Raised on gallows humour, accustomed to playing the underdog, there was a tangible disappointment that it was not quite as tight as an Ashes contest should be, the sense that beating this Australian team of current vintage does not trigger the same unfettered joy that came with the toppling of Ricky Ponting, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne eight years ago.
Teams represent the people, not the governments, of their countries, and what goes on at an event should be about the contest, not about national politics.
"In my opinion, it should be whether the contest between bat and ball is reasonable and fair," he said.
All things being equal, this should be a contest between the Liberals and the NDP over a place Stephen Harper left for dead nearly a decade ago.
The fact that Lowry could and really should be contesting the 145th Open Championship as Ireland's fifth major winner of the past eight years after leading at Oakmont by four shots after three rounds is not lost on him, however.
But the rhetoric masks a deep division within the brotherhood, or Ikhwan, as it is known, over the question of whether it should be contesting the elections at all.
Jon Ashworth, a Labour MP and member of the procedure committee, told the BBC the process should be reviewed after the contest is over.
The chief justice also said the challengers should be allowed to contest whether the government conducted a rigorous analysis of the costs and benefits when designating the land as critical habitat.
It means the only mechanism to transport oxygen is diffusion mass transfer which should be contest with the oxygen consumption of cells.
The Battle of the Badges should be relegated to the contests between the departments' hockey and football teams.
