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I was born in 1950, played cricket in the 1970's as a teenager and looked up to the players of the day when the game was considered to be amateurish (unpaid) like olympians. Sad alright, I gave up being interested in cricket when "they" whoever "they" are, started paying cricketers (and footballers, tennis players et al) squillions of dollars. In the scheme of things, cricket has degenerated into a business full of pub brawlers (ex captain of Australia who shall be unnamed) and immature players who have the misconception that the game is all important. Wouldn't we all like to own property worth many millions of dollars owing to the ability to hit a ball around a field albeit accurately. Don't feel sorry if our cricketers fall out of grace, I'm sure they will survive.
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