The global 'ashes' tour

[Cricket Tragic]

Most of us (well, most readers of this site) live for cricket. Retired British accountant Stanley Johnson, who died recently in New Zealand while watching his favourite sport, seems to have redefined the phrase. His will stipulates that his ashes are to be scattered at 12 cricket grounds in eight countries across the globe, beginning with The Oval in London during the final Test of the England-India series. A report in the The Times says eight friends will receive envelopes of the ashes, and proceed on a 'Stanley Johnson's Ashes Tour? scattering them at various grounds across New Zealand, Australia, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, South Africa and West Indies, apart from England. Each friend will toast Johnson with a local brew as the remains are scattered. The last envelope will be strewn over the turf at Church, a cricket club where Johnson once played. Johnson's family said he watched around 230 Tests in his lifetime, all the while building up funds to finance his posthumous Ashes tour. A standing ovation, please, as he walks back to the pavilion. http://blogs.espncricinfo.com/thebuzz/

[Vijay.Sharma]

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[Sooda]

Ive read about this guy before, sad to hear he has passed. Lived the dream though. CT bit off topic but am I right in saying you're an accountant yourself?

[Cricket Tragic]

Ive read about this guy before, sad to hear he has passed. Lived the dream though. CT bit off topic but am I right in saying you're an accountant yourself?

Right now, my only job is watching cricket and posting on ICF. :(( On a serious note, I've taken a sabbatical from work and will be back in October. And no, I'm not an accountant. I work for an investment bank (safe to mention it since it's an online forum).

[Guest Gunner]

Right now, my only job is watching cricket and posting on ICF. :(( On a serious note, I've taken a sabbatical from work and will be back in October. And no, I'm not an accountant. I work for an investment bank (safe to mention it since it's an online forum).

Let us start a PE fund. I have ideas, structuring knowledge and contacts. :winky:

[Cricket Tragic]

Let us start a PE fund. I have ideas' date=' structuring knowledge and contacts. :winky:[/quote'] What do you do?

[Guest Gunner]

What do you do?

I used to specialize in consulting for PE and hedge funds until I gave it up 2 weeks ago. Now I am off to do an MBA on a beautiful Swiss mountain town for a year. :haha:

[Cricket Tragic]

I used to specialize in consulting for PE and hedge funds until I gave it up 2 weeks ago. Now I am off to do an MBA on a beautiful Swiss mountain town for a year. :haha:

Good decision. Most people need to get away from it for a while or you'll go mad. That or you need sufficient supply of coke. What a ****ed up industry. :headshake: