Ted Dexter — Italian Athlete born on May 15, 1935,

Edward Ralph "Ted" Dexter CBE is a former English cricketer. An aggressive middle-order batsman of ferocious power and a right-arm medium bowler, he captained Sussex and England in the early 1960s. He is known by the nickname Lord Ted... (wikipedia)

Once again our cricketers have flattered to deceive in Australia.
Endless cricket, like endless anything else, simply grinds you down.
Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
I think we are all slightly down in the dumps after another loss. We may be in the wrong sign... Venus may be in the wrong juxtaposition with somewhere else.
The whole of our national sport is not doing very well.