TO THE TUNE OF "SOLSBURY HILL" BY PETER GABRIEL CLIMBING UP ON SYDNEY HILL GOING TO SEE THE CRICKET MATCH WIND WAS BLOWING, CROWD WERE STILL BORDER OUT TO A BOTHAM CATCH IT WAS SOMETHING TO OBSERVE MAN CAME CLOSE, I HEARD A VOICE STRAINING, STRETCHING EVERY NERVE HAD TO LISTEN, HAD NO CHOICE I DID NOT BELIEVE THE INFORMATION JUST HAD TO TRUST IMAGINATION MY HEART GOING WOO, WOO, WOO SON, HE SAID, GRAB YOUR WHITES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY HALF THE ENGLAND TEAM WERE ILL WATCHING TOO MUCH AUSSIE SOAPS SO THEY'D NEED MY CRICKET SKILL TO KEEP ALIVE THEIR ASHES HOPES EARLY ON THE FINAL DAY GOOCH HAD SPASMS IN HIS GUT SO I THOUGHT OF HOW I'D PLAY WHICH DELIVERIES I WOULD CUT I GAZED ALL ROUND AT THE SCENERY THE SCOREBOARD AND ITS MACHINERY MY HEART GOING WOO, WOO, WOO WHEN I HEARD, GATTING'S OUT AND YOU'RE THE NEXT ONE IN FIFTEEN RUNS NEEDED TO WIN DILLEY SAID "LEAVE THIS TO ME" "AND SHUT YOUR EARS FROM ALL THE DIN" WHEN I THINK THAT I SCORED THREE WATCHED BY FOSTERS-SWILLING LOUTS WHO CLOSED THEIR EYES BUT HAD TO SEE LAWSON COULDN'T GET ME OUT THEY ALL SAW THE BEST OF ME SO I'F ENGLAND EVER NEED A REPLACEMENT I HOPE THEY'LL REMEMBER WHAT THE SMILE ON MY FACE MENT RICHIE BENAUD GOING WOO, WOO, WOO HEY, HE SAID, FORGET THE REST NOW I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING