As a weapon to defeat Australia, poetry does not spring immediately to
mind. But that is what the ECB hopes will fill England with strength
after the publication of a poem to mark the arrival of the Investec
Ashes series.
We would like to know what you think of it.
Cricket has inspired a fair deal of poetry over the years. There is
nothing more rose-tinted in the canon than Vitai Lampada by Sir Henry
Newbolt in 1892 with his exhortation to 'Play up ! play up ! and play
the game!'
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Lord's will delight in the attention given to the honours board, no
player can resist imagining himself with a set jaw and white knuckles
and, as for the obsessive scorers among you, there is even a mention of
dot balls. In an age of Twenty20, an homage to the dot ball is
soothingly traditional.
The poem will take pride of place on the Trent Bridge programme when the Ashes begins on July 10.
We think it has a bit of Jerusalem about it, although even that is not
entirely a good thing as Jerusalem tends to be removed from hymn books
these days. But they will still be bashing it out in Nottingham on July
10 no doubt as England seek to fill Australia with trepidation
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