This time it’s over in Australia, so unless we fancy getting up at 2.00am to watch it live, we’re only catching whatever coverage is on from when we get up until it finishes around 10.00am. Still a decent chunk of cricket — except there’s one problem: Sky aren’t covering it. It’s on TNT Sports and I don’t have a subscription, so I’m stuck with TMS and highlights on Twitter. Not ideal at all.
The first Test was this weekend and honestly, it was a bit of a disappointment. The whole game was over in two days — incredible. Imagine saving up all that money, flying out there, and having tickets for day three. You’d be absolutely gutted.
England tried to Bazball it and it just looked naive. Both first innings were rubbish, top score only 162. Then we went again in the second innings and somehow managed to be even worse. Australia took the sting out of our attack and knocked off the runs easily, with Travis Head playing really well.
So we’re 1–0 down. Next match is 4th December — if I can sort out a VPN by then, I might get to actually watch some of it. Although after this first Test, I’m not sure it’ll be worth the effort!
Reflection:
A frustrating start to the series — mostly disappointment, with that familiar mix of hope that England will learn something and realism that they probably won’t.
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