hi Bill nice contrasts of thrashing and lifting glasses
I always hated playing cricket that horribly hard ball that bruised my
hands and dropped -but did manage to escape to 'do athletics '
never managed pole vault
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From: "Sheila Murphy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, 19 Dec, 2023 At 21:10
Subject: Re: Polite violence
So very interesting, Bill! We Americans have a lot to learn about
cricket!!!
On Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 2:07 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
It is a particular oddity in cricket, Sheila, that a bowler gives his
wraparound sunglasses to the umpire before he or she starts his over and
the umpire pops them on his hat for the duration of the six balls the
bowler sends down.
Bill
On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 at 7:45 am, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
Ah, Bill, the gentlemanliness of it all! Great! Sheila
On Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 1:33 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
The polite violence of sport
After delivering a series
of thunderbolts
serious chin music
to the hapless tailender
Mitchell Starc
turns away from his mark
reaches down
with finger and thumb
and daintily removes
from the umpire’s hat
his sunglasses
pops them on
his sweaty face
and retires to the outfield
bw
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