Third Test, Day 3. The Adelaide Oval + how to set an Android phone to display time in 24hr format


Just prior to the start of play I managed to grab a picture with the glass urn

How to urn your keep (or how to keep the urn)

To get play started Ian Botham (or Lord Botham if you absolutely insist) rung the bell to start the day's play, on condition  that he was not ringing for last orders...

You can ring my bell...

Well the day's play  panned out pretty much as expected, although our last couple of wickets hung on for a bit longer than I thought and it was great to see Jofra Archer get his maiden Test fifty.

If we had any hope of saving this Test, our bowlers had to put in a shift at the office, but they bowled like they were WFH. It was basically cafeteria bowling.

Joe Root couldn't bear to watch in between his turn to man the cafeteria, and he signed some bats for the kids.

Joe Root signing bats (or maybe refund cheques?).

At some point, After getting bored with Travis Head choosing the 'all you can eat' option at the cafeteria Jim Robison and I turned our attention to getting his Android phone to display a 24 hour clock. When we started this tortuous process (with the help of ChatGPT and Richard (he of Sue&Richard)  Travis the Head was on 50 and by the time we'd fixed the problem he was on 98. We don't know where the time went.

And finally it was home time...

Weary fans trudging home, knowing what's coming tomorrow










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