FORMER England cricket star Isa Guha has revealed that she “peed in a cup” amid the wild open-top bus celebrations following the famous 2005 Ashes triumph.
With both men’s and women’s teams having delivered historic victories over Australia that summer, the party that followed was to be an infamous, boozy affair.
England bowler Simon Jones told The Cricket Monthly that “the 12 drunkest people in England had to go to the most important place in London” in reference to the men’s team visiting 10 Downing Street as part of the celebrations.
But it wasn’t just the lads getting on it to celebrate reclaiming the urn.
The women’s side had won the Ashes for the first time in nearly 30 years, and weren’t going to miss out on the carnage that followed.
Guha, now 34, told The Howie Games podcast: “It was like a rock concert. The streets were lined with people. Literally there were people standing outside their windows, on ledges, on lamp posts all calling out.
“I mean, no one had a clue who we were. People were shouting, ‘Are you the WAGs?’
“We didn’t care, we were just there for the party.”
The streets lined with jubilant England supporters meant that it took an age for the open-top bus to crawl around London’s packed roads.
And while this was great for the champagne-fuelled revelry, when you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go…
Guha continued: “This thing took ages. It was like, an hour, and we were obviously on the champagnes so we were just downing it and having the time of our lives and then it got to the point where my bladder was full and I desperately needed to go to the toilet.
“I’ve since found out that Kevin Pietersen was able to stop the bus in front and pop out to go to [the toilet at] Starbucks but I wasn’t afforded that luxury.
“I was told, ‘You have to wait until we get to Trafalgar Square’, which was another 20 or 30 minutes away.
“So I, at this point, had no other option but to go downstairs. There was no one around and I saw fit to find a cup to pee into and relieve myself so that I could carry on my drinking.”
Berkshire star Guha retired from international cricket back in 2012.
But she can still be found on screens covering the sport, after being named the new face of the BBC’s cricket coverage back in September last year.
She has also worked for Sky Sports and ITV.
