David EdwardsCricket: Priming an Audience through Poetry
December 2nd 2008 02:34
The upcoming South Africa series has cricket fans salivating even more than usual. SportingMind hopes to satiate this audience with a few primers, taken from the Norton's Anthology of Poetry.
An ode to Ricky Ponting. (to be read by Oscar Wilde, clutching a dessert wine)
"A stumpy lad from the apple isle, who became the apple of Australia's ire,
Jumpy, nay, as frisky as can be.
A barely literate oaf with a perennial three-day growth,
Endorsing any product that he sees...
His public rants for all to see, consist of pure cacophony
Indeed, his bark is stronger than his bite
For Ponting is as Ponting does, and within this prophecy
Australia will smash the Proteas outta sight"
A Haiku for Graeme Smith (17 Syllables, 3 lines): Delivered by Richard Ponting.
"Mouthy Graeme Smith
Always sledging, angry prick
What a f#ing twat"
Let's get this series started!
-SportingMind
Wilde, a cricket afficionado
An ode to Ricky Ponting. (to be read by Oscar Wilde, clutching a dessert wine)
"A stumpy lad from the apple isle, who became the apple of Australia's ire,
Jumpy, nay, as frisky as can be.
A barely literate oaf with a perennial three-day growth,
Endorsing any product that he sees...
His public rants for all to see, consist of pure cacophony
Indeed, his bark is stronger than his bite
For Ponting is as Ponting does, and within this prophecy
Australia will smash the Proteas outta sight"
Punter: A proven wordsmith
A Haiku for Graeme Smith (17 Syllables, 3 lines): Delivered by Richard Ponting.
"Mouthy Graeme Smith
Always sledging, angry prick
What a f#ing twat"
Let's get this series started!
-SportingMind
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Comment by damian
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I think Rudyard Kipling would also write often to the touring English cricket teams and encourage them to stick it up the colonial upstarts.
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Comment by David Edwards
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Indeed, Banjo did pen that piece in ode to John Snow. The subsequent 1980s movie contained a subtle subtext, in that the whole movie is just a massive metaphor for the perfect test-wicket. The sublime scenery is a homage to curator Les Burdett.
As for the term "sticky wicket", well, yes, that is as poetic as they come. So to speak. Although Norm may use the term freely, he would admit that it was first coined in the 1980s to describe an embarassing situation involving Ricky Stuart on a Kangaroo tour.
Comment by Norm
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While I think highly of Richard Ponting's work I'm more partial to poetic predecessor, Tubby Taylor's.
Fujitsu.
Australia's Favourite Air.
Beautifully nuanced.
Pre-pre-pre-pre-predecessor Ian Chappell's work, strongly reminscent of Donne, carries a special place in my heart too.
Pommy bastards.
Wonderfully delicate.
It's always been about self-preservation.
Cure me, my darling; my sweet, pickle.
Touching.
Let's not forget his successor, and brother, Gregory.
Comment by David Edwards
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The best cricket ad I have ever seen was the recent Wolf Blass one, featuring Brad Hodge - over a bottle of red - recounting his test double century to the decidedly disinterested Hussey and MacGill. The believeability that these three guys would ever hang out and swap anecdotes is very low.
Why does Ponting call his helmet the "Rock of Gibraltar"? Who wrote that??
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I'm not sure comparing a day of home duties to a Ponting innings in Delhi was really the greatest piece of comparitive advertising, either.
Here's his last six inning in Delhi: 1, 0, 16, 5, 11*, and 0.
Based on 25 years research.