Australia's test cricketers were playing the first day of the fourth match in the historic grudge-series against England for the Ashes trophy, at Trent Bridge in England.
The day made history - for all the wrong reasons.
Just how bad is it?
Bad enough for Channel Seven to ask Foreign Minister Julie Bishop if the cricketers could have their citizenship revoked ...
"Yes that has crossed my mind .. I'm not sure there's anything more I can do, but just cheer them on. We do have great expectations of our cricket team, but I do think we should let them come home and face the music here."
With Australia resting much of its national identity on the shoulders of its sports players - and its cricketers, arguably, more than others - the history-making innings was the very worst kind of history to make, in sporting terms.
What makes it so bad?
Australia's first innings was the shortest completed first innings of a match in the 138-year history of Test cricket, so that's very bad.
Australia's top four batsmen together faced a total of 12 deliveries - usually, they'd expect to face hundreds.
The only batsmen to get into double figures were Mitchell Johnson, out on 13, and Michael Clarke, 10.
The top scorer in Australia's first-innings total of 60 was "extras" with 14 - extras are runs scored without the batsmen hitting the ball with the bat - there's no glory for the batsmen in that.
It's the first time that has happened in Ashes history, and there's a lot of Ashes history too.
The term "Ashes" came from a satirical obituary in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, immediately after Australia's 1882 victory over England at The Oval, their first Test win on English soil.
English bowler Stuart Broad snared a career-best haul, capturing eight of the available 10 Australian wickets for just 15 runs on his Nottinghamshire home ground.
"Bowls him! Stephen Finn into the action... Oh another nick, that got him again. That's not a replay, that's exactly the same... That's it, taken, Australia all out before lunch, day one and Broad has his career-best figures, 8 for 15 runs. Extraordinary stuff!"
Eight of Australia's batsmen were out to catches in the slips - all bowled by Broad.
"It was just one of those days that you dream of really. On your home ground to pick up 300 test wickets and then get a career best. I mean my previous best-ever bowling was 7 for 12 against Kimbolton School under-15s so it is nice to get that against Australia I must admit."
Ashen-faced Australia skipper Michael Clarke described the day as one of the toughest he has ever endured as captain.
"Like I say that is as tough a day as you have as a player, and certainly as a captain. Nothing went right at all, today that's for sure. And the situation, the series, knowing like I said before the test match it was our grand final."
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