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04th Jan 2014

Video: 84-year-old former Aussie Prime Minister downs pint in 10 seconds

JOE

Bob Hawke is really enjoying England’s misery in the cricket.

If you have been following the Ashes you will know that England are having a torrid time Down Under. The series is already lost and it looks like the fifth and final Test is going the Australian’s way too, setting them up for a whitewash 5-0 win.

At the close of play this morning, former Australia Prime Minister Bob Hawke was in the Sydney crowd. The 84-year-old is often seen at the cricket and egged on by a load of lads dressed as legendary commentator Richie Benaud, Hawke downed a pint in a very impressive 10 seconds.

It’s not the first time he has done this either. Last year he pulled a similar trick when Australia were playing India and according to the Daily Mail, Hawke once drank a yard of ale in 11 seconds back in the 1950s.

We just hope we are even heading out for a pint when we hit 84, never mind necking one like this.