We’re less than 50 days away from the Ashes and Australia have named their touring squad. Here is my pick of the top XI batting order plus the second fiddles:
Phillip Hughes
Simon Katich
Ricky Ponting
Michael Clarke
Michael Hussey (demoted one spot due to lack of form)
Marcus North
Brad Haddin
Mitchell Johnson
Brett Lee
Peter Siddle
Stuart Clark
And the other guys left to carry the kit bag...
The Oz selectors have named their squad for the third test matchShane Watson, Phillip Hughes, Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris, Peter Siddle, Michael Beer, Ben Hilfenhaus.Three changes - one necessitated by injury to Simon Katich while the dismal bowling forced the inclusions of Smith and Beer. Marcus North has be...
Nick wrote in to remind me of this post I penned four years ago, almost to the day, in November 2004:
Surrey CCC are offering tickets for The Ashes 2005 for £10. Well, not the whole Ashes, obviously…just the 5th day, September 12th. Sounds a good deal - and it’s great to read of England’s positive [...]
It doesn’t begin for another eight months, but already there are some Ashes tickets being sold on eBay for serious lolly. Yes, I realised I just used the word lolly, but there you go. If you’ve got the cash, go buy some.
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