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I should add that the Australian team were extremely sporting about it, shaking Butcher's hand when he got his century. The general opinion in the press here is that they *were* a bit relieved to have some real opposition for a change. And of course comparisons with Botham were inevitable given the date and venue, but there was also something about the way he played - by the end you just knew he would swing at anything remotely hittable in the complete confidence it would go for runs. Best wishes Matthew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill Jones" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 1:06 PM Subject: Re: Antonio Machado > on 21/8/01 9:19 AM, Matthew Francis at [log in to unmask] > wrote: > > > With so many Aussies on this list, we shouldn't crow. But after all, they've > > won the series and beaten us at everything else recently, so what the hell! > > That was some innings by Mark Butcher, wasn't it? I was supposed to be > > working, but ended up watching nearly all of it. My theory is that he was > > possessed by the spirit of Botham revisiting the scene of his greatest > > triumph twenty years later. Which begs the question of who Botham was > > possessed by at the same time, and whether anyone noticed. > > > I didn't get to see the innings but crow away. I think it was a blessed > relief for Australia to lose a test, especially as the winning was > accomplished, it seems, in such a marvellous way, from what I've read. But > don't compare him to Botham. Let Butcher be Butcher and let him lay claim to > his own! > > Cheers, > Jill > > _________________________________ > Jill Jones > 50 Ruby Street > Marrickville NSW 2204 > AUSTRALIA > > [log in to unmask] > http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~jpjones >