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game of cricket i won t go into the game itself but talk about a bit of the off field life as a cricketer you always have 2 mindsets that follow you around there is a the on field win from any position don t give up mentality and b his poor secret often neglected and disagreeing off field friend that we call common sense these 2 guys rarely see eye to eye i ll be honest before the last game against the redbacks common sense got a hold of me i d already been looking into flights home to the uk the only positive of leaving a tournament is getting back to the family i d started getting excited to take my boy to his rugby this sunday we were 0 2 and not looking like winning however the ability of the rcb team to pick ourselves from almost certain elimination to qualify is a testament to the fighting spirit in the group where we throw common sense out the window for a few hours forget that we are on the brink of an exit trust in our abilities and try to turn our tournament around and it s a testament to the team s ability to block out all our outside influences and go back to the simple things here i am clt20 semi final about 4 hours away and i am about to cast away the outside world the hype of the situation and the expectation of the fans for a few hours while we try and win another game of cricket the improbable and thrilling final ball 6 of the last game has taken me away from watching my boy at rubgy this weekend instead he ll be watching me and yelling at the tv the highs and lows of cricket are amazing it s a roller coaster that only a privileged few get to ride we cricketers live in a strange world with extreme highs combined with severe boredom and lows that make you wonder what you are doing but i know that i m privileged to be part of the game go rcb 8 comments posted in from the field the last 6 months posted on september 22 2011 1 comment since last playing for victoria in the one day final in february it s been a roller coaster ride i was kicking back on the farm in mansfield mastering my chain sawing and fine tuning my lagging social skills with old skiing mates around the fire when i got a call from andrew hilditch a week later i was on a plane as 16 th man in the world cup in india you can read more about that iun my previous post next came my short ipl campaign a short and sharp stint as within 2 games my season was over thanks to a nasty little side strain the mri facility that confirmed it was classical india whisked into a back street by barely competent drivers a shack turned out to be the most high tech imaging joint i ve seen anywhere in the world and as a fast bowler i ve seen many the poor 80y o local who most likely had been waiting 3 months for his mri appointment was booted off the machine mid scan so they could get me in there my wife sat in the radiologist s room drinking chai tea and heard everything about the place from the excited owner they were so proud of the place as a bonus they put me into the ct scan machine to show me how cool it was after a brief holiday in goa with the family we packed up from melbourne and moved to the uk where we are now happily settled we live permanently in the uk with the kids in school everyone settled and great neighbours my wife has picked up her old sport of horse riding eventing which could prove my financial undoing but as they say happy wife happy life we ll see if that pans out i was lucky enough to be involved with surrey in the uk t20 competition we had a great campaign with a super talented squad and only a stumble in the last few games cost us a place in the finals less exciting was the 100 miles each way to games and training it was a tough slog but it introduced me to audiobooks a bit nerdy i know but there is only so much commercial radio i can listen to at any one time after the disappointment of being booted from the t20 in the uk i thought i had until the melbourne renegades campaign in december to relax but the life of a t20 player is an interesting one the phone rang and a few days later i was off to singapore for the olam cup a local t20 comp organised by the local indian expat community modelled on the ipl with 4 franchises and 5 overseas players in each side let s get one things straight captains have always whinged about it being a tough job what a load of crap i captained the mighty ics lions to the title on my first try search for ics lions on facebook and there are heaps of photos on there a few great cricketing names were at singapore in shane bond shoiab akhtar sanath jayasuriya and some aussies like luke pomersbach wa liam davis wa rhett lockyer tas michael dighton tas and a heap of other people who just appeared out of the woodwork the last 6 weeks have been my first long break from cricket in what seems like years i managed to sneak in a road trip with the family through europe a day or so before i set off i heard from india that the rules were changed to allow me to compete in the clt20 with royal challengers bangalore this month previously rcb and i thought i was ineligible as i was replaced by chris gayle but in india anything is possible seriously what crap timing i ve got to get myself from the sloth of couch surfing and enjoying a beer to being a tear away quick in the space of 4 weeks family holidays and french austrian alps aren t conducive to fast bowling after some hiking that i will put down as my pre season campaign i made it back to london in time to again captain another side to a title this time it was the rest of the world team in a game against england at the hac ground in london a cracking venue right in the heart of london it s certainly strange captaining former stars like jimmy adams west indies saqlain muhstaq pak and others like hard hitting irishman o brien but i think we all enjoyed the day and even better the good guys won back in the uk my already shortened mini pre season were some damn hard yards the local cricket ground is a lonely place by yourself on wet and windy days in the uk but that was all i could use to get bowling loads in on most days other times i made it to surrey for a bowl in the middle of the oval for training time will tell if i ve done enough to prepare myself i think i have i m now sitting on a plane to bangalore with chris gayle before getting on the plane our twitter banter went something like this dirk_nannes henrygayle unlucky big man you re stuck with me from london to bangalore hope you talk clearer than you tweet isthereatranslatoronboard clearly by this tweet i m already on to him about his writing but an hour later he comes out with this one henrygayle 2pm jamaican talk me a look fi cut ya now lol seriously me a look fi cut ya now chris what the hell does that mean and who the hell understands that crap turns out it s i m about to leave now i ve got a lot to learn i can t end without mentioning my career sporting highlight that occurred about a month ago the all out cricket magazine september issue aside from it s in depth articles on everything cricket related it s got a brilliant piece on the 27 coolest cricketers of all time i ve slipped in to 17 th place and best of all it s above people like chris gayle who was considered to be trying too hard to be cool makes for brilliant change room banter and i ll be showing this one to my great grandkids when i m in my cricket induced wheelchair 3 weeks in india and my next appointment will be zimbabwe in late november followed by the huge big bash season with