Cricket, the draw and War

Have a look at Alex Massie here who has posted a wonderfully cerebral comparison between cricket and war.

"Clearly, cricket is not, even when contested between England and Australia (or Pakistan and India) quite a matter of life and death. But the point remains: an outsider looking at cricket for the first time might be advised to try and view an Ashes series as though it was something akin to the great campaigns of the Napoleonic wars."

The full piece makes for excellent reading, although if you're anything like me you may need to read it twice.