A ground for the ages
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
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Mike Coward, writing in the Australian, gets nostalgic about South Australia’s home ground, which is undergoing a major redevelopment.
Unlike most mainland grounds, Adelaide Oval evokes a sense of place and the good folk of this fair if conservative city gather each year to share their knowledge and celebrate the joys of the traditional game.
And while they were fewer in number this year and many were forced from "Out the Back" to "Out the Ground" because of the extensive building work being carried out on the western side of the Oval, they had good reason to be in the most nostalgic of moods.
For out in the middle there was one of the rarest sights of the modern game: two West Indian slow bowlers working in tandem. Could it be? This was news that demanded to be disseminated to every corner of the cricket world.
In Robert Craddock’s blog on the Courier Mail he says an Australian defeat in Adelaide wouldn’t be such a bad thing, and that this could be Michael Hussey’s final Test summer.
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo