The Greatest Game!

How about that cricket!!

I simply can't believe that I missed out on watching the greatest ever game of one day cricket this week. My only hope is that it was good enough for them to make a DVD of it. For those of you who have been on the cricket equivalent of Mars, Australia posted a world record 1st innings total of 434... only to lose by 1 wicket with a ball to spare. That's going at nearly nine an over for the WHOLE INNINGS!!*#?%$#! Mind you, I imagine Boeta Dippenaar took a healthy interest in his shoes the following day after opening for South Africa and leaving them on 3 for 1, a mere 431 runs behind. Unbelievable stuff. Bring on the test matches!!
Match Report Morning After

Meanwhile back on earth, it's been a funny week of sorts. We still haven't managed to find a house yet despite surfing the net daily and cruising around the North Shore on the weekend, viewing 5 places. Unfortunately, we couldn't move into any of them comfortably for any stretch of time. Bascially, there's just very little on the market which means we'll have to just soldier on :-(

We did manage our first night out in ages though! Tae (friend we're staying with) kindly baby-sat Dylan while Isy and I went off to Manly to meet our friends Barry and Richard for a couple of drinks. They are living in Singapore at the moment and were in Australia for a few days. It was quite strange seeing them here as we were long time friends in London but it was great to catch up! Small world eh.

Speaking of friends, we've also been invited to our first BBQ (by someone we didn't know when we got here!!). Marcus, a guy at work has his brithday this week so we're off to Shelly Beach in Manly for a bit of a get together on Saturday. Should be fun :-)