My date with Claudia

At the risk of sounding bitter, which I am in no ways: the over-reaction to England's victory in the Ashes series has been excessive yet entirely predictable. England is a fickle nation in sport, although I would suggest no more so than Australia. There has only been interest in cricket this summer because England have been winning, congratulations to them, as they were certainly the better side throughout the series. However many rugby fans in this country well give testimony that this interest will wane. Those responsible for cricket in England must capture this patriotism and ensure that the country will continue to hold an interest in the game, otherwise these achievements and celebrations will be largely recrementitious.
The reason of course for celebration; is that England have triumphed over the team that has consistently the best in the world for the past decade. This calls for celebrations. But they have triumphed only once and by a considerably small margin. So these celebrations must be tempered. Yet the celebrations will be large because England have achieved something they have been trying to achieve for 16 years, and every time one fails to achieve something, it adds to the feeling of success when one finally does. It’s a little like a retarded school child finally passing his exams after being held back in class for 4 years, the celebrations will be great for him and he will feel extra special.

So well done England you have deserved your victory, surely though it will be an even greater achievement to retain them on Australian soil in 18 months time. Oh and for fuck’s sake stop singing Jerusalem!


By the way; my date with Claudia Schiffer is this Friday night.