I don't like Cricket

The manifesto of the I Don't Like Cricket Collective

Some people have questioned the purpose of this blog so we have decided to produce a short statement on our aims and ambitions.

The Manifesto of the I Don't Like Cricket Collective

We don't like cricket. We love it.

Cricket is the highest form of sport. It is a game of the deepest strategy with moments of huge tension. But it can be a game of utter ridiculousness and farce as well. The fact that a Test can last five days and still be drawn is a strength - a sign of its complexity - not a weakness.

Cricket is the perfect spectator sport. Engage in the game; don't engage in the game. It's your choice. Read the paper, have a drink, chat to your friends, don't worry - the boring bit will be over soon. And then you will be captivated by the game again.

All of these are reasons why we love cricket. But they are not the reasons for this website. The most highly anticipated sporting confrontation in decades will begin in Brisbane on 23 November.

As proud England fans we know our side is the underdog. We take a relatively inexperienced team with a number of injuries. But we want to back our men down under and we want play our part to help them to victory. We are a collective: we will live together and we will die together.

Across the internet thousands of people are discussing the cricketing aspects of this series - we may even stray into that ourselves from time to time. But what we say will probably not add to the greater sum of human knowledge.

So the purpose of this website is to weaken, undermine, cajole and anger the Australian team and their supporters. We will do all we can do highlight and strengthen England's finest but our main target wears green and gold, not red, white and blue.

Call us pompous. Call us arrogant. Call us tossers. But in our own little way that is what we want to do.

Ask not what your team can do for you, ask what you can do for your team. Join the I Don't Like Cricket Collective.

posted by wes @ 1:26 pm