Cricket, Ashes and the renaissance of the beautiful game
At the end of the recent Ashes, I was compelled to blog away in delight after having witnessed – well followed….sigh – one of the finest test series in history. However, seeing as Sambit Bal at Cricinfo has done a better job, and because he has captured my exact feelings, I will post a small extract of his article instead. Click here for the full article.
The revival of the beautiful game
Sambit Bal
September 16, 2005
First, a warm thank you to England and Australia. For close to two months, they have touched us and moved us, roused our senses and stirred our souls, made us live through their joy and despair and feel good about ourselves. Sport at its best is high art, and as escapism, it is higher than cinema for nothing is make-believe. For so many hours in the last three months, these two teams drew us in to their world, away from our worldly strife and drudgery. A pity that it had to end.
