300 test runs is so monumental that I had to mention it. The Australian batting has been so dismal that the last two days are noteable. It just shows how much batting is a mind game and confidence has a lot to do with success.
As we were digging it is hard to follow the cricket on the radio. We have been timing morning teas to coincide with the start if play. During the day we get grabs of the scores. The last two days just seemed to be all about accumulation whenever we got to listen. Michael Clarke's innings reminds me of Brian Lara's world record 1st class score of 500 back in 1994. I was driving around Somerset garden visiting at the time and and the sports news on the hour with BBC would mention his innings and it was too a steady accumulation. Occaisonally there would be a cross to the ground even though it was a county game. I was in the UK at the time after having led a garden tour to Italy and England for about 2 weeks. I was pretty exhausted after the tour and spent some time in Denmark & Holland afterwards before returning to the UK.
It is interesting how many 300's have been made in the last 15 years. When I was a kid and getting an interest in cricket ceenturies were fairly rare and the only 200 I remember was Doug Walter's 250 in New Zealand in I think 1976, also maybe Greg Chappell also scored a 200 against NZ in the 70's.
Sunny day max 20 C min 9 C, digging all day, only 5 rows as they are the miniatures and they are slow because of fall through, still cabling in the evening.
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