Today is the day I, and yes believe it or not, many thousands of Scots, dust down our three lions replica cricket jerseys, tune into Test Match Special at work and listen to the mighty mighty England take on the ball and chainers, Australia.
This years Ashes series is met with hope but little expectation. Coming into the series England bashed New Zealand all around the ground in an exciting one day series but sadly Australia have recovered that arrogance, in truth it never went away, and are World Champions and world number one.
When watching the highlights, and I suggest you do (I defy you to watch them three nights in a row and not get hooked)think of Scotland at football playing Germany, Argentina, Brazil etc. 99 times out of 100 we will lose. I'm afraid to say this is the case with this current England Cricket Team.
Anyway at the suggest of John Botham Gow I've decided to do a blog updating you on the goings on during the Ashes. I hope you enjoy.
P.S. A wee glossary of cricketing terms I'll start with five believe me there are thousands (some may be more accurate than others)
Stumps - three wooden things that the man with the ball tries to hit
Bales - named after keen amateur cricketer Gareth Bale sit on top of the stumps and fall over if man with ball hits the stumps
LBW - basically leg before wicket, in simple terms the batsman has used his pad to prevent the ball hitting the stumps and knocking off the Gareth Bales.
Baggy Green - its a cap worn by Australian cricketers and is baggy as they couldn't find any decent milliners around the time they started playing cricket
Silly point - yes really its a place where someone stands to catch the ball or stop the ball that suggests you must be a bit daft to stand there as its so close to the batsmen. However its not only silly point but also silly mid off, silly mid on and silly mid wicket!]]
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