Getting down on one knee at the Gabba usually indicates a sweep shot is on its way, but not this time.
At the start of Australia’s first innings on day two of the first Test, with the home side 4-0 up and finding their feet at the crease, something more exciting was happening in the pool.
We didn’t expect to see this at The Gabba today! ? #Ashes pic.twitter.com/dIOvujXOsJ
— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) November 24, 2017
That’s Michael Langridge proposing to his girlfriend, Tori Roebuck, in the Gabba pool – and much like an umpire nodding his head at an LBW appeal, she said yes.
A Pool Deck proposal at the Gabba!#ohwhatafeeling @Toyota_Aus pic.twitter.com/15hyIR2m5P
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) November 24, 2017
“I’ve been planning this for about three months,” Michael told the BBC’s Test Match Special. “I’ve been obsessed with the Ashes since I was born and I wanted to share that with Tori here.”
Both wearing green and gold, in a pool, at the cricket – this was the most Australian of proposals.
No proposal like a shirtless at the Ashes proposal
— Josh Elliott (@JoshElliott_29) November 24, 2017
Marriage proposal at the cricket. That fellas. Is how its done #Ashes
— AJ (@rockchick_ajay) November 24, 2017
It’s not something you’re likely to see at Lord’s anytime soon, is it?
I wonder if it’s too late to propose a big old paddling pool being installed in the Upper Edrich as part of the Lord’s redevelopment plan? ?#Ashes
— Leshia Hawkins (@LeshiaHawkEye) November 24, 2017
Getting down on one knee in an inflatable pool during an overcast 14C afternoon in May doesn’t have quite the same appeal.
