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Sam writes:
First morning of the fourth Test on Test Match Special.
Geoff Boycott: “I can’t see any way England are going to win this.”
Jonathan Agnew: “We’ve only had 12 minutes!”
Geoff Boycott: “W...(
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Once upon a time, Australian batsmen averaging in the forties would be in danger of being given the boot if they couldn’t score at four an over.
Just saying.
In truth, Australia were wise not to let their bats stray too far from the ...(
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It was MS Dhoni in 2009. It’s Dale Steyn in 2010.
Sachin Tendulkar ran him close, hitting seven Test hundreds, but it can’t be a batsman every year. Graeme Swann took more Test wickets, but 44 of them were against Bangladesh an...(
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Indexed December 31, 2010
You can ask any England fan what qualities a bowling attack needs to bowl the opposition out in Australia. We all know. You need as many as possible of the following:
Extreme pace
Freakishly tall bowlers
Mystery spin
Reverse swing
How ma...(
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Indexed December 30, 2010
Let us say that we don’t actually think that Australia’s batsmen are all that bad. They are good players playing badly, which is slightly different.
Batsmen under pressure are exposed more than bowlers because they don’t ...(
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Indexed December 30, 2010
The more we think about it, the more these two things go hand-in-hand.
The situation was this. Nathan Hauritz got the boot because he got wellied in India like just about every other spinner who ever goes over there. Demented selections en...(
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Indexed December 30, 2010
As an Englishman in his thirties, there’s nothing we don’t know about pointing out a team’s flaws after it’s failed to win the Ashes.
Might as well put our skills to more joyous use this year.
Today, captaincy and sp...(
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Indexed December 29, 2010
This is another good way of celebrating the retention of the Ashes.
If you don’t know about ‘the sprinkler’, it’s become the England cricketers’ official dance of the tour.
It’s a stupid dance and they&...(
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Indexed December 29, 2010
You’ve got to pull out all the stops at a time like this.
So here’s a Venn diagram made by someone else:
Never let it be said that we don’t make the effort.
Thanks Ged.
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Indexed December 28, 2010
More specifically, Tim Bresnan, England’s fifth-choice seamer, is Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle rolled into one.
Bresnan has the fitness, pace and accuracy of Siddle. He also bowls away swing with the new ball and reverse swing lat...(
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Indexed December 27, 2010
Generally being unarsed about stuff is a fantastic quality for a Test batsman to have. Jonathan Trott’s got it in spades.
You can have all the shots and the best hand-eye co-ordination, but if you wobble when things don’t go pe...(
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Indexed December 27, 2010
Whinging Poms? Has the world ever seen a whingier cricketer than Ricky Thomas Ponting?
Sport needs a bit of ‘us and them’ so that you can enjoy it properly, so it was perversely enjoyable to see Ponting spend three-quarters of ...(
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Indexed December 26, 2010
Dear Father Christmas,
Thanks for all the presents you brought us. You really outdid yourself. We know we’ve been good this year, but some of the things you got us were just plain ridiculous.
Thanks for the house. We’re not sure...(
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Indexed December 25, 2010
Ah, the magic of WordPress scheduling – giving anyone interested a Boxing Day Test post on which to comment without the author having to interrupt his Christmas drinking.
We wrote this in advance because Coachhouse’s Posthorn w...(
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Indexed December 24, 2010
The thought that anyone might visit this website on Christmas Day is, frankly, horrifying.
However, Christmas Eve is just the sort of don’t-know-what-to-do-with-yourself kind of day it was made for, so we’ll wish you a happy Fe...(
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Indexed December 23, 2010
This is a slightly weird feeling, but we really want Ricky Ponting to play at the MCG.
Much as we want England to win easily, beating a side captained by Michael Clarke just wouldn’t be right. Ricky Ponting is the most significant pla...(
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Indexed December 22, 2010
Bradders writes:
One year on from my wedding, I was again confronted with the prospect of missing more cricket. This year, however, we had decided to have our anniversary in London rather than Ireland, therefore enabling us to go to the Ova...(
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Indexed December 21, 2010
Sometimes we feel utterly disconnected from this great nation. The attitude towards beating Australia at cricket being a case in point.
A week or so ago, it seemed like a number of England fans were feeling sorry for Australia. This is men...(
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Indexed December 21, 2010
Bradders writes:
My wife Pauline and I were married on the 20th August 2009 in Adare, southern Ireland. Due to it being the first day of the final Test of the Ashes series, it was obviously a momentous day.
Having booked the wedding a year ...(
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Indexed December 19, 2010
Don’t come to this website if you don’t prefer inconclusive grey to black or white certainty.
Australia’s batting could certainly get better. At the minute, England will feel like dismissing Mike Hussey for under 50 would...(
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