If only...it was cricket!

Well, now that England is closing in on another defeat in Australia, in what will most certainly be a series whitewash, I will not be speaking again (for some time at least) about Cricket. And when I do, it will be a different kind of cricket, that of the animal world, unless of course I can convince my countrymen to start playing the game. From what I've seen we could soon become a world sporting power at a new game, albeit without the added advantage of taking penalties. On the other hand we can always rely on some portuguese officials to bribe the referees in a game of great potential for dodgy decisions, bowling underarm, wides, leg before wicket, no balls, etc. Ultimately and while on the topic of no balls we can always engage a portuguese politician to bribe someone into sticking a couple of nails into the bails, thus making it reasonably safe for our team when keeping wicket. Would we be able to remain unbeaten for over 40 years in Cricket in the same way we have done in competitive Football? One can only guess (positively).