the melbourne renegades i am absolutely stoked to be involved with such a young fresh high risk high reward style of side like the renegades whatever happens it will be bloody exciting to watch us go at it on the field what a team go rcb and renegades 1 comment posted in from the field the world cup the 16th man and the bulletproof car posted on march 28 2011 5 comments i was looking forward to blogging most days whilst at the world cup but things just got in the way forgive me if i m rusty for starters much of my time was spent coming to grips with the role of the 16 th man in a world cup squad classed officially as entourage i was left on my own to discover what a 16 th man actually does i m yet to work it out but i will keep you posted as 16 th man i didn t enjoy the common luxuries like the rest of the squad the simple pleasures like a room at each hotel were often hard to come by without waiting an hour in reception because my name was not on the team list more importantly i didn t get my name sewn in to my towels in each changeroom or the fancy memorabilia that tony greig would call an original 6 inch icc commemorative world cup replica trophy complete with handmade luxury display case that would no doubt be a collector s item to be passed down the generations i can just see ricky s grandchildren 45 years from now proudly displaying this dust collector in its original luxury display case the flipside to these downfalls is the glorious stuff that comes with touring the things that you can t really explain to people unless they are there one such instance was yesterday morning my favourite fast bowler shaun tait and i were waiting for our ride to the airport the rest of the team flew out last night but we were staying behind to catch different flights when you aren t part of the main touring plans things just work differently normally a lot worse uday our reliable driver s job brief was to pick up 2 australian s from the hotel this morning he did that most ably but he took the wrong 2 aussies most likely just a couple of backpackers from sydney who were wrapped to have a free car and driver for the day cruising ahmadabad in a futile attempt to find something remotely interesting we were stuck no ride a plane to catch and not enough time to do it what the hell were we going to do gone was our standard bus with 4 police cars out in front sirens blaring announcing that a cricket team was coming through and that all within 500m should run quickly to the roadside to say hi but how our fortunes changed the local constabulary came to our aid and this time it was the stuff that kids dream about hollywood action in downtown ahmedabad we had a bulletproof car a presidential motorcade maybe without the motorcade part as we were on our own but it seemed at least 50 presidential and lets not let the truth get in the way of my story now before you think hollywood drama it s important you realise that we re still in india so it wasn t your classic hollywood 2 second getaway with tyres screeching you see when you are an indian policeman it s important to make sure that when transporting any cricketers you alert as many people as possible hell call in your mates for a photo get your hair gel out put your best sunnies on but lets just get on with it yes rajiv those 47 people across the road can see you have 2 cricketers in the car we can leave now come on rajiv no need to call your mother in law to come and take your photo yes rajiv you can have one snap with mr tait in front of your car no rajiv just get in the bloody car and drive already christmas came and went and then we started moving when i was a kid designing my bulletproof car out of lego it had a massive engine the kind of engine that batman s car had when you put your foot down it went faster than a ferrari screeching tyres flames coming out the back and lots of noise today rajiv s rocketship was an indian suzuki vitara with the engine from my dad s 1985 ride on mower weigh it all down with a ton of bulletproof glass and this ride was more like a sailing of the queen mary but that didn t make it less entertaining batman s machine didn t have 4 policemen with guns sandwiched inside and last time i checked you couldn t even register a suzuki vitara at home to carry 7 people i thought i was improvising to get 6 in my old datsun stanza so 7 in the vitara was most entertaining i have used my it degree for the first time in attaching a b grade photo of the car here shaun tait a random policemen with too many stars on his arm and i with the bulletproof rocketship for a boat we made it to the airport in record time a few well placed head wobbles to key people and we were on our flight i can assure you that there was no presidential treatment in seat 34c on the jetlite flight to mumbai but like all good flights i managed to walk off at my destination the world cup is over for us but it was a good time crap result but a good place to tour as entourage 16 th man is not a bad job if you can get it 5 comments posted in world cup 2011 who is this aaron finch character posted on january 17 2011 16 comments he has shot into the aussie ranks quicker than most and it s not without reason aaron finch is a talented likeable young cricketer who has a massive future in the game but the alan finch story is an entertaining one and i was next to him on a desperately ageing qantas plane to perth and spoke to him a little about his cricket aaron is not your run of the mill robotic cricketer that has come through the system he is not the perfect athlete and may have picked the wrong sport about 5 years ago why i think he could have won the last olympics as a track cyclist as he s got a massive arse and his legs would put most sprint cyclists to shame but there would be one problem olympic cycling may not have liked him he has a bit around the waist thanks to a steady diet of cans and darts with his mates at the local going through the system rather than be a yes man like so many trying to ply their trade in australian colours aaron has done it his own way he has a refreshing tell it like it is attitude most likely developed from his time growing up in country victoria recently he had a run in with former teammate nick jewell who from all reports was being a chop finch told jewell some home truths that no one else had the gall to say finch got whacked but rather than punch back alan stood his ground and kept firing back with only words and i like that in a cricketer a bit of niggle someone with honesty and who doesn t mind picking a fight so long as it helps the cause i enjoyed a recent t20 game at the g when nesser from qld bowled his first ball for the game finch smashed him for 4 and quickly walked down the track telling nesser he was going down today seriously how many times do you see that on tv these days not enough and i love it australian sport in general has become a bit of a nanny state no one can have their own point of view no one can have their own colour no one can sledge or make comment in the media unless it s promoting the next big game or goodwill cause my personal highlights of games are when things get nasty on the field when feelings come into a game finch brings that feeling into every game he plays he puts the fun back into cricket after all isn t that what we play the game for never one to back down aaron has always been the bad boy to the victorian cricket administrators right or wrong he s the guy who was first 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