Ah the silly season ...
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blamebramptonIt is our habit to be complete slugabeds on Boxing Day*. Which is why Mr Brammers staggered from bed and into the shower at 3pm. On coming out of the shower, with something approaching a compis mentis, he looked at the cricket on the television and asked, 'How's it going?'
'Good,' I replied. 'For me.'
He peered at the score across the bottom of the screen. His jaw dropped. 'Oh what?! Holy Mother of God!' Yep. 9 wickets had fallen for 92 runs.
In a bid to cheer themselves up, the Australian commentary team showed the score cards from the Centenary test back in 1977, where Australia also suffered a first innings batting collapse, but England suffered a worse one. Of course, I was busy laughing at Mr B through this period, so when we turned back to the telly, we were momentarily baffled as we read down the order. 'Who? What?' we said.
'Oh, it's 1977,' I said as the England card came up and I recognised names. 'I remember that era -- was there ever a more pernicious phrase in the English language than caught Marsh, bowled Lillee?'
'I'll let you know in a few days,' moped Mr B.**
* And sundry other days throughout the year when we think we can get away with it.
** A minute later Australia were dismissed for 98. The commentary team are cheering themselves up with the possibility that this is just another fabbo bowling wicket, which I would scoff at, but given how this series has been going so far ...
'Good,' I replied. 'For me.'
He peered at the score across the bottom of the screen. His jaw dropped. 'Oh what?! Holy Mother of God!' Yep. 9 wickets had fallen for 92 runs.
In a bid to cheer themselves up, the Australian commentary team showed the score cards from the Centenary test back in 1977, where Australia also suffered a first innings batting collapse, but England suffered a worse one. Of course, I was busy laughing at Mr B through this period, so when we turned back to the telly, we were momentarily baffled as we read down the order. 'Who? What?' we said.
'Oh, it's 1977,' I said as the England card came up and I recognised names. 'I remember that era -- was there ever a more pernicious phrase in the English language than caught Marsh, bowled Lillee?'
'I'll let you know in a few days,' moped Mr B.**
* And sundry other days throughout the year when we think we can get away with it.
** A minute later Australia were dismissed for 98. The commentary team are cheering themselves up with the possibility that this is just another fabbo bowling wicket, which I would scoff at, but given how this series has been going so far ...
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Cautiously happy.
Date: 2010-12-26 04:36 am (UTC)Re: Cautiously happy.
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Date: 2010-12-26 04:36 am (UTC)98.
Ach, centenary test is all very well - what happneed in the 1977 Ashes!!
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Date: 2010-12-26 04:39 am (UTC)I cannot blame the Aussies for taking what consolation they can. I can only hope that it is hollow.
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Date: 2010-12-26 04:44 am (UTC)My brother is an MCC member, and is at the game today. I took great pleasure in emailing him and asking whether this was a test match or a one-day game?
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Date: 2010-12-26 04:45 am (UTC)I started listening to your advent music series last night -- beautiful stuff. Thank you so much for posting it!
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Date: 2010-12-26 05:22 am (UTC)And yes, that's why I cannot bring myself to support the Australian cricket team, while I have no trouble in football.
Ponting must go
Date: 2010-12-26 05:16 am (UTC)Normally I am an Aussie supporter, but I have no respect for Ponting and his men. I hope this ushers in the next era of Aussie cricket - a return to grace.
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Date: 2010-12-26 05:33 am (UTC)Why yes, yes, I am. *g* And now I cross fingers, toes and eyes for the rest of the match...
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Date: 2010-12-26 09:46 am (UTC)Your crossing appears to have worked a treat!
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Date: 2010-12-26 05:41 am (UTC)(It's a wonderful thing, isn't it?)
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Date: 2010-12-26 09:21 am (UTC)Gigglesnort
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Date: 2010-12-26 11:17 am (UTC)I find the Australian attitude to a losing test match team rather puzzling. If the English went home early every time we did badly, we'd never see anything.
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Date: 2010-12-26 11:31 am (UTC)That and after that many hours in that sun you are dying of heat exhaustion anyway. How people can do it outside of a corporate box I'll never understand.
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Date: 2010-12-26 11:48 am (UTC)~takes notes~
I do need to ring the changes with my gloating at the Australian flist.
I did find that Siddle was saying that sledging was fine and all in fun. Sooooo, we'll see how he feels about that tonight.
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Date: 2010-12-26 12:09 pm (UTC)And I am so sorry. Australia is even better than England when it comes to public holidays at this point, as pretty much the whole country says, 'Eh, there's really no point going back between Christmas and New Year. Stuff it, take the week off.'
I hope you have a lovely peaceful evening with no one suffering from any turkey-related incidents!