England beat Canada. A relief anyway. Not a good win, and by no means what we should have managed, we lost too many wickets, we didn't take wickets quickly enough, but at least a win.
All overshadowed by the behaviour of some of the team. Flintoff demoted from vice captain (although maybe the "vice" was apt) and not allowed to play in todays match. After losing to New Zealand a group of the players, spurred on by Freddie, went out drinking. They were spotted by England supporters who complained, feeling that they had paid good money to follow the team and possibly weren't getting their moneys worth. Listening to the matter being discussed was amusing when Nasser Hussein and Beefy Botham were brought together. If Freddie has these two as advisers then it must be like having an angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other. Nasser talks about how the behaviour was unacceptable, it is right that he should be punished, the team must get away from the drinking culture. Cue Beefy, laughing, saying his only crime was getting caught. Of course, seeing as these antics would have been tame to Beefy in his day he couldn't really say anything less could he!
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