Cricket's most devoted – and tired – supporters bar none

Shepherd’s Bush: It’s been a long night for fans in Walkabout

Ashes fans in London told how they slept through England's humiliation on the first day.

Dozens filled the Walkabout pub in Shepherd's Bush, thought to be the only venue in the capital to show the whole day's play.

Alcohol stopped being served just after 11pm and many fans were forced to sleep on the pub's sofas.

Australian Paul Torpie, 28, from Fulham, said: "I was not expecting the number of English people who are here, we are definitely outnumbered."

In Australia, members of the Barmy Army also had a very punishing schedule. Ned Dean, 40, a publisher from Putney, said: "We've been in Brisbane for 19 hours. We slept for seven and have been in the bar for the other 12."

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy notice .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in