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November 28, 2006
The English, by all acounts, had a bad time of it in Brisbane, when they began their defence of the Ashes.
David Brookes
Martin Samuel, writing in The Times, says
The ridiculously overbearing security presence around the Gabba were nicknamed the fun police. They would not let supporters take rucksacks with drinks or sandwiches into the ground, but instead made them remove their rations and place them in a plastic bag. The rucksack could then be carried in, but only if it was in a plastic bag. This raised the bar for global stupidity, but do not expect the new standard to last long.
Samuel adds that everywhere you looked 'baseball-capped security men, many armed, eyeballed the paying customers suspiciously. They were on guard for offensive items. Beach balls, cool boxes, home-made sandwiches, trumpets, you know the sort of thing. All banned. Welcome to Western democracy, 2006.'
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Get a life you tool. In this day and age these measures are necessary. Or maybe you are Osama Bin Cricket Fan planning an attack.
The security measure were well publicised around the nation for months before the match.