Twitter Quitter

What is it with sports coverage and Twitter?

It seems you can't watch a minute of the footy on channel 7 without Luke D'Arcy blabbering on about 'receiving' a tweet from bigdog44 about the last goal. They also got into it in the cricket commentary this summer. And again with the 'I've received a tweet'. Do these commentators not understand how Twitter works? Do they think that all tweets on their Twitter feed are for their eyes only? That they in a privileged position where only they can read tweets to the masses who are desperate for any hint of what is happening on Twitter? Do they ever consider commentating the game, rather than reading their Twitter feeds?

The big news was taken to another level today in The Age with news of the Aussie cricket coach quitting the team...

Oh hold up. 

Twitter? He quit TWITTER?

Not ONE, not TWO, but THREE headlines about a sports coach quitting Twitter? Woah, What will he do do now? Did he think about this? What will Aussie cricket do now? What will Twitter do now? And what will Luke D'Arcy and the other commentators do? 

Where were you 7 hours ago on 19 March 2013?

Geez, if someone quitting Twitter warrants three headlines, imagine what would happen if he quit Facebook! 

Is this news? Is this the high school play ground? Whats next?

O. M. G. He. Quit. Twitter. Seriously.

Where's The Cricket?

It used to be that the Day-Nighters were the biggest events of the summer.

Especially when the Windies came to town. Viv Richards, Courtney Walsh, and Curtley Ambrose loomed large. Thank God we had Steve Waugh, Merv Hughes and Dean Jones on our side. Both teams were full of fire, death stares and egos. Excitement and fireworks were guaranteed.

Fast forward to 2013, and the Windies are back in town. But this time the only fireworks will be actual fireworks and the only dancing down the pitch will be by actual dancers.

Will there be any cricket played at all? The advertising campaign seems to say NO...

Summer's Biggest Dress Up Party

What is this? A 10 year old's birthday party? Summadayze?

Dress ups, DJ promos, Cowboys and Indians. Is that a guy in a gorilla suit? Is the word 'cricket' even on the ad? Are there even any cricketers in the ad? Oh wait, there's Brett Lee. Why is Brett Lee dressed up like he's in a MARIACHI BAND?

If you want to see some one-day cricket this summer, best bet is to dress up and head to a Basement Jaxx concert. Just be sure you don't end up at a music festival somewhere.

Sadly the writing is on the wall when you try to entice the public to attend the cricket by promoting it with everything BUT cricket...