The English Summer Strikes Back

[mcgillianaire]

English cricket supporters living in London will be extremely upset this morning. There's barely a cloud in sight and the forecast predicts sunshine all day! I think I'm starting to like the British weather. Just as long as it rains when India is struggling, I'm all for this topsy-turviness. Sunday was absolutely gorgeous, yesterday it was overcast and/or rainy literally the whole day... the sun didn't pop out even once! And today... hah, the English cricket team, undone by their own weather. You'd think after all these years, they'd've learned. I only wish I had my Indian cricket jersey with me. It'd've been great to rub it in while going into town, sunglasses, hat et al. :)

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[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

A decent test could be constructed to figure out popularity and knowledge. The people could be asked to name as many players as possible from current and former eras of various sports. As I read somewhere a while ago, it's quite possible that a lot of English youth will not be able to name players beyond Flintoff, Pietersen and Collingwood, if even that, but they'd have no trouble coming up with a squad of 20 for the national football team. Similarly, I'd say the average Englishmen would struggle to name sportsmen in all other sports.