Just finished reading a few Sri Lankan blogs and news online and listened to a new song by the Gypsies made for our team, seems like the whole country is on their toes and getting ready for the big thing! The country's president is also in the Windies for the final.
My brother is also ready with enough snacks to last throughout the match.
Here in Australia there's no atmosphere of a Cricket World Cup final going to be played in a couple of hours. Not even an advertisement on the tv about it being telecast tonight. Nobody seems to care about it. It's all footy for them, a game played only in Australia among local clubs, a cross between rugby and soccer. They are just crazy over it. Cricket is just another game, not a part of life as in Sri Lanka.
Wish I was in SL to enjoy the anticipation and the excitement. Anyway, looking forward to a victorious sleepless night.
I Want To Be A Nationalist
5 years ago
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Unfortunately we lost :(
How the Australian media and the public reacted after they won the trophy?
yeah,...well, there's not much celebrations and things like that here. It was in the news (for something like 5-10 minutes) but that's it. Life goes on as usual.
Australians have many sports in which they do very well in the international scene. Like soccer, swimming, tennis, netball, athletics, golf etc etc. So cricket is just another sport. And winning the cricket world cup (for the 3rd time) is not that much of a big deal.
However, didn't see the papers yet.
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