THE ASHES... BACK WHERE THEY BELONG.

I can't tell you all how happy I am that the ashes are ours once more. Even if we can't actually keep them. It's been a real hoot being over here, listening to all the pommies lamenting team selection and batting collapses. I have to laugh. I mean I try to be diplomatic, and a good sport, but sometimes it just doesn't work out that way. 5-0 is all I can say. The most amazing thing is how I've managed not to get beaten senseless. In general though, the poms are a very fair bunch. They give credit when it's due, even in the dusts of defeat. Something alot of Aussies find difficult to do. Then again, I think it's pretty easy to do that when you've been so comprehensively outplayed. If we'd just pipped them at the final jump, I doubt whether they'd be so chipper. The papers here make fabulous reading. The media are far more brutal on their own teams here.... moreso than at home. They build up their national sides, only to crucify them when the first ball goes to second slip. Haha.
And what about Warney.... how sorely he will be missed. Pidgeon aswell. Having watched those two decimate batting line-ups for half my life.... you get to think that they'll never leave, that they are immortal, invincible. So as the curtain comes down, it feels like I've lost a mate. A few of them. Blokes I've admired, looked up to, even idolised. I know it's just sport, but it's more than that to me. These are my heroes. I'm fiercely proud of my nation and it's sporting achievements. And it's sad to see champions retire. I wish them well in their lives. They've earned it. After the dust settles, the question will be.... Wheres the next Warnie or Pidgeon gunna come from?? Chances are they never will. But if I had to guess... I'd say QLD.
So heres cheers to the might of the Baggy Green. And to Warney, Pidgeon and JL.... well done lads, we're gunna missya.