It's in the same sports category as baseball. So I wouldn't say the Canadians are immune to the game, they are just too Frenchiffied and Americanised to play it.

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As for the Ashes, I wanted to see 2 wins to Aus, 1 win and a draw to England and a fifth test to decide which way it fell based on a win.

I must say that the 3-0 result and possible 5-0 whitewash really do not show some of the sparkling form the English have came up with. It is not ability, but discipline and consistency that is missing. That and it seems stopping the likes of Monty from playing... he is a gem, apart from the one over in which Gillie slogged the curry out of him for 0 2 6 6 4 6 ... which was part of the second fastest test century in history... there isn't much even a top bowler can do when a batsmen is in the groove.