Went to the cricket yesterday. I was a bit worried when Australia struggled to break 200, and then even more worried when Zimbabwe were 5/17 (!). But the really entertaining thing, as always, about going to a cricket game is the crowd. We ended up sitting in the second row back on the concourse in bay 8, which is square to the Randwick end of the field on the east side, just north of the Hill. And the guys on the hill kept the Hill tradition alive by being quite rowdy, undisciplined, and fun.

The most surprising thing about the day was the number of people ejected from the stadium by the ever-watchful cops. I would have watched at least 30 people be kicked out before I got sick of it and just watched the game. Now I have no objection to throwing out people who are fighting, really drunk, or otherwise very objectionable, but throwing people out for exhibiting the beer snake made from hundreds of empty beer cups seems a bit much.