271 & 16/166
School Boy/Girl Captain
'G'day fellas' from Geoff Lawson to a mate and I, at a Thai take away one night after a days play Aust vs World X1 2005 in Sydney.
You did say mundane
You did say mundane
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Mundane sightings of high-profile cricketers
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Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
You've met the brief, @271 & 16/166 - I'll allow it.
Marius
International Debutant
I saw Darryl Cullinan in a bookshop once in Johannesburg.
In London in 2022 I was staying at my friend's flat which is about a five minute walk from the Oval. There was a Hundred game on that evening and Graham Gooch was with someone at the cafe under her flat.
Another time on that trip I was walking back to my friend's flat and was walking past the Oval when Tom Moody came walking past the other way, couldn't talk to him because he was yakking on his phone though.
Saw Roelof van der Merwe in the stands of a rugby match between Italy and the Springboks in Witbank in 2010.
Saw Graeme Hick, Darren Lehmann, Brad Haddin, and Peter Handscomb in a bar in Durban during the 2018 series.
In London in 2022 I was staying at my friend's flat which is about a five minute walk from the Oval. There was a Hundred game on that evening and Graham Gooch was with someone at the cafe under her flat.
Another time on that trip I was walking back to my friend's flat and was walking past the Oval when Tom Moody came walking past the other way, couldn't talk to him because he was yakking on his phone though.
Saw Roelof van der Merwe in the stands of a rugby match between Italy and the Springboks in Witbank in 2010.
Saw Graeme Hick, Darren Lehmann, Brad Haddin, and Peter Handscomb in a bar in Durban during the 2018 series.
Shady Slim
International Coach
dave warner at the sydney domestic airport victoria’s secret out the front on a phone call looking surly and waiting for his wife to finish her browse inside is probably the closest it is for me, but it’s an airport in the summer which is a likely place to catch the odd star
had one of the old gray body and blue (?) sleeve polos on that CA gave to the players around that time
had one of the old gray body and blue (?) sleeve polos on that CA gave to the players around that time
Burgey
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TOTAB currently on Afternoon Briefing talking about the need for increased funding for Parkinson's Disease sufferers.
Obviously no sighting of TOTAB is ever mundane, but it's outside the cricketing context. As was the time I was drunk and being driven back from a NSW Bar cricket match at Coolum to the Hyatt Regency by the then Mrs Burgey, who yelled out "There's [TOT]AB!!" which prompted me to sit up from being slumped in the passenger's seat to see the great man and his son loading their golf clubs in the back of his car.
I couldn't let the moment pass, so naturally I wound down the window, leaned out of the car and screamed "Al! Hey Al!!!" while waving frantically to him. He's such a lovely bloke, he looked up from his car with a smile and a wave - then realised it was some pissed rando and not anyone who he knew, so he ignored me and drove off.
One of the greatest moments of my life, being ignored by Allan Border.
Obviously no sighting of TOTAB is ever mundane, but it's outside the cricketing context. As was the time I was drunk and being driven back from a NSW Bar cricket match at Coolum to the Hyatt Regency by the then Mrs Burgey, who yelled out "There's [TOT]AB!!" which prompted me to sit up from being slumped in the passenger's seat to see the great man and his son loading their golf clubs in the back of his car.
I couldn't let the moment pass, so naturally I wound down the window, leaned out of the car and screamed "Al! Hey Al!!!" while waving frantically to him. He's such a lovely bloke, he looked up from his car with a smile and a wave - then realised it was some pissed rando and not anyone who he knew, so he ignored me and drove off.
One of the greatest moments of my life, being ignored by Allan Border.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
I presume AB is top of the (what I assume is a long) list of people who have ignored you?
nightprowler10
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Burgey
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In terms of my own rankings, yes. From a position of power perspective it’s probably John Howard, who ignored me when we passed each other on Elizabeth Street, Sydney during the 2007 election campaign and I called him a ****.
honestbharani
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So was he to ignore you, tbf.
vicleggie
State Vice-Captain
On Jan 1, 2014, I was going for a leisurely drive through an affluent beach suburb in Melbourne.
Was trying to catch a glimpse of the ocean, but I didn't know the area too well, so I got lost in all these random streets
One street had massive, luxury houses... I see a little gnome looking fella standing outside one. I drive closer - it's Ricky Ponting standing outside his house with a little suitcase - presumably waiting for a cab to the Airport.
Now, as I type this, I live about a mile from that very house.
Was trying to catch a glimpse of the ocean, but I didn't know the area too well, so I got lost in all these random streets
One street had massive, luxury houses... I see a little gnome looking fella standing outside one. I drive closer - it's Ricky Ponting standing outside his house with a little suitcase - presumably waiting for a cab to the Airport.
Now, as I type this, I live about a mile from that very house.
Coronis
International Coach
Being called a **** is probably background noise to him, no?