The Ashes Diary
“Nottingham.
Well, that was an interesting day to say the least: 14 wickets on what looked like a very flat and dry wicket! Probably entertaining for the crowd, but not exactly a proud day for the batsmen on both sides.
Before play, we had Glenn McGrath on the field to present Ashton Agar with his cap. Glenn made a nice speech, the theme of which was ‘Never, ever give up’. It was good for all of us to hear that. The game isn’t over until the last ball is bowled. Ashton himself got pretty... emotional, as you’d expect, but I was also delighted to see how much pleasure all the boys took from the occasion. Almost everyone in the squad has played a Test match, so we know how Ashton feels – though none of us was 19 years old when we got our Test caps! It’s great to see a young kid so excited, and he gave a shot of energy to all of us.
Kumar Dharmasena, the former Sri Lankan off-spinner who’s one of our umpires this week, asked me, when he saw the line-up, how good a bowler Ashton is.MoreLess
Well, that was an interesting day to say the least: 14 wickets on what looked like a very flat and dry wicket! Probably entertaining for the crowd, but not exactly a proud day for the batsmen on both sides.
Before play, we had Glenn McGrath on the field to present Ashton Agar with his cap. Glenn made a nice speech, the theme of which was ‘Never, ever give up’. It was good for all of us to hear that. The game isn’t over until the last ball is bowled. Ashton himself got pretty... emotional, as you’d expect, but I was also delighted to see how much pleasure all the boys took from the occasion. Almost everyone in the squad has played a Test match, so we know how Ashton feels – though none of us was 19 years old when we got our Test caps! It’s great to see a young kid so excited, and he gave a shot of energy to all of us.
Kumar Dharmasena, the former Sri Lankan off-spinner who’s one of our umpires this week, asked me, when he saw the line-up, how good a bowler Ashton is.MoreLess
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