heavy ball
balls a culmination
day 8 poem
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adelaide oval forever – day 3
matthew hayden has a very lovely pink bright bat handle.
i didn’t get to see much of the cricket at all today. mostly saw the bit where matty was batting. it wasnt much. the only notes i wrote today were these two-
1. heavy ball
2. balls a culmination
i think mark nicholas was about to try and describe the physics behind the ‘heavy ball’ that flintoff bowls but stopped. and the second was some reference to someting heals said about some delivery bowled by hoggard or someone. he was saying something about the epic history of work and effort that is behind every delivery.
day 7 poem
since david fine’s been writing poems to the tune of various little well known ditties i thought id take a liberty
to the tune of the unguarded moment (the church) and the character array of mean girls
see him disseminating information
i knew youd find him drinking
down those bars with carbs for dust
yeah the gags dont make me laugh
they only make me feel like catching
practice
(key : the first person (lohan) is KP the 3rd is el warno the 2nd is ponting & buchanan )
adelaide oval forever – day 2
the test match is utterly compelling. unchanging stands in delightful contrast to the fact that pietersen has turned mcgrath into an offspinner. even warne has swapped variation for perserverance.
adelaide oval forever – day 1
after seemingly endless sleepless nights anticipating the return of test match cricket to the tv screen the adelaide test commenced amidst a discourse on tradition and scoreboards that never change the 3 old stands at the oval are the exact same stands as when richie benaud first played there in 1650 though he conceeds they may have a few spots of new paint on them. this kind of talk always steeps that adelaide oval test in tones of sentimentality. upon the traditional cricket ground a traditional test match is being played. england are off to a sedate start. in delightful contrast (benaud) to the unchanging stands are the subtle and infinite variations of warne and stuart clark.
day 6 poem
cathedral end
benaud loves his scoreboards
that never change and wants all
his test matches sedated under
the sentimental spell of the adelaide
air the selectas too have shown faith
the scoreboard changes only slowly
and therell be endless sleepless nights
anticipating a return to 0 in this city weve
no affection for time
glam cricket poetry spectacular
for anyone in melbourne, come along to st kilda library on friday night and witness simultaneously cricket going glam & poetry going spectacular.
day 5 poem
postmatch interviews by s odonnell
losing
if e keeps working hard and gives it is best if e
keeps working hard in the nets
ll take some encouragement from the 2nd innings
have to get into the game nothing
that hard work cant fix n dennis lillee
triumphant
its a pleasing start for us a
good performance for the team
he put his hand up n got the job done
for the team good job from day 1
done lads
day 5 couplet
it was a highly postmatch day
it didnt rain it didnt pietersen
day 4 poem
warne v pietersen 4eva
back back home
toying toy cricketers
submarine
fields set set
mysterious chemistry
you taste like
home to me
home to me
home in on
a crack fine lines and subtle curves
yesterday david fine wrote two tiny poems & a pastiche on a pear tree