England are a better side than we saw at Lord’s. On another day, the top order will bat better, Hoggard and Jones will be more consistent, and the fielders will hold some catches. Australia will not always be as good. Even by Glenn McGrath’s standards, that was an exceptional bowling performance. He can’t possibly bowl [...]
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Australia win the first test
24 July 2005 – 6:15 pm
I think that can only be described as a thrashing.
Ashes day 3
23 July 2005 – 11:04 am
It’s going to take a pretty remarkable bit of batting (and indeed some decent bowling) to win this one.
But then we always knew it would take some remarkable performances to regain the Ashes. Is there anyone in this side who could provide an Atherton-like two-day batting performance? Or alternatively Freddie and Pietersen could knock [...]
Ashes day 2
22 July 2005 – 12:32 pm
You know it must have been dire when 155 is a pleasing total. It’s a lot of fun watching KP smack the ball around; it’s even more fun watching Harmison and Jones do it.
finally the Ashes start
21 July 2005 – 11:05 am
Or at least they do in 30 minutes - the toss is about to happen. I love this moment, when nothing has happened yet and everything is still possible.
the Ashes get closer
19 July 2005 – 10:37 am
No tournament in cricket or rugby is ever going to have the cachet of the (football) World Cup - the pool of teams is too small. Apparently, for the last World Cup, TV audiences in Thailand were bigger than the global TV audience for the last Rugby World Cup. On the other hand, having less [...]
countdown to the Ashes
17 July 2005 – 1:59 pm
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 [...]
Liverpool vs. TNS
15 July 2005 – 2:25 am
The Ashes haven’t even started yet.
The first football match of the new season - Liverpool’s Champion League pre-pre-pre-pre-qualifier against Total Network Solutions - was yesterday. I watched a bit of it, but it just felt wrong. The Ashes haven’t even started yet! Has the world gone mad?
[And if you had a club called something [...]
England vs Australia - a tie
3 July 2005 – 1:11 am
If that result is indicative, we’re in for one hell of a summer’s cricket.
Australia lose again
19 June 2005 – 8:12 pm
Even better, this time it was to England. Yes, I know, the one-day game (let alone Twenty20) isn’t the same, and the Aussies probably weren’t properly focussed against Somerset and Bangladesh, and the class of the team has to come out some time. But even without counting any Ashes chickens, it’s been an enjoyable few [...]
played two, lost two.
16 June 2005 – 10:06 am
No wonder we thrashed Australia in the Twenty20 game if they can’t even beat Somerset. Come on Australia - don’t stop now, lose to Bangladesh as well.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, as Herrick once said to Viv Richards.