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GONE ARE THE DAYS OF SUNBURN AND SCORN

by
The Cricket Paper Team
9 August 2020

TRISTAN LAVALETTE

It was the usual Ashes WACA Test tradition. After baking all day - somehow Test matches always coincide with Perth’s most oppressive conditions - sunburned England fans sought relief at nearby watering holes much to the mirth of locals knowing it’s a prerequisite in summer to avoid the outdoors for long periods.
The old warhorse of the WACA, quite clearly, was brutal - both onand- off field. Some of cricket’s most visceral images have been spawned from the mythical WACA pitch initially conjured by former curator Roy Abbott, who for 33 years fed it the ...