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| The Face of the Barmy Army |
Firstly, I must apologise.
Those of you who know me, will know I am not the most avid cricket/sports fan...however on January 4th, I sucked it up and went to the second day of the Sydney test. I should probably admit I did try and get out of it...but apparently there weren't many Aussies around who really wanted to pay to go and see Australia get spanked by the English. Again.
So off to the cricket I went...(Vogue Magazine went with me), and although the cricket itself wasn't all that stimulating, the crowd was awesome. We were sat right next to the Barmy Army so by the end of the day had pretty much all their songs down pat, and stuck in my head for the next 3 days. A couple of my favourites being:
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| Live Commentary all the way! |
"He bowls to the left
He bowls to the right
That Mitchell Johnson
His bowling is shite!"
and....
"With Strauss our Captain,
We'll take the Urn home"
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| Done |
Some interesting facts I've just learnt about the Barmy Army...because education shouldn't be limited to the classroom. Facts and pretty pictures... cool huh?!
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The Barmy Army is apparently a limited company (Wikipedia), not just a bunch of crazed cricket fanatics. They claim they want to "make watching cricket more fun and much more popular". The group uses flags, banners, songs and chants to encourage the team and crowd participation in their activities. In contrast to the reputations of some sports fans for hooliganism, the Barmy Army organises actively discourages unsavoury behaviour engages in charity work.
Although I did take a lot of photos of the cricket, I didn't really understand what was going on, so these are more crowd based. Check this guy out...class all the way!
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| Definition |
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| There's always one.... |
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| Catch? |
You're gonna have to try a little harder buddy.
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| Photographing the Photographer |
At least there was one Aussie smiling...
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| Young Sports Fan |
Is this not the cutest little kid you've ever seen?!
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| Head in the sand |
Uh...dude...? Either this guy has a serious flatulence issue or is an Aussie cricket fan who just couldn't watch anymore....
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| The Lone Spectator |
A bit of black and white just to mix things up a little.
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| Ready and waiting. Some cricketers, crouching or something. |
In my humble opinion, I think Strauss should have kept Collingwood at gully, and Bell should have moved to a slightly more orthodox, silly, mid-off position. I also found it interesting (and slightly predictable) when Strauss took out square leg and put in a third man because he kept playing lucky, swiping shots.
Ok, so admittedly, I had to get my brother to text me that during the game in an attempt to look like I knew what was going on. So thanks Chris. Sadly, it backfired as I then got asked what square leg meant.
It's square of the batters leg, apparently. Whatever that means.
It took me ages to get the Swan reference. Seriously. I should not be doing this...
As I write this, I'm starting to realise how ridiculous this situation is. What the hell am I doing photographing and writing about cricket, or even sports in general??!
I think I can safely say, it won't happen again.
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Some people will do anything to get on TV |
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