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...When England's Andrew Flintoff broke away from celebrations to console Brett Lee in the aftermath of last year's thrilling Second Test at Edgbaston, his gesture spoke as eloquently about Australia's moral limitations as it did of his own decency. Had the roles been reversed, would any of Ponting's men have done the same? In exchanges unseen or forgotten, Australian players since 1995 may have performed comparable acts. But the fact that Flintoff's gesture received so much attention suggests cricket fans are more familiar with displays of Australian triumphalism...
...Ground nets. From Leeds but a Sydney resident since 1992, Gill will spend the summer as part of the Barmy Army, the relentlessly merry 30,000-strong force of traveling England supporters. There's a lot to like about the tourists' session. Despite a long layoff due to injury, Flintoff's bowling looks as lively as ever. Perfectly balanced over his bat, his work devoid of superfluous movement, Andrew Strauss looks impregnable against all comers. A sense of harmony prevails. But Gill sounds so pessimistic about England's chances that you could start to wonder why they don't just...
...Stuart MacGill's take is that England in last year's series built to a peak that they probably won't be able to match. Flintoff and Simon Jones bowled the best they'd ever bowled, he says, while a new talent emerged in Kevin Pietersen, for whom the Australians weren't as ready as they will be this time. "There were a lot of things that contributed to their success, not the least of which was that they played better than us from time to time," says MacGill. "But I don't draw too much relevance from that series...
...Australian people no more crudity. It's been ages since I sledged guys so thick. Like Kevin Pietersen. Behind his back, Shane calls him BBC ("Brilliant But Creepy"). I was nervous, but I don't think the boys noticed. "Can't bat, can't bowl," I said to Freddie Flintoff when he was on nought. It did the trick. Flintoff was caught in the deep for 72. My first scalp. "Don't try and spin it so much," I told Warney at drinks. He'd never thought of that. Thirteen wickets to Shane for the Test...
...Just as unforgettable was the grin that later lit up the face of Cathy Freeman as she became the last Olympian to be handed the torch after a tantalizing relay around the stadium, from Raelene Boyle and Betty Cuthbert, to Dawn Fraser, Shirley Strickland, Shane Gould and Debbie Flintoff-King. And then an eternity it really seemed, as the flaming cauldron wobbled above Freeman's head, stopped, then began its agonizingly slow crawl up the 70-meter waterfall. A small engineering problem had caused "some extraordinary adrenaline rushes" among the organizers, said master of ceremonies Ric Birch. But by evening...
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