Thanks, jrod. Just had a quick look at your blogs - good to see an Aussie writing about Surrey.
I think the central point about Brown's rejection of the IPL is that he's at exactly the stage of his career where you'd expect him to go without a backward glance.
He's clearly someone with a broad perspective on life and he's certainly always batted as though he has.
We are what we want to see when we watch sport. The angry fan finds tribal belonging; the pessimist sees steady decline and fall; the optimist hails progress in each innovation; the sympathetic soul feels every blow and disappointment; the rationalist wonders how the haze of illogical thinking endures.
Ed Smith, What Sport Tells Us About Life (2008)
Cricket has lasted because it is what it is. It's a game which reflects life, with all the nuances in it. You can be a success in the morning and crap in the afternoon, then come back in the evening. As at work, you can spend four days doing something and nothing comes of it. Another time you will dash something off and it's terrific. Life resonates through cricket like no other game.
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I remember reading about this on Surrey's website a while back, it's a pretty refreshing look at life.
Thanks, jrod. Just had a quick look at your blogs - good to see an Aussie writing about Surrey.
I think the central point about Brown's rejection of the IPL is that he's at exactly the stage of his career where you'd expect him to go without a backward glance.
He's clearly someone with a broad perspective on life and he's certainly always batted as though he has.
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