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Dear Pup,My pinkie is giving me jip, please be captain instead of me in Sydney. Please? Everyone has been mean to me and they want me to quit and I’m all hurt and confused and very pissed off at all of you bastards for not batting bet...(more)
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I’ve got so much to wibble about England’s performance but haven’t had time to jot things down just yet. That’ll come later. In the meantime, I noticed that there are already a number of DVDs which’ll be releas...(more)

In the last few days, two very interesting victories have made cricket interesting once again. India won at Kingsmead, Durban and England clinched The Ashes with a famous victory at the MCG. For sometime now, I have been maintaining a ̷...(more)

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...(more)

It’s that time of the year again. By now, you would have been inundated with numerous ‘Top 10s of 2010’, and it would be wrong of me not to add one more to this rabble. Here, I present to you, my top 10 Test cricket moments of the yea...(more)

And it all happened rather quickly. Just like that, England have retained the Ashes.Australia were a bit rubbish.Ponting has gone mad.The England players think they can dance.And NWG can’t really believe it. All those months where her...(more)

Chris Gayle is a man with his priorities in order."I didn’t follow much of [the Ashes] because it kind of clashed with my party events in Jamaica."While not in Jamaica, I suspect this may have been a factor in Australia’s perfor...(more)

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&...(more)

Ashes Test 4 Day 4[scorecard]Hats off Haddin and Siddle. Siddle will hopefully get the handful of runs he still needs to outscore Punter in this series. Congrats to the Poms, who chose the possibly worst and most disgusting song of all time...(more)

Ugly CaptainThe Ashes is on its way to England after the hosts lost by an innings (again) and more at MCG. Hardly anything went right for the Oz team from the moment the coin was tossed. Here, we look at 11 reasons why they lost at MCG:Rick...(more)

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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England required just 3 wickets on Day 4 to retain the Ashes for the first time down under since the famous Ashes series in 1985/86. Ryan Harris is due to have surgery on the stress fracture of his ankle and …...(more)

England resume Day 3 in commanding position knowing that a good day here could well see them retain the Ashes. Starting the day 346 runs ahead the plan is likely to have been score as many as you can as …...(more)

With both teams having won one game each in the series the fourth test at Melbourne was a vital test in the series. The first session of the fourth test would set the scene for the remainder of the test …...(more)

So, you’ve just become the least successful Australian Ashes captain ever, have you?Now it’s important you control your temper!An information leaflet with a few ideasIncluded inside are such tips as:Know how to set your fieldCho...(more)

Ashes Test 4 Day 1[scorecard]98 all out, 157-0. Thanks for nothing, I thoroughly enjoyed it. But Mitchell Johnson is one useful player. Watch this:Too bloody tired, annoyed and disappointed to write a proper post... especially as in this pl...(more)

I had my first one of the series this morning. Through careful planning and the regular use of cold flannels on my face I was able to watch pretty much every ball of the first three Tests, but festive exhaustion got the better of me last ni...(more)

... is pretty much dead in the water.Operation Can’t Bat, Can’t Bowl, Oh My God this is Humiliating is alive and kicking, though.Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to have divorce papers drawn up.Mission endsMission ...(more)

It seems it’s official that Ricky Ponting will play the 4th Ashes test at the MCG.According to Crapinfo, he batted in the nets today "without any apparent discomfort".I imagine any pain is likely to appear only after batting for more ...(more)

After the resurgence of the Australian attack in Perth, the series is even-stevens at MCG with everything to play for both the teams. Ricky Ponting seems to have recovered and is all set to play tomorrow - news that must have made the team ...(more)
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