And so, who should rock up? None other than Mr Brett Lee himself, legendary bass guitarist of the
Sydney-based popular-beat combo, Six and Out, part-time Australian pace bowler and bone-fide good egg. He arrived in a blaze
of head-turning, amid rumours that the rest of his victorious squad were also headed for a night on the tiles, but in the
end the Deen's celebrity head-count was a measly two.
Lee and his axe-wielding cricket-loving pace-bowling blond
colleague, Alan Mullally, were the only two notables in the venue. But that soon changed once Lee was on the stage and ready
for action. Churlishly, as he launched into a fine bass rendition of "Brown-Eyed Girl", Lee was greeted with a chorus of "keep
your arm straight when you bowl", but five well chosen syllables soon ensured that the taunts snagged in the tauntees' throats.
"Err, 3-0 is it?" he announced
It wasn't quite the show-stopping performance that Flintoff's boys had managed, but
it was a fine set nonetheless. As Lee joined the band members of "Slim Jim and the Fats" onstage, he stared with one eye at
the neck of his borrowed guitar, determined not to muff a single note in spite of the delicate state of his co-ordination.
He achieved his aim too, reeling off four songs and a bass solo before staggering off-stage and back into the melee of well-wishers.
The Ashes retained, the gig complete - for Lee, it was all a pretty average day at the office.