My fiancé messaged me this morning, telling me that Shane Warne has announced his retirement after The Ashes. When I saw the news about Glenn McGrath’s retirement announcement minutes ago, I decided to do something for them, for their great performances throughout their cricket career.
I never knew what cricket was till my fiancé introduced it to me. This is his favourite sport! Still, after two years’ study about cricket, I can’t completely understand its difficult rules and complicated time schedules. The point is that I can’t figure out why they have to be established like that. Why a game has to play for such a long time??? It’s bizarre to me. However, influenced by my beloved fiancé, I have started to pay attention to it and try to understand it.
The first real time for me to touch cricket is last Christmas. I bought The Ashes 2005 for him to feed his cricket hunger. Through the DVDs, I have known a lot of players and at that time, my favourite player was Brett Lee and I didn’t like Shane Warne because of his bad sexual behaviours. I also play a bit cricket game with my fiancé. But I can never be as calm as him. I am always afraid of losing a wicket or letting the opponent get a six.
Last month, we received some newspaper from Australia, reporting on The Ashes ongoing in Australia. The newspaper listed all the players of the Aussie team along with their photos. Then, I suddenly realised that Shane Warne was the best-looking one! My fiancé was surprised and I was a bit startled as well. Meanwhile, I thought Glenn McGrath looked alright as well.
But now these two good-looking players are going to retire. Australia will lose its two greatest cricket players. I thought they would stay longer despite their ages. I know that many more people are writing more sensible, professional and touching stories about them; however, this is what a cricket Xinshou thinks and I sincerely wish them all the best and hopefully, Shane Warne will stop sleeping around! | 