Heat vs humility
Can humility be forced? Can it be given? Does it have to be chosen? Warning: cricket terms used in this article. See glossary. Coming from a cricket family, I talked with Dad about it the next day. We aired our awe and disparagement, as well as our ‘impressed-ness’ with the Perth Scorchers’ performance: credit where it’s due and all that. Then a surprising thing happened. I can’t remember verbatim what his words were, since I had my head in the fridge, and as mentioned, I was surprised. . . For background: Dad played club cricket for around 50 years, in later years doing more umpir...