So every morning I get up and do the rounds of the Australian news sites so I can keep in touch with what is going on in the homeland. When I checked the cricket this morning, I was expecting maybe Ricky Ponting to have scored another hundred, but I was shocked (and really bloody impressed) when I saw that Jason ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie had done the unthinkable and scored his first test match hundred - or his first hundred ever, as he claims he never even scored one in backyard cricket!

What else I find impressive is that Dizzy has managed to spend 5 hours at the crease. People may complain that he took too long to score his runs, and to those naysayers I have two words: Mark Taylor. I don’t think he ever scored a hundred in less than 5 hours so Dizzy’s knock was a little beauty if you ask me! Who knows? He may go on to score a double-century!

I bet Shane Warne must be a little annoyed at the moment. Twice he has been out in the 90s trying to reach three figures, and now he has to show some respect to the batting prowess of Dizzy!

Now some of you Americans might be wondering what the big deal is. I would have to say that the equivalent of this would be if a pitcher hit 4 home runs in a game - it just doesn’t happen. Jason Gillespie is a bowler, and while he can stay at the crease and defend till the cows come home, no-one ever expected him to get a test match hundred.

Good on ya, mate!

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