A final match
A captain new
the Stanis won the toss
Punter's boys
were stuck in the field
They'd have to blame the boss
With the series in the bag
The Aussies were settled
Some known faces were rightly rested
But Mitchy was back
and heading the attack
The Stani batsmen were tested
Akmal's green lips
and some athletics in the field
kept the Stani's moving slow
But a little tough batting
helped them past 200
though the total was still fairly low
So the Aussies were happy
as Warrior Shaunie
and Hads stepped on out to bat
They started aggressive
and were looking strong
though the Stani fielding did help with that
Hads went quick
and the skipper stepped in
he surely had summit to prove
But the middle order fell
much quicker than expected
so the lower order men had to move
Mitchy started swish
but didn't last long
My Lord was (obviously) God like
But all in all
we were pretty shit
and lucky the Stani batters had been plod-like :-)
As Mitchy went
My Lord stepped up
and Afridi snacked on the ball
Thank God he was seen
and the ball was changed
what he was thinking is anyone's call
My Lord was disappointed
not to be there at the end
but Mr Cricket brought us through
A dramatic finish
a rugby tackle
but 5 - 0? ... meh, it'll do ...
A captain new
the Stanis won the toss
Punter's boys
were stuck in the field
They'd have to blame the boss
With the series in the bag
The Aussies were settled
Some known faces were rightly rested
But Mitchy was back
and heading the attack
The Stani batsmen were tested
Akmal's green lips
and some athletics in the field
kept the Stani's moving slow
But a little tough batting
helped them past 200
though the total was still fairly low
So the Aussies were happy
as Warrior Shaunie
and Hads stepped on out to bat
They started aggressive
and were looking strong
though the Stani fielding did help with that
Hads went quick
and the skipper stepped in
he surely had summit to prove
But the middle order fell
much quicker than expected
so the lower order men had to move
Mitchy started swish
but didn't last long
My Lord was (obviously) God like
But all in all
we were pretty shit
and lucky the Stani batters had been plod-like :-)
As Mitchy went
My Lord stepped up
and Afridi snacked on the ball
Thank God he was seen
and the ball was changed
what he was thinking is anyone's call
My Lord was disappointed
not to be there at the end
but Mr Cricket brought us through
A dramatic finish
a rugby tackle
but 5 - 0? ... meh, it'll do ...
And can I just say that watching My lord bowl while Gilly's voice was on the commentary was just about too much for this little soul. Fortunately, soon after I saw a very bad advert for treating hair loss that had Shane Warne in it and I was brought back down to earth with a thud.
9 thoughts on this post:
They should have played at least two more games.
Great stuff, a fitting tribute to an eventful match:)
Oh Sid I love your poems! And this one wasn't even manufactured during lunch break I guess? But! Nathan was fantastic again. His stay at the crease was short but entertaining!
Wes' latest blog: Afridi my hero!
Clint looks particularly evil in that shot... at least I think it's him, but the eyebrow / shadow combination is a little confusing.
And Purna, please, no!! 7 against the Poms was bad enuf (even though we won 6 of them), and we have 5 against the Windies coming up. I don't think you can ever have too much cricket, but too many ODIs a row, absolutely.
OK, first - Clint (or CMac as the Bloody Vics apparently call him) is evil.
2nd - I think 5 was just enough.
@Wes - this one was thrown together while actually watching the highlights. Did you like my rhyme for "godlike"? I am very proud of it.
Haha Sid it is utterly wonderful and very very inspired *roflmao* *praise*
Klint is nice, you only say he is evil because I say he is nice.
Nice poem, funny yet unique. This will lift the Austrlians now but still along way off from the Ashes where we will be trying to retain them (for once) - may just be possible. Even the online bookmakers currently have England down as favourites!
@Quertyman - you've come here just to cause trouble now, haven't you? :-) We do have some work to do before getting the Ashes back, it's true, but rest assured the job will be done ...
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