to be an all-rounder, or not to be

Apologies to those who aren't sports fans, but I happen to be one. I'll try not to make my posts all about sport all the time, but do expect a lot of it in the future. In cricket news, the Queensland Bulls happen to be playing a three day first-class match against the touring Sri Lankans - think of it as a warm-up for the Lankans. Yesterday was the second day of the match and 37 year old veteran Andy Bichel, batting at No. 6, scored an agressive 125 runs, in a four hour knock that included 11 fours and seven sixes from 169 balls. Shame I wasn't there to see it. This guy is a true champion - he's known as a bowler, but the guy is truly underestimated when it comes to his batting. This was his ninth first-class ton, and I just don't know what more it will take for him to be properly recognised as an all-rounder...

For all of you out there who don't really care about sport (though to my knowledge, there are only two other people who have ever read this - hi Stormy and Paul - and they both love their sport), I thought I would also quickly throw in something non-sporting before I go to bed. Commonwealth Bank have eleven branches now open on the weekends (all are open on Saturday, and three of them open on Sunday as well). I think that this is a good move, I always found the branches in the city to be a real pain when you are working 8am-5pm, Monday to Friday, and need to pay the bank a visit. I started work before the banks opened, and finished work after the banks closed, and so the only time I really had to go was on my lunch break. Now, this must have been the case for most other people as well, as the queues were just ridiculous and, quite frankly, I felt that my time was better spent doing anything other than standing in line for over half an hour. So, since no-one at work really ever cared where I was, I would just duck out to the bank during work hours, in the morning or the afternoon, and I would usually only be out of the office for 5-10 minutes. However, ever since working away from the city, this isn't the case as the queues are nowhere near as bad - I can usually stand the wait these days. Also, I probably wouldn't bother going to the bank on the weekend unless I really had to, I'd rather be at the beach. So this move by Commbank may not really affect me all that much, but I think that others who do not have the luxuries that I can enjoy would appreciate it. Anyway, I'm off, say hi to your mum for me.