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Friendly fire in the England camp

by SixandOut on March 15th, 2007

And I’m not referring to the injury to Little Jimmy Anderson*, which will conceivably keep him out of the World Cup, but instead an amusing piece by Ian Ward on Sky Sports last night, commenting on England’s training.

“Yeh, Ravi Bopara has a slightly tight hamstring… oh, and a wasp landed on Kevin Pieterson, and stung him, which he quickly flicked off on to Paul Collingwood, which stung him as well.”

Frightening stuff. Let’s hope neither of them suffer from anaphylaxis, especially considering England’s first match of the group stages of the World Cup is also their most important. Never fear, though, England captain and PR-spin guru Michael Vaughan has some words of wisdom for his team and all anxious supporters:

[talking of New Zealand] “They are always there or thereabouts come semi-final time. We know it’s a tough game for us on Friday but, as we showed in Australia, if we turn up and play we can certainly beat them.”

So all England need to do is remember to get on the bus in the morning and everything ought to be cushdy.

* I’m not sure that James Anderson has ever been referred to as Little, he is after all over 6ft tall. But he is commonly referred to as Jimmy, and it’s a moniker which cannot approrpriately be used without an adjective. Such presumptions most probably come from the nursery rhyme “Little Jack Horner”. Ergo, the real question is not “Will JA be fit to play on Friday?”, but instead, “Does JA often eat Christmas Pie, and if so, is he convinced of his own goodness?” If I ever get a chance to interview him, I’ll be sure to ask.

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