Consider, if you will, the following two journalistic extracts on
yesterday’s cricket test match between England and South Africa.
England’s Graham Onions brings tears to South African eyes A...
Of human emotions and affects, shame settles in like a dense fog,
obscuring everything else, imposing only its own shapeless,
substanceless impressions. It becomes impossible to establish bearing...
In times of uncertainty – or just on a Sunday afternoon when I want
to escape – there’s nothing better than a South Africa versus
Australia cricket test match. Before we get there though, t...
If there’s one thing that the English do better than playing cricket
it’s writing about cricket. The Daily Telegraph’s obituary for
Bryan “Bomber” Wells is a good example – it recalls...
