Thursday, 23 November 2017

Memorable Gabba moments, Georgia Dome demolition and Jimmy Thunder

Our roundup also features Germán Lux forgetting the rules of football, Chad Johnson’s comedy and the best three non-league touches you’re likely to see

1) England have got form when it comes to falling to pieces at the Gabba – just ask Steve Harmison and Nasser Hussain – but in the 1986-87 tour Ian Botham proved too much for the callow Australian seamers, rattling off 138, including 13 fours and four sixes, 22 coming from one Merv Hughes over.

2) There are some incredible shots of the Georgia Dome being demolished. This one is great and there are loads of them here. Boom! Boom! Boom! But our favourite is this angle, in which a bus pulls up in front of the camera just as the grand old venue bursts into millions of little pieces. Cue the cameraman who has waited hours for the big moment losing it in fine style.

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