Emotial intensity is hotting up

 Okay, things are getting emotionally intense now, the night before the first day of the first Test.

I met others in my tour party, and then on to a cricket Australia for a session with Ricky Ponting followed by Jonathan Agnew and Mark Taylor, and finally Phil Tufnell,  MC'd by Alison Mitchell who is great and a fantastic sports journalist.





In summary, Ricky Ponting concluded that both sides have their strengths and weaknesses (!), but he predicted 3-2 to Australia,  Agnew and Taylor discussed fishing and piloting light aircraft, and Tufnell was, well, he was Phil Tufnell.

Its emotionally quite intense now and it dawned on me tonight that I am witnessing something MASSIVE, and I am so lucky to be here. The room was full of about 500 people half of whom were Brits, and I had a lovely chat with an Aussie guy who is taking his elderly father to his first Test Match. I dont mind admitting I cried a bit

I'll give a Day 1 update tomorrow. I did take some pics of downtown Perth earlier and I'll post those in due course, but they will have to wait for now.

Comments

  1. Annabel Edmond20 November 2025 at 13:53

    I think passion for anything, especially for a sport, where old, young, fit and not so fit, deserve a few tears 😍❤️

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  2. Tony and Barbara20 November 2025 at 14:48

    Thanks Tim we can feel the excitement shame we're not there with you

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