tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477934151963632894.post5592462411634216622..comments2014-05-21T21:57:40.120-07:00Comments on Why Cricket Matters.: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153856724131302618noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477934151963632894.post-85741953966579337582012-09-04T14:12:47.301-07:002012-09-04T14:12:47.301-07:00Yes, cricket does matter for all those reasons. He...Yes, cricket does matter for all those reasons. Here are few more from all the way around the world. <br /><br />While I'm and American and relatively new to the Great Game (I saw my first Test in 2004), I have fully embraced it and I've been fully embraced by it. <br />My love for the game has taken me almost around the world and along the way I've become the USA Ambassador to the Bradman Museum!<br /><br />Try and imagine such a thing happening any place in the world of sport or for that matter any place else at all.<br /><br />Can you see a football fan from a non footballing country doing that with FIFA? Can you see a yachting fan from a land-locked country doing ISAF? Me thinks not.<br /><br />Every cricketing fan, in every country, from every social strata that I have encountered on my 8 year journey has been warm and welcoming. Always ready to share a pint or two and plenty more stories.<br /><br />I've had pints with Freddie Flintoff and lovely chats with my pal Jim Patel at my local gas station. Each were special in their own way.<br /><br />Perhaps that is why cricket matters.... <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953783066428903120noreply@blogger.com