Wacky cricket an instant hit
"If the size of a beer snake is any guide," writes Justin Norrie in The Sydney Morning Herald , "Twenty20 cricket has already won the approval of Sydney's sports fans."
The Surfer
25-Feb-2013
"If the size of a beer snake is any guide," writes Justin Norrie in The Sydney Morning Herald, "Twenty20 cricket has already won the approval of Sydney's sports fans."
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, Peter Roebuck pens his account of Australia's Big Bash.
They came in their thousands, streaming through the gates, a mass of cheerful humanity lured to North Sydney by the lack of pomp and the chance to salute sixes or even to catch one and to claim the reward of a thousand bucks. They had smiles on their faces, wandered around in shorts and thongs, drank a lot and cheered every blow and every wicket. No one yelled, "'Ave a go, ya mug!". No need. Sixes came as thick and fast as jokes in a New York club.