RE: Y2K 04/09/99

["Stephen Mednick" <smednick@css.au.com>]

Phil,

I should have qualified my comment by referring to the Test performance, not
their one-day game performance.

Stephen Mednick
Computer Supervisory Services
Sydney, Australia

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Payne [mailto:S390NEWS@isham-research.demon.co.uk]
> Sent: Saturday, 30 January 1999 11:47
> To: smednick@css.au.com
> Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: Re: Y2K 04/09/99
>
>
> In message  <000201be4bdf$59f262c0$377c6ccb@office>
> smednick@css.au.com writes:
>
> > The British (or as we Aussies commonly refer to them as, Pommies) also
> > consider as humour the performance of their national cricket team now
> > touring Australia!
>
> I apologise for the waste of bandwidth, but such a slur cannot go
> uncorrected.  From CEEFAX, seconds ago:
>
>
>             P342  CEEFAX 2 342 Sat 30 Jan 00:46/49
>
>            ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL, Perth       1/3
>            Mark Ealham blitzed Sri Lanka with a
>            five-wicket haul as England stormed to
>            a crushing 128-run victory.
>
>            Ealham recorded the third-best one-day
>            figures for England with a magnificent
>            5-32 as the world champions were
>            skittled for just 99.
>
>            Earlier, Neil Fairbrother scored a
>            superb unbeaten 81 as England reached
>            227-7 off their 50 overs.
>
>            Fairbrother led an England fightback
>            after Sri Lankan debutant Ruchira
>            Perera had taken three early wickets.
>
>               ENGLAND v SRI LANKA SCORECARDS 341
>              Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360
>
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