I must say, you cricket enthusiasts give the impression that

[Sir C]

I know you don't care about cricket, but can you imagine what it is like to lose to Australia at something? Have you ever met an australian? You know what they are like.

If you want joy, you need to win.....

No to all your questions by the way. I am actually a remarkably affable and phlegmatic sort. A pleasure to be around

I have met many Australians. Like Americans, South Africans or New Zealanders, they are utterly irrelevant as human beings, neither one thing nor another, and certainly not worthy of an Englishman's ire.

Now losing to a real enemy, I could understand being distressed by that. Germany, Ireland or Belgium, losing to those freaks would offend me.