Why Brits love cricket so much
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by Bobo
Quotes sourced straight from Day four of the Fourth test at the Oval, with England around 75 behind. As quoted, we surmise, by English cricketing eccentric Henry Blofeld:
12:07pm
"(Alastair) Cook is now officially Britain's Luckiest Man. He mis-times a pull straight to Motormouth [Faisal] Iqbal at square leg, only for Faisal to drop a chance so simple you would have backed your mum to pouch it. While talking to your sister on the phone."
12:02pm
"In comes Kevin Pietersen, on a king pair after his golden duck in the first innings. Kaneria snaps one into his front pad, and Faisal Iqbal starts chirping. There's a Kaneria at one end and a canary at the other."
11:55am
"It was actually a marginal decision - the ball looked to have turned too much, but the Law of Doctrove comes into play - if it looks out, it probably isn't, and if it doesn't look out, it probably is."
11:23am
"The only way Cook could look less happy against Kaneria would be if the demon spinner walked down the pitch after every delivery and slapped him in the face with a wet kipper."
10:52am
"Movement on the England balcony - Duncan Fletcher is eating a sandwich. He is taking elephant-sized bites and chewing with his mouth open. It's a far from pleasant sight."
More and more to come, no doubt, from a test match which England are losing nobbut spectacularly.
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