Astro-turf cricket nets. Practice area for Australia's national sport. Elite level international cricket 'test' matches are played over five days in front of large crowds with no guarantee of a result, and if Australia is involved, become a national obsession for many. There's the annual one starting today in Sydney, this year against ye olde bastards, England, a peculiarly intense rivalry going back 145 years. A bizarre, but beautiful game. Rozelle.










