Sunrise without enlightenment – a Sunrisers v South East Stars match report

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Ged Ladd writes…

DAISY: So who are the Sunrisers?

GED: They are the women’s franchise comprising Middlesex and other neighbouring counties, such as Essex and Northamptonshire.

DAISY: I thought that was London Spirit.

GED: London Spirit is a “The Hundred” franchise – except we’re not supposed to call those ones franchises – whereas Sunrisers is a franchise for 50-over and Twenty20 cricket.

DAISY: That makes no sense.

GED: None of the domestic cricket makes sense at the moment.

DAISY: Where’s the DJ? Where’s the razzamatazz? Where’s the crowd?

GED: The ECB wants to promote The Hundred, so domestic Twenty20 gets the dregs.

DAISY: How many of the players do you recognise?

GED: Frankly, apart from the international players I don’t recognise any of them. This is only the second time I have been to a women’s domestic match.

DAISY: They aren’t very forthcoming on the big screen or the tannoy either. How many Middlesex players are playing for Sunrisers today?

GED: No idea.

DAISY: Are any of today’s Sunrisers actually Middlesex players then?

GED: Possibly not… (Googles a bit) …I don’t think so.

DAISY: Then why should we support Sunrisers?

GED: Because they are Middlesex’s team, that’s why. Sunrisers are the team included in your Middlesex membership.

DAISY: I’m sold.

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One comment

  1. Having problems watching the T20 between SA and India at the moment. Only heard of a few of them, and the quality of cricket at times is a bit off, to say the least. Erf…

    Good on Pakistan thrashing Australia though. Still something to be said for ODIs.

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