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November 22, 2006

I broke Marcus Trescothick

Posted by Ken Tinker on 11/22/2006 in Ashes Series 2006/07

It was Thursday morning when I decided to travel to Canberra for Friday's Prime Minister's XI match against the English Cricket team. Tickets for the game had long ago sold out, so I turned to the dark side to avoid missing the tour opener. Ebay's reputation has taken a battering recently regarding ticket scalping, and it was with no small guilt that I placed my bid. I justified it by reasoning that if I didn't buy the ticket, it would probably go to a member of the Barmy Army instead. I owed it to my country to buy that scalped ticket!

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