Yes, it has been confirmed. By a cheer-leader. The American kind, called Katrina. (I bet she is blonde too.)
And I quote her:
We think it is really fun – way more interesting than baseball. It is always changing, there’s a lot of running. In baseball there is a lot of swinging and missing and people out.I am guessing, all that love from Katrina is coming cricket's way because she is watching T20.
Because T20 is made for women.
Women, by and large, tend to be busy creatures, and cricket is the one sport they can watch while getting other stuff done. You can wash the dishes, give the cat a bath, fill in your tax return and pluck your eyebrows, and when you come back to the game the same batsman will still be in. And the odds are that when he goes out you'll want to watch him take his helmet off, because cricketers are undoubtedly the best-looking of all sports heroes. Also, if you leave Kevin Pietersen out of it, they have the best manners.(Note to self: You could've been multi-tasking dum dum.)
So, some woman-type observations, aka girl-talk:
1. Darren Ganga is gorgeous.
2. Rilee Rossouw is cute. OMG!!! Boy band cute. The kind I would've had a crush on if I was seventeen.
3. Boeta Dippenaar speaks in soothing tones (much like Daryll Cullinan), and was extremely gracious in defeat.
4. Roy made my day by making an appearance in ethnic wear.
(Is it just me or was he a bit nervous in the comm box? Maybe he needed a beer to loosen up...)
OK then, people, I'll go and wash the dishes.
19 Maidens bowled!!:
Haha, I think I missed seeing Roy. Just heard him, very proper he sounded. Not like the drunken streaker-banger we know. You're right about the beer though.
very proper
Exactly! And he sounded like Ian Chappell.
It was strange; I've seen/heard him miked up during an Aus-NZ T20, and he was so spontaneous.
Damn but Ganga has got something about him. Why oh why did I never notice him when he played for WI. But I think it's seeing him in a leadership role that's doing it. Brains & good looks!
I have mixed feelings about this article...don't know quite what to make of it.
The sad part is, I don't think people pay that much attention to the opinions of blond cheerleaders. If only Sarah Palin would say the same!
Sara,
Now that you mention it... I don't remember seeing him play for the Windies in recent times. I wonder why?
Purna,
Did you mean you have mixed feelings about my post or the article in Wisden?
:-)
I actually had mixed feelings about the Wisden article as well as the one on Cricinfo.
I've nothing against cheerleaders (blonde or otherwise), however, I wish that when these big guys (CI and Wisden) talk about female fans in the world of cricket, they do talk about those women who do understand cricket.
The one on Cricinfo. Look at the picture! She has on an outrageous hat, is wearing a pink dress and sipping champagne. Who goes to a cricket game like that?!
I agree. But I think the men would collapse in shock if they heard a woman praising anything other than the cricketer's looks. I mean, Cricinfo is based in UK and the English women team is already miles better than the men's team. They don't need the additional pain.
Cricket's biggest flaw/oddity (take your pick) in comparison to baseball is, ironically, the point that the article picked up on. :-)
And yes, I thought the article was a little condescending in assuming that the women who follow the sport would not be serious fans and would have trouble differentiating between Kieron Pollard and Kevin Pietersen since both of them are KP's. As if.
Purna,
Wow! That hat is wierd.
(I wonder how I missed it the first time.)
the English women team is already miles better than the men's team. They don't need the additional pain.
Lol. True.
JQ,
Whilst I don't go into feminist mode while reading such articles... I do find them a li'l irritating.
(I know, I am not supposed to take page 2 too seriously.)
Miss Katrina would obviously say that, there are no cheerleaders in baseball so she can't make any money off it. Besides, most of the American youth considers baseball too slow and has taken to football and/or basketball. Baseball to America is what test cricket is to the cricketing world.
"...there are no cheerleaders in baseball..."
Are you sure?
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=baseball+cheerleaders&search_type=&aq=f
A little nudge and Symonds will call McCullum a piece of shit again. When on air he needs to be on a booze drip
I sort of liked Symonds in Sherwani but Ian Chappell had no clue where to keep the chunri. It was hilarious!
No wonder it's the Reds who had to resort to that. Nobody watches their games!
But yeah, I'm surprised they did have cheerleaders because I've been to a few games here and watch the sport on TV and they never have cheerleaders. In fact, they used to laugh when they saw cheerleaders in Japanese baseball.
Here's an article on this topic.
http://www.slate.com/id/2116064/
Most of it is promotional, like the Pad Squad shooting t-shirts into the crowd. You don't have those pom-pom cheerleaders for the most part.
Som,
I should've seen that!!
:-)
Mahek,
I wish they get rid of the cheerleaders from cricket; one "innovation" I couldn't care less about.
NC,
Anything but that propah Roy! Was so wierd.
Cheerleaders and 10 minutes of Lalit Modi every game: Two things IPL and Champions League can do without.
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