Dec. 28th, 2022 Edition
"Well, hopefully he’s a good cricketer. If he is, then he will likely play for Australia; if he’s not – well, then I guess he’ll be able to play for England!” – female Aussie cricket player (who is married to an Englishman) when asked about their new baby boy playing future national cricket Wow, trash-talking your spouse through the press, and getting a dig into your main rival at the same time! That has to rank right up there as one of the best of all of time! The game of cricket is the second most popular sport in the world (soccer/English football would top the list), and the England/Australia rivalry is arguably the fiercest amongst all the cricket playing nations. As you can imagine, this quote received a ton of international press as it was not only humorous, but also further stirred the pot for two of the top-performing national teams on the world stage. Sometimes we need that person on our farm team that always stirs the pot to keep everyone on their toes