[identity profile] atpotch.livejournal.com 2005-10-19 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. Well done, Australia, you may have even flimsier excuses than we do. And I thought we were victor ludorum in that field.

TCH

[identity profile] a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com 2005-10-20 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
You know, sometimes even Wrexham win ...

Thanks for friending me!

[identity profile] tanuja.livejournal.com 2005-10-20 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I read that on the BBC site and thought (imagine fake cockney accent) "he's havin' a larff".

It's probably true, the E&W cricket team are only wee boys compared to the "men" that made up the Aussie team, so of course they need their sweeties to keep up their strength.

Polo mint anyone?

[identity profile] pigsnout000.livejournal.com 2005-10-20 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
The latest update on this is that Bracken has claimed he was joking. I don't believe any of it.