Sorry for the long silence. I was first wrapped up in the tribal group of my family, and then the tribal group of cricket fans and what a summer it has been for cricket fans.

I was at every day of the Sydney test that caused so much distraction for the remaining tests. It was clearly poor umpiring and the Indians got more of them. The Australian players were overly smug and by Day 3 the crowd were cheering on the Indian’s more than the Aussies. Well, until the last hour when it looked like the Aussies would win, then they reverted to their native colours.

What was interesting more than anything was the divisions it created at that the actions of a few in a cricket team caused a response from India that we as a nation had slandered all Indians, while if you read much of the commentary in Australia the general public was more favourable of the Indian teams response and critical of the Australians.

So, I dig myself out of my cricket headspace and back into a more balanced world – both because the Australian and Indian cricket teams are back to playing cricket, and time and headspace wise for me. You will be hearing from me more frequently again.