Anzac day; naked cricket
What better way to celebrate the anniversary of such an important date in Australian and New Zealand history than by playing a game of cricket
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
What better way to celebrate the anniversary of such an important date in Australian and New Zealand history than by playing a game of cricket? By playing it in the nude, of course.
Nudists say they will be celebrating the Anzac Day value of freedom in a naked cricket match in Byron Bay on the north coast of New South Wales tomorrow. Free Beach Australia president Anita Grigg says the event is a tradition that was started by two Vietnam veterans. She says the game honours the values of mateship and freedom which diggers fought for.
"These two guys thought that the one thing that they wanted to honour about their mates was the good times. To remember the good times between the battles when they relaxed and played a game of cricket, football whatever - because they wanted to emphasise mateship, which is the best thing to come out of war."
[via ABC]
Will Luke is assistant editor of ESPNcricinfo