This has been the best Ashes series for some time, probably since 2009. In 2015 England won 3-2, which makes it sound close, but none … Read More
The Legend of Headingley – 2019
It’s not supposed to happen. You don’t win Test matches after being bowled out for 67, at least not in the twenty first (or twentieth) … Read More
Another Ashes Mismatch
It was yet another deeply disappointing Ashes series. It wasn’t just Australia’s crushing margin of victory. The fact is that there were no really interesting … Read More
Five Men and a Test Match
The Brisbane Cricket Ground (the GABBA) All England supporters fear the worst before a Test match in Brisbane. There is the hype about the “Gabbatoir” … Read More
Farewell My Lovely
So there it is. Eighteen days of hectic, sometimes bizarre cricket and the 2015 Investec Ashes is all over. There is plenty for England to … Read More
Boxing Day Blues
Image: Mitchell Johnson bowling a bouncer to Graeme Swann at the WACA during the 2013-14 Ashes in Australia. By Dan Heap (Mitchell Johnson – bouncer) … Read More