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ICC World Cup: Yabba is Sydney Cricket Ground's permanent spectator

The Sydney Cricket Ground is the only ground in the world that can never be empty at any time. That's because one man has been sculpted in bronze on one of its seats in the front row of the Victor Trumper Stand in Bay 15 foreve

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Brett Lee surrounded by dancers at Sydney's George Street yesterday

Brett Lee surrounded by dancers at Sydney's George Street yesterday

The Sydney Cricket Ground is the only ground in the world that can never be empty at any time. That's because one man has been sculpted in bronze on one of its seats in the front row of the Victor Trumper Stand in Bay 15 forever.

The bronze sculpture of Stephen Harold Gascoigne (Yabba) at the Sydney Cricket Ground's Victor Trumper Stand yesterday
The bronze sculpture of Stephen Harold Gascoigne (Yabba) at the Sydney Cricket Ground's Victor Trumper Stand yesterday 

Stephen Harold Gascoigne, better known as Yabba, is Australian cricket's most famous fan or critic or barracker as they were known back then for screaming and yelling out at players from the stands. Yabba got his name as a kid because he was a bit of a jabber-mouth.

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