Bonus Post: a tour of the Sydney Cricket Ground

On my last day in Sydney, and indeed Austarlia on this trip I did a tour of the SCG, so I thought I'd drop a few pictures here with some commentary.

The ground not surprisingly was eerily quiet, the only activity were the groundsman working on the square and the outfield.

The view from the fifth tier of members seating (behind the bowlers arm) was stunning.

The view from the fifth tier.

The Test wicket is the centre strip, with the bowlers run up still visible

Ben Stokes had donated his kit from the 5th day of the Test to the museum

Ben Stokes' kit from Day 5 of the fifth test. He looks rather gaunt after a tough tour.

Note the state of his left boot in the left picture. He should ask for his money back.

While in the museum a couple of noteworthy items caught my eye:-

Harold Larwood's Notts blazer (L)and Steve Waugh's baggy green which just about lasted his whole Test career, with his lucky red hanky (R)

We got a look at the Away dressing room which of course was England's last week. Names of English cricketers from the old scoreboard are hung on the walls just to remind the Away team of who they are playing for. The next visitor's to the SCG will be New Zealand, and the names hanging from the walls will be changed accordingly.

The England dressing room for the Test

While we were in the dressing room some interesting graffiti was pointed out by the tour guide

Graham Swann ( the vandal that he is). added some graffiti to his place in the dressing room on the '10-'11 Ashes series which of course we won 3-1.

Of course I had to take a picture of the honours board showing Root and Bethell's centuries

Joe Root's 160 and Jacob Bethell's 154 on the honours board.

Finally a couple statues outside the members area.

Fred Spofforth (L), the first fast bowler (Test bowling avg 18.41), and Richie Benaud (R), Test bowling avg 27.03 - good effort that.