Archive for December, 2010
Australia’s best Test side since 1970
Spotlight moments in life often happen during conversations with drinking buddies in pubs and lounge rooms. One happened recently following the second Test in Adelaide. Four men at a Christmas party selected Australia’s best Test side at the bar then argued about it. The conversation was knowledgeable.
One of those men, Russ, sought council on his team during a phone call with an independent man, a person who wasn’t privy to the bar-side machinations of four men at a Christmas party. Russ offered his best ever team then posed a question, who is your best Australian Test side.
A change of fortune
I’m so sorry, I’ve been travelling blind
High time you rest your weary eyes, it’s been a long, strange ride.
– The Audreys
Australian cricket was in crisis. The nation was in crisis. Fans around the country watched The Vicar of Dibley instead of the miserable second Test defeat in Adelaide. In the build up to Perth, captain Ricky Ponting promised a fight. The words, given Australia’s ordinary form, sounded like tapping a rotten pumpkin, firm on the outside, soft on the inside.
