I awoke at 2.00 a.m. and turned on my trannie just before the majestic Greg Chappell took his score from ninety-eight to one hundred and two by straight driving a no-ball from Bob Willis to the boundary. Kerry O’Keeffe was the other batsman at the crease and Australia’s total was then 7-188. When I awoke for a second time, at half past six, I was made aware that Australia had been dismissed for a meagre 218 of which Chappell had compiled 112 and David Hookes twenty-eight. O’Keeffe had remained not out on twenty-four. England, at stumps, was eight without loss, which means it requires just seventy-one runs to win when play resumes tonight.
This evening, “Last of The Wild” transports the viewer to Switzerland to observe marmots. “Willesee”, at 7.00, is followed by another programme from the comedy, “Good Times” and from eight o’clock, on Channel Two, we watched “Test Cricket Highlights” which has the lively instrumental, “Soul-Limbo”, as its musical theme. “Soul-Limbo” was a hit, in 1968, for the multi-racial group, Booker T. and The M.G.’s.
Channel Seven’s resident movie buff, Bill Collins, introduces “Lock Up Your Daughters”, from half past eight. The film, which bears the copyright of 1969, stars Canadian actor, Christopher Plummer and the English pairing of Susannah York and Glynis Johns.