The eternal optimism of a cricket fan...
If you want a definition of optimism, some might say speak to a sports fan, in particular maybe a Cleveland Browns supporter (they had fans for years when even their team didn't even exist!). But I'd say speak to a cricket fan. There few other events in the world that can get people to sit and wait all day in the rain on the final day of a test match (which has sometimes lasted 5 days). You sit there, watching the skies, convincing yourself the rain is easing up, convincing yourself its definitely getting brighter and that maybe, just maybe, England can come out and bowl down 10 wickets in two hours. So I stayed , because if it did stop raining (which it did) and if it did get brighter (which it did) and if England did get 10 wickets then it would have been well worth the wait.
Did it happen? no it bloody didn't.
