Thanks, Doug. Like baseball I suppose, cricket is full of moments of staged
intensity and in between is all that ‘down time’, unlike say, the various
football codes which are ‘on the go’ flowing situations where participants
are required to sustain their ‘act’ for prolonged periods.
Bill
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 at 3:37 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> What with Andrew’s requiem, I didn’t know how to take this, Bill,
> especially not having any knowledge of Cricket, or what’s been happening. A
> true fan, then, what with the hyperbole here…
>
> though neatly done, withal…
>
> Doug
>
> > On Jan 23, 2018, at 3:10 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > All that focused intensity
> >
> > Rippling energy uncoiling
> >
> >
> > and then ... the piff
> >
> >
> > Counter movements,
> >
> > sensing, probing, smacking
> >
> >
> > deception,
> >
> > the clean miss
> >
> >
> > All may be well
> >
> > for the arrested
> >
> > moment
> >
> >
> > but inevitably comes
> >
> > sporting hell
> >
> >
> > Out. Gone.
> >
> > And the husk trudges off
> >
> >
> > Fresh fodder
> >
> > sent in
> >
> >
> > The dead mount up
> >
> > all afternoon
> >
> >
> > bw
>
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