presentation I began a few months ago
By the way the heading for this blog entry is a reference to a 12th Man track (by Billy Birmingham) that some may have come across. One of my favourites
Well that's it from here and I hope you join me again
It's good bye for now
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