The first day-night Test match has wrapped up in Adelaide and it appears the concept is here to stay after big crowds turned out to watch the game. In this week’s At The Bar, cricket tragic Michael ‘Speedy’ Stratton and The Area News sports editor Andrew Piva give their thoughts on the match.
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Andrew: How did you go watching the day-night Test, Speedy? Those last sessions didn’t finish past your bedtime, did they?
Speedy: I was good, mate. I just kept having extra night caps. What a spectacle it was, though. I loved it.
Andrew: So did I. Day-nights Tests are here to stay – at least in Australia. It was a good contest in Adelaide, too.
Speedy: I’ve got a lot of respect for the Kiwis. They showed plenty of fight. If that Nathan Lyon decision went their way on day two, it could’ve been a different result.
Andrew: Oh, boohoo. New Zealand aren’t happy unless they’re feeling hard done by. Land of the Long White Kleenex, if you ask me.
Speedy: Maybe. But I tell you what annoyed me – the commentary of Mark Taylor and Michael Slater.
Andrew: The Wagga boys?
Speedy: I don’t give a stuff where they’re from. They’re just a bunch of know-it-alls. They should give more airtime to Shane Warne. He can be a bit of a goose, but he knows what he’s on about.
Andrew: I’d love to see you and Warney on a night out together.
Speedy: He’d struggle to keep up with me.
Andrew: Drinking, or picking up ladies?
Speedy: Both.
Andrew: I won’t argue. Anyway, I know you’re a boxing fan and would’ve watched the Klitschko-Fury fight. Can you believe Klitschko lost?
Speedy: Well, after seeing how big the other bloke was, I can. He was bloody enormous that Pom.
Andrew: Good footwork, too. Danced around like a ballerina. How would you have handled Fury? I reckon you’d reach his belly button.
Speedy: At least I know where my uppercuts would be landing.
Andrew: Ha! I might have to start calling you Michael ‘Low Blow’ Stratton. Anyway, on that classy note, I shall say goodbye.
Speedy: Goodbye? Where are you off to?
Andrew: I’m moving to Darwin. Going to try my hand at being a croc wrangler. Maybe get my own reality series.
Speedy: Are you serious?
Andrew: Of course I’m not, but it is true that I’m moving to Darwin. Have you been up there? Has the Stratton legend reached the Top End?
Speedy: I don’t think so, but you’ll help spread it, won’t you?
Andrew: Don’t worry, mate. I’ll treat your reputation like it was the flu.
