22/3/15

Dear Diary,

The last quarter final has been played and now the Semi finals are on the horizon. We now know the lineup for the games and first up its New Zealand v. South Africa on Tuesday.

This is a tantalising prospect as two powerful one day nations come head to head in what will surely be a clash to remember. Both teams have the ability to turn it on both with the bat (McCullum V. De Villiers) and the ball (Milne V Steyne) and both have produced phenomenal fielding displays throughout this World Cup. Both Nations have a history of choking at the semi finals stage of world cups.

In lots of ways I almost wish this was the lineup for the final. That way both nations would have shrugged of that tag of semi final chokers and we would also be guaranteed that the world cup would be lifted by a nation that had never won it before. That would be a sight worth seeing.

But unfortunately that isn't the way it has worked out, but at least one nation who has never made the final before will be in with a chance of taking the gold home with them for the first time ever.

My money is on New Zealand for the win, and not just because I have £1 on then to win the whole tournament, but also because they come into this game undefeated having dealt with pressure in the game against Australia and crushed every other opponent in a brutally ruthless manner. Meanwhile, in the only game I watched South Africa play they buckled to a Pakistan side that managed to chip away at their armour and actually challenge them.

No matter how the past has played out, the future is where its at for both these great nations and I kinda wish I was going to that Semi Final in Auckland instead of Semi Final 2 in Sydney.

The Semi I have tickets for is Australia V. India on Thursday which also promises to be a great match. Both teams have been in the final numerous times, both know how to score big and bowl hard and both have been running into better and better form as the competition has gone on.

That game promises to be a HUGE game too and I’m very much looking forward to seeing it, Just not as much as the other one. It doesn't help that I have to visit one of my least favourite cities in the world to watch this big match because I hate Sydney. I’ve been growing less enthused about going there as the time draws closer and closer. But as awful as I find the prospect of spending three days in an unnecessarily aggressive city, I wont miss out of some top quality cricket.. But will keep a low profile. My prediction for that game is Australia for the win.

Kept a low profile for most of today but Myles still dragged me in to help him set up a new C.C.T.V. camera in his place of work ‘Cat Cafe: Melbourne’ It wasn't particularly hard but it was time consuming as we had to work around all the cats who were curious to see exactly what we were up to. A lot of time was lost by me constantly patting the little cutie cats especially as it was after hours and we were the only ones in the place and therefore guaranteed their affections. I was in charge of reading the instructions and found it difficult to fathom what was going on until I started reading them from the beginning instead of the middle. Then things became a whole lot easier. I wonder if that's how it works all the time? nah, couldn't possibly be.




"Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it." Jules Renard - (1864 - 1910)