27-12-2017 06:01 via theguardian.com

A day at the Ashes: soft eyes fall into a collective cricket coma | Brigid Delaney's diary

You’ve got to pace yourself at the Boxing Day Test, especially when a lot of the action is at the barIt’s Boxing Day, and my Uber driver picks me up and tries to guess my destination: the sales or the cricket.In Melbourne, there’s only two places to be. Related: David Warner ticks personal box with Boxing Day century against England | Adam Collins I experience cricket as a sort of frequency – something that’s been around me since birth, hanging in the summertime air
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