Cricket Wars

Cricket wars are so sweet
Amply demonstrated by Australia’s retreat
It should have happened earlier
When Steven played his last
It should have happened earlier
When Ricky replayed his past
How he gambled away the game
How he gambled away, shame, shame

Still cricket wars are so sweet
With a sense of history
With a sense of good and bad
With a sense of us and them
Unlikely heroes, tragic comics
Ol’ Major Matthew, over the hill
Holding on to his rifle
Like some life saving yellow pill
Everybody told him he was done
Yet he craved one last hurrah
Out there in the sun
In the sun, in the sun

Cricket wars are so sweet
It takes more than Dutch courage
It takes more than a breakfast full of porridge
It takes more than 2 MM pistols called Michaels
It takes more than 1 spent bullet called Brett
It takes more than a backfire called Andrew
It takes more than an unknown soldier called Simon
It takes more than a one man army called Mitchell
It takes more than a corporal called Ricky
It takes more than a betrayal to win.

Did you know - when Ricky punishes his troops it’s called corporal punishment


(performed by Nina Simone, ideally)

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