ENGLAND GET WASTED
Made my flight withough losing my passport or anything else really stupid.
I finally got to the game and hooked up with the boys over half way through the first innings. My penalty for missing 35 overs was seven Denises. This might require some explaining.
Our boat has a crew of eight. Myself, Runty, Woza, Beige, Hummus, Toddie, Judge and Denise. All except one are hard drinking sport loving Kiwi boys. The final member of the crew is Denise a four foot long plastic tube with a large funnel attached to one end. This is the vessel from which all punishment drinks will be consumed on tour. And I can tell you that losing your passport and missing 35 overs is reason for plenty of punishment. All in all I think I got of pretty lightly with a meer seven funnels on arrival. One for every ten overs missed (there was talk of one for every five) and four for wickets and catches taken by Scotty Styrus. Each of us has a nominated player whose number is on the back of our shirts. When that player does something good like taking a catch or running someone out then you owe a funnel. When they do something bad like dropping a catch or getting out then you owe a funnel. As you can imagine it keeps the drinks ticking along nicely. I thought I had cosen well with Styrus as he has had a bad run of form lately. Buy not today. He took a number of catches and wickets and had a brilliant spell with the bat (more funnels) and was eventually made man of the match (another funnel). At least I got off more lightly that our skipper Woza who has the Kiwi Captain, Stephen Flemming won the toss (one funnel) and made several key decision as captain which eventually led to a convincing victory. Woza was overjoyed.
Walked home with a large number of very quiet English fans.
Later that night we went to a large street party and rolled in between 12 and 3.
