Headingley 2019 has left English sceptics, cynics and pessimists in dreamland – being proved wrong never felt so right
There are things you can learn about yourself only in extremis: when your plane ditches in the Arctic tundra, for instance. Instead of the untapped action hero you’ve always suspected lives inside you, you discover you’re actually the scene-one extra who would rather succumb to a rapid and surprisingly comfortable hypothermia. At least you’re leaving the real fighters something to eat.
For those of us too young to have experienced Headingley ’81 – or, as it shall be known from now on, the other Headingley – this weekend’s game was our great examination. Our Test of character, if you will.
Written by Emma John
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/aug/27/ashes-miracle-headingley-cricket-test-character-the-spin under the title “The Spin | Goodbye misery, hello glee: Ashes miracle was fans’ Test of character”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
