Midweek Review
The Basics of Cricket
By Lynn Ockersz
The harried taxpayer is aghast:
No value for money has she got,
From this Sri Lankan Cricket behemoth:
The eleven ‘Flannelled Gents’,
For her said to be turning out,
Are for the eternally Nodding Land,
Yet another lost cause,
For most of them,
Are on a stretcher borne out;
But Mr. Coach get this thing right:
First, men of awesome athletic prowess bring out,
Before teaching them cricket’s finer points,
And ensure they don’t hanker after fleshpots.