Not even the guys on ABC Radio could stop the Aussies cleaning-up Sri Lanka this evening at the WACA. While I normally enjoy the ABC broadcasts – except for Jim Maxwell who largely comes across as a cranky old man at the best of times – tonight it seemed that Australia could do nothing right in the commentator’s eyes and the glee in their voices as Australia failed to bat its 50 overs, followed by Sri Lanka coming out all guns blazing in its early overs, was palpable. Are these commentators Australian, or Sri Lankan’s in disguise?
Fortunately, the good ship Australia corrected its course and, within short order, had won the match by 63 runs. This total included an unbeaten 118 by Adam Gilchrist in his last ODI appearance for Australia on his “home ground”. And, yes, I still use the quotation marks because, ultimately, Gilchrist is a New South Welshman. I’m from New South Wales myself and I think that I could live in England for a decade… or Peru… wherever… and it wouldn’t change the fact I was a New South Welshman, so I include Gilly in that same camp, too!
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February 16, 2008 at 5:08 pm
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