Adelaide day 1
Don, you would have been in your element yesterday morning, woke up to a full scale industrial rally going on outside the hotel. Apparently the convicts are not chuffed that John Howard has started removing unionised negotiated contracts from the work place and the soft lefty lot are up in arms about it. I was disappointed that you weren't at my side as I'm sure you would have thoroughly enjoyed sharing your views with this unwashed mob.
Got to fulfill three life ambitions in the last 24 hours, which was quite an achievement. Saw test cricket at the world's most beautiful ground the Adelaide Oval. Went to Sir Don Bradman's museum and saw the real Ashes on display. The latter is a bit of an Elgin marbles story, but it was thought provoking to see the tiny urn in the flesh, well ok behind bullet-proof glass.
The Adelaide Oval is superb and feels how a cricket ground should be. You're close to the action and the stands have character rather than just being a modern stadium like at the Gabba or the MCG. You really feel like things haven't changed since Larwood was pounding them in to McCabe & Woodfull. The Cricket was excellent for a pleasant change, hopefully Colly can go on this morning to complete a well deserved ton and with KP and Freddy still to come, the prospects are looking good for a big score. The Aussie Media are coming down hard on Punter for under-bowling Stewie Clark when he was the only bowler looking like causing trouble. The Aussie do have some weak links in them and the capataincy of everybody's least favourite Tassie is up amongst them.
Had a great night with Lloydy last night, when I met up with him he had been, in local vernacular, "getting it on" for the last 10 hours, so was slightly less coherent than your average Aussie. I might get some sense out of him today in the colder light of day. He was claiming that it was the most boring day's cricket he had ever been to...that's the problem with these Aussies, sometimes they don't understand that cricket is a game of chess and sometimes you have to grit it out as Belly did so well.
I hear that Wycombe went and knocked themselves out of the FA cup last night. Doh! I guess we can concentrate on the League and the proper cup now.
The lovely Liloushka travels to Perth tonight, so only 5 days till I see her again...and still counting. Unfortunately she's had a travel delay at Heathrow already which is not the kind of start you want to a 24 hour journey and the signs are that she will miss her onward connection in Singapore...not a happy girl!
Most go, 2nd day beckons
Up the Monty (Why's he not playing again...will somebody please explain that one to me?)
Got to fulfill three life ambitions in the last 24 hours, which was quite an achievement. Saw test cricket at the world's most beautiful ground the Adelaide Oval. Went to Sir Don Bradman's museum and saw the real Ashes on display. The latter is a bit of an Elgin marbles story, but it was thought provoking to see the tiny urn in the flesh, well ok behind bullet-proof glass.
The Adelaide Oval is superb and feels how a cricket ground should be. You're close to the action and the stands have character rather than just being a modern stadium like at the Gabba or the MCG. You really feel like things haven't changed since Larwood was pounding them in to McCabe & Woodfull. The Cricket was excellent for a pleasant change, hopefully Colly can go on this morning to complete a well deserved ton and with KP and Freddy still to come, the prospects are looking good for a big score. The Aussie Media are coming down hard on Punter for under-bowling Stewie Clark when he was the only bowler looking like causing trouble. The Aussie do have some weak links in them and the capataincy of everybody's least favourite Tassie is up amongst them.
Had a great night with Lloydy last night, when I met up with him he had been, in local vernacular, "getting it on" for the last 10 hours, so was slightly less coherent than your average Aussie. I might get some sense out of him today in the colder light of day. He was claiming that it was the most boring day's cricket he had ever been to...that's the problem with these Aussies, sometimes they don't understand that cricket is a game of chess and sometimes you have to grit it out as Belly did so well.
I hear that Wycombe went and knocked themselves out of the FA cup last night. Doh! I guess we can concentrate on the League and the proper cup now.
The lovely Liloushka travels to Perth tonight, so only 5 days till I see her again...and still counting. Unfortunately she's had a travel delay at Heathrow already which is not the kind of start you want to a 24 hour journey and the signs are that she will miss her onward connection in Singapore...not a happy girl!
Most go, 2nd day beckons
Up the Monty (Why's he not playing again...will somebody please explain that one to me?)
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