Musing on our recent 3-0 drubbing at the hands of the Australian cricket team in the T-20 series, I had to ask myself why it hurt so damn much. Any other team…England, India, South Africa, and Russia (if they played cricket- their only sports seem to be naked bear wrestling and playing chicken with Ukrainian tanks) and it wouldn’t be so bad. But defeat by Australia stings. Worse than that, it enrages.

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My debut novel is available at TrossPublishing.co.nz. I have had my work published in the Australian Spectator, the New Zealand Herald and several on-line publications. One of the only right-wing people...