I can't remember the last time I saw the beginning of a cricket test, but they seem to have evolved into something of a ceremony, with an Aboriginal welcome to country, and both anthems sung. The cricket establishment are obviously traditionalists in this regard with a pair of sopranos engaged to do the honours. The English one warbled her way through with a vibrato you you carve up into slices, but the Australian anthem was sung by Fiona Smyth who did an uncomplicated and straight-forward reading. 7.5 on this outing.
Friday, December 13, 2013
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