S8 Ep148: First Ashes Test in Perth: Lopsided Victory and Food Surplus — Jeremy Zakis — Zakis detailed the first Ashes test match in Perth, which concluded rapidly due to Australia's dominant performance, resulting in a severely lopsided victory over England. The u
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🗓️ 30 November 2025
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- First Ashes Test in Perth: Lopsided Victory and Food Surplus — Jeremy Zakis — Zakis detailed the first Ashes test match in Perth, which concluded rapidly due to Australia's dominant performance, resulting in a severely lopsided victory over England. The unexpectedly brief match duration created massive oversupply of prepared catering and concession food, which event organizers successfully redirected to Osh Harvest charity for community distribution. Zakis noted significant weaknesses in both teams' batting and bowling performances as they prepare for the subsequent test match in Brisbane, highlighting areas requiring tactical adjustment and personnel evaluation.
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| 0:32.6 | I'm John Batchel in southern New England, where it's coming winter. |
| 0:36.5 | And Jeremy Sackis is in New South Wales, where it's coming winter, and Jeremy Sackis is in New South Wales, |
| 0:38.8 | where it's coming summer, the other side of the world. We go now to what happened in Perth, |
| 0:45.5 | Australia, within these last weeks, the first test of ashes. The score was surprisingly lopsided. Jeremy says that Australia was so far ahead, |
| 0:57.4 | they didn't even finish the game. They didn't have to. There was no way the English team |
| 1:01.5 | could close the gap. That led to a decision to have a very short first day or a second day. |
| 1:12.0 | And these things, Jeremy tells me, |
| 1:13.8 | can go on for eight hours and continue the next day. |
| 1:17.6 | Hence, the audience comes prepared for a long, long contest. |
| 1:24.2 | A lot of food, a lot of drinks, a lot of good times. |
| 1:30.3 | And when it's short, well, Jeremy, |
| 1:34.4 | what's happened to Perth? And what did they do about it? |
| 1:40.8 | Well, John, we've had a very unusual problem because the two matches that were played in Perth were really only around about eight, nine hours each, which meant that you went |
| 1:44.5 | kind of through the day, but you didn't come into the night. So the problem that's actually |
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