The British have got rather that way about cricket! When there was a possibility of England winning the ashes people had suddenly been cricket supporters all their lives - till the next time the England team lost. Their current matches seem to be against Sri Lanka - I heard a one line mention at the end of a half hour sport programme to that effect a couple of nights ago. ;~)
I guess football/soccer has become somewhat more played in Australia since the arrival of former Yuguslavians in the 90s, as they wouldn't play any of the things Australians usually play - and then the Greek community would probably join in - and once you have enough of something to produce a reasonable team, others do show some interest.
Actually your team are enthusiastic, and fun to watch - and can now claim to be one of the best 16 of the 220+ nations with national teams - not bad eh?
Much more fun than watching England play cricket for sure!
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Date: 25/06/2006 03:13 pm (UTC)I guess football/soccer has become somewhat more played in Australia since the arrival of former Yuguslavians in the 90s, as they wouldn't play any of the things Australians usually play - and then the Greek community would probably join in - and once you have enough of something to produce a reasonable team, others do show some interest.
Actually your team are enthusiastic, and fun to watch - and can now claim to be one of the best 16 of the 220+ nations with national teams - not bad eh?
Much more fun than watching England play cricket for sure!