Australians get ‘truly extraordinary’ support from Sri Lankan fans | Peter_Fitz
There was a lovely moment in cricket last week that has not received sufficient attention. During the fifth ODI between Australia and Sri Lanka last Friday, the Sri Lankan crowd wore yellow t-shirts and jerseys to thank the Australian team for touring the country even while Sri Lanka itself is in the midst of a shocking economic and humanitarian crisis so bad it threatens the stability of the country.
Not that you care, but I am one of them. The BBL? Please. I had a brief look early, but have long ago lost interest. And clearly, so has much of Australia. It is bubblegum cricket, momentarily sweet at the time, but instantly forgettable. How cricket will emerge from this we know not, but my vote goes to paring it back.Don’t make it the video wallpaper of summer. Make each game an. Help us to care again.
Last time, I noted the similarity of the sentiment to the famous one expressed in 1880 by the iconic English batsman, W.G. Grace, to an umpire who was uppity enough to give him out LBW: “They came to see me bat, not you umpire.”Without engaging in pscyho-babble, the good glimpses we get of Kyrgios’s character show that deep inside there is a good, humble bloke trying to get out from under all the ranting.
“Today I gave all I could do, you know, today. Maybe tomorrow I could have gave more. Maybe a week ago I could have gave more. But today was what I could do. At some point, you have to be able to be OK with that.” “Today, enjoy it, watch it back, I hope you all watch my highlights and write about that. I’m one of the most important people in the sport, you want to investigate that? Nothing to investigate there, it’s just factual.”“I’m really proud of Burto; he’s an exceptional player and an exceptional person, and he deserves this.
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