This test loss hasn't hit me as hard as it has other Aussies.
I have friends who have called it a debacle.
Sime is ready to fire everyone from Ponting on down.
And Big Daddy made some odd comments about a guy who is averaging 100 in last 10 tests.
But it didn’t effect me much.
Possibly cause I enjoy good cricket over Australia winning.
My favourite test series of all time are the 2001 Australian tour of India and the 2005 ashes.
But even by my standards this loss affected me less than usual.
This years world cup was similar, sure Australia won, but if they had lost (to anyone not the evil empire) I really wouldn’t have cared all that much.
This may seem odd to you.
But to me, a Victorian, I can’t really get behind a team full of NSWelsh, New Texans and West Australians.
When I was younger, there was a time that Paul Reifel, Merv Hughes and Shane Warne won the ashes on their own.
That was probably the Australian team I supported the most.
The two times I was happiest with watching my cricket side win were when I was in South Africa for Australia’s world cup win (traveling makes the heart grow fonder), and watching the Vics win the shield final a few years back.
With Warne I had an automatic player in the team for years.
While he was there we even had a few others drop by, Fleming, Harvey, Miller And Elliott all played over the last few years.
But when there are no Victorians in the team, I find it harder to really care about whether Australia win or lose.
It’s like the difference between Audioslave and Rage Against the Machine. I had nothing against Audioslave, their music was ok, but they didn’t get to me like Rage Against the Machine did, and the only difference was one dude.
So all I’m saying to the selectors is, how bout one dude, David Hussey perhaps, it’s not too much to ask for.
Hell if it makes you feel better, he is an adopted Victorian anyway.www.cricketwithballs.com "the hooking & pulling specialists"
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