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FRESH The Ashes

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Why England Can't Enjoy Being The World's Number One Test Team

Why do we look at other sides shortcomings instead of our own greatness? Is English cricket too neurotic to enjoy being the best in the world?

3 Comments Rob Furber

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The Ashes, Fifth Test, Day Five: And The Winners Are.

After six weeks of plenty of wine, no women and enough baccy, biscuits and beer to keep a small band of sailors happy from here to the Cape of Good Hope, England have won The Ashes 3-1 in Australia.

7 Comments Owen Blackhurst

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The Ashes, Fifth Test, Day Four: On The Brink

3 more wickets to win the Ashes and send Australian cricket into the age of introspection. Just hurry up about it...

4 Owen Blackhurst

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The Ashes, Fifth Test, Day Three: Who's The Daddy?

My bunker has been invaded, Cook has broken more records and Johnson continues to sling rubbish...

1 Owen Blackhurst

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The Ashes, Fifth Test, Day Two: Bat Country

The painkillers are sending me doolally, Hasselhoff makes an appearance and Athers seems to have something to say about Bumble...

1 Owen Blackhurst

RECENT The Ashes

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The Ashes, Fifth Test, Day One: In The Pink

Australia may be a busted flush and England dominant, and I did think about jacking it all in and forgetting about it. But we've come so far toge...

1 Owen Blackhurst

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The Ashes, Fourth Test, Day Four: Gone Drinking

I've lived every ball, shouted at every bad call and have generally welded myself to this Ashes series like a wannabe WAG to a conference right-b...

2 Owen Blackhurst

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The Ashes, Fourth Test, Day One: Something In The Air

Win this test and retain The Ashes, it's that simple, and it would also mean I could get a decent sleep pattern in 2011. To all the England bowle...

3 Owen Blackhurst

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The Ashes, Fourth Test, Day Two: Hot To Trott

This was Test cricket in all its absorbing glory. England soaked up the pressure, Australia bowled with heart and discipline and Ricky Ponting bl...

Owen Blackhurst

The Ashes, Third Test, Day Four: Drowned and Out

The fourth test starts at midnight tonight, I'll be up with a bottle of port and a turkey leg for company, here's a reminder of how the third test finished.

2 Comments Owen Blackhurst

The Ashes, Fourth Test, Day Three: The End is Nigh

We're nearly there, but a chance meeting with some ice has left me one hand down. At least I still have my mind and...

Owen Blackhurst

The Ashes, Third Test, Day Three: Gone Fishing

Not only are they back, but Australia have England bent over and are thundering to completion. Its like the 90s all...

1 Comment Owen Blackhurst

The Ashes, Third Test, Day Two: Guess Who's Back?

MItch returns from the wilderness, Ponting is now officially finished as a batsman and the sledging has gone into o...

1 Comment Owen Blackhurst

The Ashes, Third Test, Day One: Pressure Drop

Boycott gives everyone both barrels, Ponting fails again, a giant is on the march and my sleep pattern and marriage...

3 Comments Owen Blackhurst

MORE The Ashes

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The Ashes: England Greatest Xl v Australia Greatest Xl

As England and Australia prepare to lock horns in what could prove a vital third test, I drove myself insane delving into myriad statistics to co...

6 Owen Blackhurst

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That's Simply Not Cricket

It's no secret that the Aussies are bad losers, but when Trevor Chappell bowled a grubber to avoid losing to bitter rivals New Zealand, it became...

1 James Goyder

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The Ashes, Second Test, Day Five: Swann Necks the Aussies

Dame Edna, Ned Kelly, Mark Webber, Men at Work, Kylie Minogue, Cate Blanchett, Hugh Jackman and Rupert Murdoch, your boys took one hell of a beat...

4 Owen Blackhurst

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The Ashes, Second Test, Day Four: Heart Attack Online

Although the image alone could cause a mass outbreak of coronaries, it's not the grinning mug of Piers Morgan that led to the headline. Nope, it'...

3 Owen Blackhurst

The Ashes, Second Test, Day Three: Punter's Pundits

Another night of controlled dominance by KP and co led to a deluge of analysis from sofas and commentary boxes the world over. It's bad news for Ponting...

3 Comments Owen Blackhurst

The Ashes, Second Test, Day Two: The Cook Report

Well wasn't that a treat? Cook looks imperious, the Aussies can't bowl and KP has entered stage right. Barmy Army i...

4 Comments Owen Blackhurst

The Ashes, Second Test, Day One: Beer and Gloating in S.A

After three days of relatively normal sleep, the dog and I returned to the sofa. Ponting's angry, Jimmy's swinging ...

6 Comments Owen Blackhurst

Ten Reasons Why The Ashes Are Coming Home

Australia has been a world of pain for England on their last five Ashes tours. Here are ten reasons why this time w...

4 Comments James Calder

The Ashes, First Test, Day Five: Mitchell's Misery

With honours even on a dead pitch, we move onto Adelaide. Will Ponting drop Johnson? is Alistair Cook really that g...

3 Comments Owen Blackhurst