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“I take it none of your readers today are South African,” says Andrew Cosgrove, “or they would all have emailed in with the infamous semi-final of the 1992 World Cup.”
The daftest thing about that game is the South Africa won the toss and elected to field. I’ve done some stupid things in my time, but none of th… actually, on reflection, quite a few of them have been more stupid than that. But it was still an exceedingly stupid decision to bat second given the rain rules in that tournament.
“Two days in a row?” sniffs Matt Dony. “I’m running a serious risk of being productive at work. Steven Pye’s have just struck a chord, though. Wondering why no one at school finds us attractive. If ever there was an OBO calling card, this it. Alan Partridge famously finished chapters of his book with, ‘Needless to say, I had the last laugh.’ From now on, I’ll probably finish most of my emails with, ‘And I wondered why no one fancied me in school…’”
Those lonely teenage years never leave you, eh, even when you’re happily grown up with three children and 12 wives.
Written by Rob Smyth
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/jun/11/bangladesh-v-sri-lanka-cricket-world-cup-2019-live under the title “Bangladesh v Sri Lanka delayed by rain: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
