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September 17, 2011 · 1:44 pm

Iconic Momens of World Cup Celebration

                                                                                                      

 Edgbaston, 17 June 1999:     “Australian players celebrate after running out South Africa’s Allan Donald in the World Cupsemi-final inBirmingham on June 17, 1999. A massive misunderstanding in the final over between last-man Donald and Lance Klusener, who had batted heroically to bring SA within a run of a win, ended the game in a tie. Tournament rules allowedAustralia to reach the final, which they won, beginning their decade-long domination of international cricket.” —http://www.sharegoodstuffs.com/2011/09/crickets-most-iconic-moments.html

  Lahore, 17 March 1996: “The Sri Lankan team swarm unto thepitch to share the joy of Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda de Silva after they completed a decisive victory  in the Final of the World Cup.”

Note umpire Steve Bucknor with a stump–is that a souvenir or the stump with audi-or camera cam?

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September 10, 2011 · 12:57 am

Sri Lanka milks Australia

4,500 cows imported from Australia

…… Headline in The Island 10 September 2011

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September 6, 2011 · 9:44 am

Tom Moody’s tough talk leads Shaun Marsh to the Baggy Green

Peter Lalor, in The Australian, 6 September 2011

Pic from ZeeNews

SHAUN Marsh is set to make his Test debut in Kandy this week, but he has had the baggy green withheld and withdrawn too often to get ahead of himself.  The West Australian’s father, Geoff, was a veteran of 50 Tests and although Shaun grew up around cricketers and was exposed to all elements of the game, there was one thing that was off limits — his dad’s baggy green. “He kept it away from us kids,” Shaun said. “We didn’t see it too many times. It was hidden.”

Geoff wanted his children to understand the value of the cap, to know it was no play thing, nothing that was handed down from father to son. It was a sacred object and one you had to earn. Continue reading →

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September 4, 2011 · 2:58 am

Aussie Country Boys strike Pay Dirt at Galle

Peter Lalor, in The Weekend Australian, 3-4 September 2011

Pic from AFP

 NATHAN Lyon had a dream. Country boys don’t dream too big, but he had ambitions. The agricultural worker’s son from rural NSW wanted one day to make it right to the top of the pile and be the head curator at the Adelaide Oval.  As a teenager he packed up his bags and moved from Young, a cherry-growing district with a population of a little over 7000, and moved to the big smoke. Once in Canberra he gained an apprenticeship as a groundsman, working for four years watching the grass grow at Manuka.

Things really started to happen for him when he landed a job with the ground staff at his field of dreams: the Adelaide Oval. To this point Banjo Patterson had done a rough draft of the hungry-looking part-time cricketer’s script, from here on in the bloke that penned Shane Warne’s improbable script took over and hammed up the story line. Continue reading →

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September 2, 2011 · 1:15 pm

A Fi’fer Spinner sends Aussie hopes soaring

Peter Lalor in Galle, from The Australian , 2 September 2011, where the article had the title “Quest for A Spinner bears Fruit”

Pic from AP

HOLD the celebrations, for it may be a mirage, but if it is not, then the long, desperate and occasionally delirious search for a spin bowler appears to be over. Nathan Lyon, the 11th man to try to fit into Shane Warne’s glittering jacket, came to the Galle Test having played just five first-class matches. He left the field two sessions later having taken 5-34 from 15 searching overs on a pitch that was a spinner’s dream. Australia had a lead of 283 with four wickets in hand at the close of play on a day that saw 16 wickets fall and only 220 runs scored. The visitors dismissed Sri Lanka for just 105, then fell to be 6-115 themselves on a pitch that is a nightmare for batsmen. Michael Clarke held together the second innings with a fighting 60 from 80 balls. He was only the third batsman to pass 30 in the game.

Australia is in a commanding position in the game, which will struggle to last four days unless the weather intervenes. Continue reading →

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