Australia All-Stars - Has-beens and wanna-bes?
You can just imagine the suits at Cricket Australia getting together for their annual "how can we squeeze another couple of million out of this cash cow" meeting:
"More cricket equals more money. Who else can we play?"
"We could always bring back Australia A."
"Great idea! But we can't keep calling them that. It makes them sound like a bunch of losers not good enough to get into the top squad."
"But isn't that what they are?"
"It's about branding, people! I need alternative titles."
"How about the Second Fiddles?"
"The Rejects"
"Discards"
"The Players That John West Reject"
"Come on guys, you can do better than that!"
"The Wanna-Bes"
"No, we should include some famous retirees with high name recognition in the team."
"The Wanna-Bes and the Has-Beens"
"No, I've got it! The All-Stars!"
"But isn't the Australian team the one with all the stars?"
"Details, details. Australia vs the All-Stars. Now that's a marquee with cachet!"
"I like it!"
"Let's do it!"
"Great work, people! BMW's for everyone!"
That said, the Has-Beens and Wanna-Bes went on to thrash Australia by 64 runs.
| Posted by JC on Sat 15 Nov |  1 comments |
Firstly, when the All Stars were batting, on the scorebox they're abbreviation was A*S which to me gave the appearance that the censor had disaproved of ASS.
And secondly, it's this crowd dive. He could have been a hero, but now he's just got bruised ribs and a hangover.
Posted by Moses on 2008-11-15 11:10:38
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