Cunning double-meaning-subject-lines* aside, the face of cricket is about to change as a series of high profile players announce their retirement from the game. Firstly, there was Damien Martyn a week or so ago, who didn’t so much announce his retirement as just went away on holiday, but today saw two more. Steve Harmison announced […]
Well those crazy kids over at b5, i.e., the peeps who made this blog what it is (actually, that was me, those guys just pay for the server and stuff, hah) said that all the sports blogs should get in a big circle and join hands and chant a bit, it being Christmas and all. […]
Rumour has it that Australian legend Shane Warne is set to quit his International career after the Ashes. He has already stopped playing one day cricket to prolong his Test shelf-life but now it seems he’s going to stop Test cricket as well. He will hold a press conference tomorrow is said to confirm his […]
It seems Australia’s cricket fans might not be the loyal cricket fans that everyone thinks they are. Apparently a bunch of tickets have been made available for the Boxing Day test in Melbourne.
A small amount of general public tickets for the first three days of Melbourne’s Boxing Day Test will go on sale from 9am […]
England failed to maintain a hold on the Ashes as Australia’s bowlers successfully took the 5 remaining wickets required to regain the Ashes. KP and Flintoff made a valiant start at the job, but after Flintoff was out on 51, the remaining 4 wickets cost just 14 runs, despite Monty managing to string it out […]
England will need to score 292 runs in a day if they are to save this Ashes series. Oh, and they have to do it with 5 batsmen. On Day 4, the England batsmen assembled something of a fightback, with runs from Ian Bell and Alastair Cook who looked to bat out the whole […]
Any lingering hope that England might have had of somehow retaining the Ashes all but disappeared today thanks to some masterful batting from the Australians. Hussey, Clarke and Gilchrist all hit hundreds, though in Gilchrist’s case, hit is a bit of an understatement. If you could roll the words “smashed”, “thumped”, “walloped” and “blasted” all […]
I nearly started this entry with “Despite our best intentions” but I thought better of it. Why? Because I don’t think you can really doubt England going about things with their best intentions. Many punters around the various blogs and forums have described England’s lack of commitment as “shameful”, suggesting that our men are not […]
They’re coming home, they’re coming home, they are coming….. Wait. Sorry. I was pre-empting the inevitable overreaction to todays remarkable events.
First things first, Australia were skittled in 71 overs for 244. The damage was done by Monty Panesar (5-92) and Steve Harmison (4-48). England were then 51/2 by the close of play, with Strauss not […]
With what feels like an eternity since Adelaide, we’re finally going to start playing cricket again. The stakes in this match couldn’t have been more widely attested: England must win to stay in with a chance. A draw here would be sufficient, but a win would do wonders. 2-1 behind with 2 to play doesn’t […]
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