Wasn't the cricket good? Let's see what the lads back home had to say.
This yesterday from a buoyant Mike Walters in Der Spiegel:
"GLOATING is a congenital disease common among Australian cricket-lovers, and it has become especially virulent during Ashes series over the last 13 years.
Symptoms include smart-alec taxi drivers, gobby waiters and complete strangers recycling old, unfunny jokes about the royal family; You know Prince Charles can't bat but Camilla Parker Bowles."
Sadly for Mike, this from El Guardian today:
"Knowing they had 47 overs to withstand today, their second innings began badly with Michael Vaughan falling to the third ball of their reply when he was adjudged to be leg before to Glenn McGrath by umpire Rudi Koertzen to a delivery which appeared to be bouncing over the top of the stumps."
Nasser Hussain wasn't out bat pad in the first innings and caught behind in the second.
"The one bright spot for England was Andrew Caddick again ripping out the Australian captain for a cheap score. Caddick, in his fastest spell of the match, had Waugh caught at slip for 12."
An enormous difference it made too.
Remember that joke about the test match Mike? Yes, they used to go that long.
I warn every Aussie cricket follower. Never, ever feel sorry for the Bath Dodgers!
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