This summer is of course an Ashes summer. An Ashes that is now comprehensively sealed in England’s favour. But before we go on to enjoy that victory, I’d like to take a few minutes to look back over the 2 series against New Zealand.
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Home conditions — more important than ever?
So, England have comprehensively wrapped up the Ashes with a game to spare. What a turn-around from 18 months ago where they were humiliated by an average Australian side. With such huge swings outcome over the past 3 Ashes series the talking heads have focussed on the conditions playing a huge part. Are they right to?
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0Where have we been?
We’ve had rather an extended hiatus over the last year or so with one author starting a family and myself particularly busy with work from September to May. But over the coming months we hope to get back to our best. And we couldn’t have come back to cricket time at a better time for England fans.
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Phil Hughes
1988–2014. May you rest in peace.
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All new England, without KP
In the biggest cricket news of the day England have announced Kevin Pieterson will no longer be in their plans, effectively sacking their leading batsman. This has finally triggered me to write my first article since the disastrous Ashes series began nearly 2 months ago. I’d like to give you fair warning reader, that as hard as I try to always be positive about the great game there are occasional days where what needs saying just doesn’t feel very positive. This is one of them…
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So the Ashes are under way again with no great surprises so far. Australia won the toss and batted, England came out with the ball and made life difficult for a very average looking Australian batting line-up. The man of the day was without doubt Stuart Broad, who should have now silenced all but the most loud-mouthed of his critics.… Read Full Article
0England’s starting 11 picked by Michael Clarke
In a refreshingly candid interview Australian captain Michael Clarke has announced the England starting 11 for the first Ashes test. We’re not sure it’s a good thing that he seems to know the team, but the team he listed is the team we would have picked ourselves, so it could be just intelligent guesswork.
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Trent Bridge — A Test ground guide
In the first of a series of “guides to the grounds” we feature Trent Bridge with details of the layout of the ground and the best places to sit
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The IPL — In competition with the Snooker?
Two of my favourites sports have dominated the sports news pages this week, but sadly for all the wrong reasons. The last few years have seen a significant increase in the number of reports of gambling-related corruption, is this a case of increasing crime or increasing crime detection?… Read Full Article
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The England squad for the return Ashes series is due to be announced on Monday. Who should England take and who will miss out?… Read Full Article
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