Riots in Belfast? What riots in Belfast?
Yes it’s always good to have an historic sporting triumph to keep civil unrest off the front pages… Congratulations to you and the whole team on your fantastic series win. It’s been sport at its very best, played in a wonderful spirit between two exceptional sides, and has gripped the whole country. With so many people following […]
Ashes, bombers, weasels, feet, mouths
Ah yes, sport and politics can be such a hilarious mix sometimes. Here’s an extract from the Hansard from the House of Reps session in Canberra earlier this evening.
Earth, I’m comin down!
Warmest congratulations to you, the England team and all in the squad for the magnificent achievement of regaining the Ashes. This has been a truly memorable series and both sides can take credit for giving us all such a wonderfully exciting and entertaining summer of cricket at its best. ELIZABETH R – The Queen of […]
Ashes 2005: Fifth Test The Oval
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The tour that isn’t
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Ashes 2005: Fourth Test Trent Bridge
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It’s back to the 80s day for Australian cricket
December 24, 1984: Australia loses a women’s Test to England. September 19, 1988: Australia follows on in a men’s Test match against Pakistan. August 27, 2005: The next occasion that Australia follows on in a men’s Test. August 27, 2005: The next occasion Australia loses a women’s Test match. Happy 97th, Sir Don.
The unique drama of Test cricket
The astounding cricket played by England and Australia has not only rejuvenated the 123 year old Ashes competition, it’s also demonstrated that the five Test series is one of the supreme forms of spectator sport available on earth today. New column by Mike Marqusee in Wednesday’s Guardian, and reproduced on his own blog, praising the current Ashes […]
Beautiful game rises from the Ashes
It happens every time the Prince of Wales gets married. In 1981, within weeks of Charles’ wedding to Diana, a young tearaway called Ian Botham marked the occasion by leading England to a stunning set of victories over Australia at cricket. – Matthew Engel, Financial Times, 19.8.05 Proof that even Matthew Engel can talk bollocks sometimes. […]
Remember what they said about McGwire and Bonds
The ever-diligent Rajneesh Gupta notes that Australia has now had more sixes struck against them in the current Test series than in any previous series. And that with two matches to play. England has clobbered 26 sixes over the ropes thus far in the 2005 Ashes, beating the 23 struck by the South Africans of 1966-67 at […]