Ashes
Found this in today's Independent.
Lenny Kravitz has become a pawn in the ill-tempered game of chess that preceded today's first Ashes Test.
Cricket Australia, the body that runs the Aussies' national cricket team, has taken out a block booking of seats for Kravitz's concert at the Hammersmith Apollo tonight. It's officially an outing for back-room staff, but if the tourists have the best of today's play expect several of their first team to attend. "The idea," says one insider, "is to rub England's nose in it, and show how easily we can beat them."
Some consider this attitude unsporting, if not downright arrogant. Others disagree. The moustachioed former Aussie bowler Merv Hughes, who played poker with Pandora at the Betfair Ashes Challenge on Tuesday, thinks it's a splendid idea.
Considering that 30 minutes after lunch on the first day Australia find themselves at 128-6 (after winning the toss and electing to bat) I suggest that an early night might be in order.
Lenny Kravitz has become a pawn in the ill-tempered game of chess that preceded today's first Ashes Test.
Cricket Australia, the body that runs the Aussies' national cricket team, has taken out a block booking of seats for Kravitz's concert at the Hammersmith Apollo tonight. It's officially an outing for back-room staff, but if the tourists have the best of today's play expect several of their first team to attend. "The idea," says one insider, "is to rub England's nose in it, and show how easily we can beat them."
Some consider this attitude unsporting, if not downright arrogant. Others disagree. The moustachioed former Aussie bowler Merv Hughes, who played poker with Pandora at the Betfair Ashes Challenge on Tuesday, thinks it's a splendid idea.
Considering that 30 minutes after lunch on the first day Australia find themselves at 128-6 (after winning the toss and electing to bat) I suggest that an early night might be in order.
posted by phylos @ 12:38
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