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THIS is one of the rarest sightings in Australian in sport.
Experienced sports reporter Peter Lalor has spent well over a decade covering cricket and other sports for The Australian.
Lalor has broken some of cricket's biggest stories - including the blow-by-blow breakdown of Boonie's famous 52 beers on the flight to London. But in all that time, he has never once heard the Australian cricket team sing its famous song Under The Southern Cross I Stand.
Until yesterday.
About 6pm Perth time yesterday, as twilight descended on an empty WACA, the Australian team and some key staff moved to the centre of the ground and formed a huddle.
Lalor was seated near the boundary fence and had the good sense to take a quick phone video as the jubilant Australian team proceeded to belt out all two "verses" of the team song.
In truth, there is only one verse but the team sings it twice. And "singing" is a rather generous description of what in reality should be called chanting.
Chant or song, Under the Southern Cross I Stand has been around since the 1970s, when wicket keeper Rod Marsh popularised it and bastardised the lyrics so that the last line "Australia You Little Beauty" became "Australia you f - king beauty".
"What was surprising was the volume of it, "Lalor says of yesterday's impromptu Ashes-winning celebration. "I've never seen such enthusiasm."
Lalor says the song has been sung outside a few times in the last, most notably on Table Mountain in South Africa, and at the historic 16th century fort in the Sri Lankan city of Galle.
A member of the Australian team confirmed to Lalor that the song was sung in the dressing room yesterday before the team later moved outside for a second go.
As the video shows, it wasn't the prettiest sound ever heard, but it was still a much classier victory celebration than England's pee-on-the-pitch moment at The Oval in London earlier this year.
Cricket guru: Follow Peter on Twitter @plalor
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