tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058290.post666100932694084491..comments2024-03-01T10:27:27.563+00:00Comments on The Questing Vole: The loneliness of a long-distance Ashes followerPaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17790241838601339104noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058290.post-17546950549257253722010-11-26T18:21:03.364+00:002010-11-26T18:21:03.364+00:00There must be something about the ritual of liste...There must be something about the ritual of listening to cricket from Australia that makes you reminisce about the first time you did it, as I posted something very similar yesterday.<br /><br />Brisbane 1974 for me. England wrecked by Thomson and Lillee, but Tony Greig made a great counter-attacking century.<br /><br />There were half an hour's TV highlights each evening as well, lifted straight from the Aussie coverage. As a sightly strange eight year-old it was my first experience of cricket played abroad (I can't remember anything of the previous winter's West Indies tour, which was very good by all accounts), and I can still hum the signature tune 36 years later.Brian Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10336241250446877498noreply@blogger.com