It's quarter to three in the morning ...

[blamebrampton]

And I cannot go to bed as the last wicket is still to fall.

I know that Americans, Canadians and many Europeans are unable to fathom why we care so much about the Ashes. It's akin to a war, mixed with the Olympics, mixed with the bedrock or national pride.

I will say that the Australian team can hold their heads high at the way they have doggedly fought through this innings. Now if they could just lose so I can go to sleep!

ETA: THEY DID IT! THEY DID IT! WHO NEEDS SLEEP? Bless you Flintoff, you are a gem.

Comments

[shocolate.livejournal.com]

get some sleep - you have a lot of people to annoy in the morning!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I plan to be dignified and gracious. Though I have sadly realised that I really am too short for Stuart Broad. And old enough to be his mother. Ooh, Ricky Ponting ... living on the edge with that speech ...

[shocolate.livejournal.com]

being dignified and gracious will certainly annoy them!

I'm 5'11"... but a tad venerable...

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

5'1" and a bit. I'd strain my neck.

[shocolate.livejournal.com]

I could wear heels and still tip my head back... to see him backing away in horror!

[ozdobe.livejournal.com]

I am so out of touch with Aussie cricketers, but Ricky Ponting, really? He has an elfin touch to his face, and those cricket-shaped bodies are way so much better than those ugly baseball bods they have over here... yuk! All steroids and plain ugly fat gross uglies, and they also have their bald spots (hahaha)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It was his speech that was dangerously close to inciting the crowd, but he managed to pull up before impact with the Oval.

But yes, cricketers since Shane Warne's retirement are generally slimmer and more haired ;-)