Isa Guha, a former cricket star, now is a commentator for BBC TMS, has recently recalled the bad memory of celebrating the 2005 Ashes championship with England.
Isa Guha, who is now 34 years old, is the first Asian female player to play for England cricket. She has just recounted the incident on The Howie Games and said this was actually a bad memory. This is such a secret that hardly anyone knows about it. The tournament happened in such an unbelievably difficult situation.
Meanwhile, in the same year, both the men’s and women’s cricket teams won the prestigious Ashes after their victory to the Australian team. A historic trophy for England’s cricket, both teams were honored by a parade, standing on an open bus.
In addition, both teams were also warmly welcomed by the Prime Minister at home at 10 Downing Street to celebrate.
Isa Guha recalls: “The celebration took place with tens of thousands of enthusiastic spectators welcoming in two sides of the road. It was like a rock concert, the streets of London were crowded with people and buses were running slowly. Meanwhile, with our athletes, everyone frantically celebrated on the bus and drank champagne continuously.
Then, the parade lasted more than an hour but still could not reach the destination. Some people, including me, have begun to show signs of wanting to go to the toilet.