Aussies Go Bolli for Sydney Test!
December 30th 2008 08:08
Doug Bollinger has been selected as part of the squad for the New Years' Test. A very happy wokmate of my husband's and my fellow Manly fan; a close friend of Doug's, called at around 2:30pm with a trivial work question, so he could spread the good news, that E.D.Bollinger had received a call from Cricket Australia, suggesting he research the Proteas' batting styles. We were around Mt Beauty in Victoria, stopping by the roadside till our daughter's nausea subsided, when the call came through.
So well done, Doug. Sorry we can't be there, as we're being very un-Australian. We are missing the Sydney Test, for the first time in our 12 years of marriage, to give our daughter the chance to be at the Australian Ballet School Summer School. Despite my pleading, husband also decided it was of more value to cruise around the bends of the high country till the kid actually did vomit, rather than fast-traking our trip to Melbourne to catch the fifth day of the test at the MCG. Our kid wasn't the only one who was spewing today! I've never been into the 'G.
So rather than seeing the Cricket, we made do with listening to the ABC coverage on radio; intermittent due to overhead powerlines. We did have a couple of amusing days, listening to the ruminations of Kerry O'Keefe et.al., on topics such as "Why do Rangas not make it in Test Cricket", and would it be the newly hirsuit Bollinger; surely looking for an Advanced Hair sponsorship deal if O'Keefe is correct and he has "rugged up", or someone else, to replace Binga Lee?
So despite Brett's absence, Sydney is going Bolli. And even if he's relegated to 12th Man, Dougie's bound to have a blast as he plays at home. Brad Hogg became the hero of the Ladies' Stand as waterboy. Bollinger will surely follow suit.
So well done, Doug. Sorry we can't be there, as we're being very un-Australian. We are missing the Sydney Test, for the first time in our 12 years of marriage, to give our daughter the chance to be at the Australian Ballet School Summer School. Despite my pleading, husband also decided it was of more value to cruise around the bends of the high country till the kid actually did vomit, rather than fast-traking our trip to Melbourne to catch the fifth day of the test at the MCG. Our kid wasn't the only one who was spewing today! I've never been into the 'G.
So despite Brett's absence, Sydney is going Bolli. And even if he's relegated to 12th Man, Dougie's bound to have a blast as he plays at home. Brad Hogg became the hero of the Ladies' Stand as waterboy. Bollinger will surely follow suit.
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