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countdown to the Ashes

We haven’t beaten the Aussies at Lords for 70 years, and our record against other countries isn’t great either. It seems unnnecessarily sporting of us to always play the first match of a series at a venue where we usually lose, and the last at one where we do well. And there’s an entertaining interview with Justin Langer in the Sunday Times.

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christmassy barbecued pork

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, there’s nothing much less christmassy than a barbecue, and it would take more than marinading some pork in sweet sherry, Cointreau, soy and mixed spice to change that. But that’s what I’m calling it.