Just a quick post, unrelated to my and Ed's wager (aside from the amusing thought that Ed probably wouldn't know who I'm talking about). It would be wrong to let what's just gone by pass without mention, as a genuine sporting great (and not in the over-used 'English football' sense of the word 'great') has just raised his bat to the international crowd for the last time.
What could have been an inconsequential end to the penultimate session of an over-long Cricket World Cup, two teams that had already failed to qualify quarrelling over a $50,000 pot, was transformed the moment Brian Charles Lara announced that it would be his last game of international cricket. One of the greatest batsmen the games has ever seen, questions over his captaincy and failure to guide the Windies to the knock-out stages of the World Cup in their back garden were put aside, as thousands gathered within the ground, and millions more the world over to bid farewell to a phenomenal natural talent.
Words don't really cut it though - instead, I'd suggest you watch this and try and stop yourself dancing along to the fabulous carribean beats that accompany it. Or, better yet, watch it on mute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW-NbPf8PY0
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