Perhaps next time the Black Caps play I'll go shopping with a girlfriend or get my nails done. The housework can wait for six weeks.
However, some long-term cricket widows, like my mother, must make do with an otherwise occupied man for the entire summer.
Digging up the spuds and washing the cars always took longer when there was cricket on the tele. Each time there was an appeal my father would drop his tools and sprint inside to catch the replay.
The years have worn down his knees and his sprint is now a stroll, so by his reasoning he should be allowed to sit and watch the cricket. My mother disagreed. Not one to give up easily, Dad sent me a text asking if I could mow the lawns, wash the cars and do the gardening when I'm next visiting - in Christchurch.
"Or grandkids will do, pensioners need rest time," he suggested. Well that could work - in time for the next World Cup.
