I wonder how many people on this forum will understand the title of this thread. Basically, it's a euphemism for saying that something underhand has taken place; cricket is a game played by gentlemen who behave like gentlemen. Usually.
Today there are all sorts of items that journalists could be concentrating on; the situation in Iraq, the Israeli/Lebanese conflict, war in Afghanistan, Al Quaida terrorist threats... the list goes on. But what's dominating the press on this side of the Pond tonight? Unseemly behavior in a cricket match.
I'm trying desperately hard not to say something vulgar about 'ball tampering' and just about managing it
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When the standard of sportsmanship falls below an acceptable level in a cricket Test Match, the English sit up and take notice. The rest of the world can go to Hell in a handcart but while cricket remains unsullied, nothing is irredeemable. Sometimes I wonder just how we ever managed to build an empire.
There have recently been some threads on how Canadians were viewed by foreigners. I deliberately didn't participate in that debate because I feared I'd be exposing my country to lampooning of a culture that can be totally bizarre, wholly indefensible, yet peculiarly endearing. Sometimes I think the English truly are a race apart from the rest of humanity...
Gill
Today there are all sorts of items that journalists could be concentrating on; the situation in Iraq, the Israeli/Lebanese conflict, war in Afghanistan, Al Quaida terrorist threats... the list goes on. But what's dominating the press on this side of the Pond tonight? Unseemly behavior in a cricket match.
I'm trying desperately hard not to say something vulgar about 'ball tampering' and just about managing it

When the standard of sportsmanship falls below an acceptable level in a cricket Test Match, the English sit up and take notice. The rest of the world can go to Hell in a handcart but while cricket remains unsullied, nothing is irredeemable. Sometimes I wonder just how we ever managed to build an empire.
There have recently been some threads on how Canadians were viewed by foreigners. I deliberately didn't participate in that debate because I feared I'd be exposing my country to lampooning of a culture that can be totally bizarre, wholly indefensible, yet peculiarly endearing. Sometimes I think the English truly are a race apart from the rest of humanity...

Gill
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