… is optimistically checking to see if they’ve actually managed to get any play in the cricket yet.
As ever, the press get us all wound up at the prospect of England managing to beat the Aussies, but when finally Day 1 of the match arrives, the Great British weather has to have its day in the sun…err.. rain (sorry).
Nonetheless, the online, radio and TV commentary teams will manage to while away a few long hours talking bollocks – and in the case of the TV chaps, showing clips from the last time we beat the Aussies (conveniently forgetting the last time they absolutely thrashed us, naturally).
But despite the fact that it’s been chucking it down solidly in Birmingham, the sun hasn’t been seen for days, and the monsoon season appears to be upon us, there’s always one smartarse South African, who has to wear bloody sunglasses.
