RE: This Coming Week - Part 5 +26 Aug 2019 01:33
Well it was a test match of spot on predictions for me. At the end of the first day Mark Nicolas said England was in the driving seat. I was having a rant saying that it was a fundamental rule of test cricket, you can’t judge until BOTH teams have batted. Then day two, England skittles out for 67! I told you!
I was in the crowd Saturday when they appealed for a run out on Labusagne. My finger went up. The on field umpires went “upstairs” . I turned to my nephew and said, no need to go upstairs, that’s out. The decision from the third umpire ... OUT. I said to my nephew, “I’m the forth umpire”
At close of play day three we stood for photos with the sun going down on the western terrace. My nephew said how he had enjoyed the day and how glad he was that England had put up a fight even though they were going to lose. I said we aren’t going to lose, we have plenty of time and all we need to do is not lose wickets. If we lose only 1 or 2 per session we will win. You can’t bat for 2 days and NOT get the runs. A bit closer than I had thought but we did it. I text my nephew this Erving with simply “I told you” .
Great to have witnessed something special, I would say on a par with “Botham’s ashes” 1981.
Sorry for the OT, but really it isn’t. Think about it.